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Question Two: I’m a Christian and I divorced my Christian spouse for adultery, but have since remarried. The laws of Moses say that if one should divorce their spouse it is evil to go back to them. Should I stay where I am or go back to where I was?


Answer: Covenants between Christians and their Christian spouses are binding until the death of one partner. It really does not matter what the Laws of Moses say since they were given to a hard hearted generation, they may not have been God’s intention (i.e. see Jesus statement about the reason some laws were given had to do with the hardness of hearts - an amazing statement) and we are not under the Old Covenant anyway.


The marriage you are in is what the bible calls adultery (Matthew 5:32) It is sin and you should leave the relationship ASAP.

P.S. The reason one was not allowed to go back to their first divorce spouse probably had something to do with treating women like property. Trading them back and forth without dignity or even respect. What was to keep this hard hearted generation from doing this type of thing ad- infinitium with the same women? (i.e. this month I like Mary, next month I like Martha, another month I like Mary again, and still another month I’ll like Martha again). To do such a thing is obviously ridiculous, but this type of thing probably would have happened again and again if it wasn’t for the regulation in the Laws of Moses.

Also remember that God even though He divorced Israel (Jeremiah 3:8), He called for her to come back (Jeremiah 3:12). Now why would He do that if it was an improper - and unlawful - thing to do? The reason why He could do that is because He himself was not bound by the laws of Moses (as you too are not) and He does not have a hard heart (as you don’t either - since you - unlike the people in Moses day - are under the New Covenant). In other words... forget what Moses said, if it did not apply to God it certainly does not apply to you! Go back to your spouse.


And PS: probably the greatest proof text of a SECOND marriage covenant that could be annulled (i.e. legitimately broken or ended) can be found in the book of Hosea where God says that He desires that Israel’s second marriage covenant be repented over [Hosea 2:7 “Then she (Israel) will say “I will go back to my first husband,” note the word “first” which implies that Israel is in a second covenant relationship with a second man or husband. That second marrige COULD be broken].








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