“According to these laws, divorce was allowed in Israel, but carefully regulated. Under God’s law, the marriage contract cannot be simply dissolved as soon as one partner wants out; there must be cause for a certificate of divorce.” (Guzik)
“He writes her a certificate of divorce: God commands here that any divorce be sealed with a certificate of divorce. In other words, it was not enough for a man to just declare, “we’re divorced” to his wife. The divorce had to be recognized legally just as the marriage had been, so a certificate of divorce - a legal document - must be issued, and properly served (puts it in her hand).” (Guzik)
Matthew 19: 8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning. 9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.d”
Biblical grounds for divorce includes abandonment by an unbelieving spouse.
1 Corinthians 15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
Mark 10: 12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man,
Jesus clearly says a woman has a right to divorce.
Biblically we clearly see the grounds for divorce are uncleanliness (sexual immorality) or abandonment.
Many of us are touched by divorce, single parent families, abandonment and much more. This is clearly not what God intended for marriage but our God is a loving and forgiving God.
Blessings
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