 Why is it okay for David to have multiple wives, and yet I can only have one? Is that a real question? Because you haven't even found your first wife yet, so what are you so concerned about? Okay, okay, I mean, but really, David is supposed to be this guy after God's own heart. How could he have multiple wives? Did he know he also committed adultery and had her husband killed to cover up his sin? Oh yeah, right, it just gets worse and worse. Well, that's a problem. As much as we'd like to look at these characters in the Bible as these perfect godly men and women, they sinned a lot. Why was it okay for David to have multiple wives? Well, it wasn't. Deuteronomy 1717, and he shall not acquire many wives for himself lest his heart be turned away. When you look at it, the overarching story of the Bible is that God uses sinful human beings to bring about his purposes. One of his purposes was to use David to point to the ultimate deliverer and messiah, not just the Israelites, but the Gentiles too. David could never be the perfect king, but a greater king would come to reign and deliver victory over sin and death. Does that make sense? I think so, but still, some guys might wonder,