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Note that there are two steps in this process. We see these two steps yet today among orthodox Jews. An orthodox Jewish couple can get a divorce through the courts, but the woman is not allowed to remarry within the faith unless her former husband will issue her a "ghet". That ghet is simply a written statement that "You may marry whomsoever you will".Isa 50:
1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? .......
Mark 10:
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement (Strongs 647), and to put her away.(Strongs 630).
Again we see the very same two words being used by Christ. A man might put his wife out of the house and reject her but under the law of Moses he was required to give her a "bill of divorcement" so that she could marry someone else.Matthew 5:
Mat 5:
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement (Strongs 647):
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away (Strongs 630) his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
We find that it is putting away that is the most trecherous treatment of a wife. The Hebrew word here is essentially the same as the Greek word used for putting away. While both the Hebrew and Greek words may imply divorce, their stronger senses are simply to get rid of. and in the Hebrew tradition are only part of the divorcement process.Malachi 2:
15 ....... let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away (Strongs 7971): ......
*Strong's Hebrew*
7971 shalach shaw-lakh' a primitive root;
-- to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications):
-- cast (away, out),
-- forsake,
-- give (up),
-- leave,
-- let depart (down, go, loose),
-- push away,
-- put (away, forth, in, out),
-- send (away, forth, out),
-- shoot (forth, out),
*Strongs Greek*
630 apoluo ap-ol-oo'-o
-- to free fully, i.e.
-- release,
-- dismiss
-- let die,
-- (let) depart,
-- let go,
-- loose,
-- put (send) away,
-- release,
-- set at liberty.
So in that sense, this putting away of their wives would perhaps be better described by the current term "Annulment".Deuteronomy 7:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
christian84 wrote:Church is against divorce in principle, in the sense that divorce is not considered a normal and positive act by which individual life, social and religious believers to be helped in any way, but it is a negative act that causes many sufferings and shortcomings entire lives, viewed as a whole, meaning and profane aspect and as religious and individual aspect and social aspect.
In this context what is probably more important may bejochanaan wrote:....One of my family tried to use the Ezra/Nehemiah passage in a discussion with me as forbidding interracial marriage!
My point being when a marriage is to cross cultural or sub-cultural lines, the partcipants need to examine closely and/or be counseled closely about what those issues could cause. Doing so, could help avoid a rough road or tragic outcome.Amos 3:
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Who is this uncle and what does this mean????Petros wrote: ...... I appreciate the shipwreck awaiting couples with irreconcilable differences in..... old Uncle Tom Cobley
The flaw there is when the elders make the marriage for their own interest and alliances rather than for the interests of the "would-be-weds". The king forcing the marriage for the sake of an alliance, can really suck and lead to fornication in the form of mistresses and clandestine lovers. Can we not see this in the case of prince Charles and Lady Diane, and the heart break and corruption that brought.Petros wrote: This is why most cultures have had participation from elders who have seen and understood what can work.
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