The Law of Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife when he has found, she has not pleased him and he has found some impropriety of which to accuse her or some uncleanness in her. The primary purpose of this legislation was to prevent him from taking her again after she had married another man - an abomination before God. The law was intended to discourage, rather than encourage divorce. - Deut. 24:1-4 -
The divine ideal for marriage is clearly a lifelong bond that unites husband and wife in a "one flesh" relationship. The marriage union is a holy condition founded by God and is not to be dissolved at the will of man. Separations of this bond displease God and pose a serious threat to the social order: And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth. For the Lord God says that He hates divorce, for it covers one's garments with violence. - Mal. 2:10-17 -
Jesus has now finished....Some Pharisees approached him and to test him they said, "Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?' He answered, 'Have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why a man must leave father and mother, and cling to his wife, and the two become one body? They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide............ - Matt. 19:1-9 -
Leaving there, he came to a district Judaea and the far side of the Jordan. And again crowds gathered round him and again he taught them, as his custom was. Some Pharisees approached him and asked, 'Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?' They were testing him. He answered them, 'What did Moses command you?' 'Moses allowed us' they said ;to draw up a writ of dismissal and so to divorce'. Then Jesus said to them, 'It was because you were so unteachable that he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave father and mother and the two become one body. There are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide. Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this and he said to them, 'The man who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.' - Mark 10:1-12 -
The Gospels record statements by Jesus concerning divorce. In the case of adultery and divorces, Jesus commented on the situation of both the woman and her husband: 'It has been said: Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal. But I say this to you: everyone who divorces his wife except for the case of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and marries a divorced woman commits adultery.' - Matt. 5:31-32 -
In another statement, Jesus described the position of the man who divorced his wife: They said to him, 'Then why did Moses command that a writ of dismissal should be given in cases of divorces?' "It was because you were so unteachable" he said 'that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives but it was not like this from the beginning. Now I say this to you: the man who divorces his wife - I am not speaking of fornication - and marries another, is guilty of adultery.' - Matt. 19:7-9 -
All the statements in relation of divorce and adultery even because of unfaithfulness, Jesus appear to make no provision for divorce. "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced by her husband commits adultery." - Luke 16:18 -
Are Jesus statements allowing divorce for infidelity in conflict with biblical statements that seem to forbid it entirely? Jesus' statements in Mark and Luke were made in conversations with Pharisees about the Mosaic Law which they believed allowed divorce on grounds other than adultery. Jesus' main point in these statements was that divorce is contrary to God's plan for marriage and should never be taken lightly. Even though Moses allowed divorce, this was an exception granted under the law because of their "hardness of heart". Jesus desired to put "teeth into the Law by declaring that, even if the divorced couple had not been sexually unfaithful to each other, they would commit adultery in God's sight if they now married other partners.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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