Can a Divorced Christian woman remarry?

Hannah66 said:

Christian woman was married to blood covenant husband(who was a christian for 20 years). First and only marriage and never been with another man prior to marriage.
Christian husband walked out of the marriage in the 18th year of marriage to commit adultery
willingly. While, separated for two years, husband was in a relationship with another woman and continued to be with other women.(while still legally married to first wife) Christian wife prayed fervantly for reconcilliation but
husband didn't want to reconcile or talk about the broken marriage.

After two years, husband divorced the woman(wife) and remarried another woman.(a Buddhist).

So, the covenant was broken by the husband.
The wife has remarried single and not dated another man or been in a relationship with another man. Has continued to pray for her husband.

But, if she were to meet a Godly man, can she remarry, or is this new man in her life, committing adultery by marrying a divorced woman?(herself)
This man must be either single or widowed, or divorced because his wife violated and broke their covenant marriage.

Biblical advice appreciated.
Thank you.

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DebbieJ said:

Matthew 19 8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

If there is sexual immorality, you can divorce and remarry. If it's just a crush or falling in love without sexual relations, you can't.

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Hannah66 said:

Christian woman was married to blood covenant husband(who was a christian for 20 years). First and only marriage and never been with another man prior to marriage.
Christian husband walked out of the marriage in the 18th year of marriage to commit adultery
willingly. While, separated for two years, husband was in a relationship with another woman and continued to be with other women.(while still legally married to first wife) Christian wife prayed fervantly for reconcilliation but
husband didn't want to reconcile or talk about the broken marriage.

After two years, husband divorced the woman(wife) and remarried another woman.(a Buddhist).

So, the covenant was broken by the husband.
The wife has remarried single and not dated another man or been in a relationship with another man. Has continued to pray for her husband.

But, if she were to meet a Godly man, can she remarry, or is this new man in her life, committing adultery by marrying a divorced woman?(herself)
This man must be either single or widowed, or divorced because his wife violated and broke their covenant marriage.

Biblical advice appreciated.
Thank you.

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solid_core said:

The problem is
1. that Luke does not have the clause, its only in Matthew
2. that the clause can be also translated as "even if for sexual immorality"
3. that there are Jewish schools of thoughts behind it, Jesus is arguing with, the cultural context we cannot know just from reading the response of Jesus

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DebbieJ said:

When I replied I took it as a literal "modern" western mindset perspective. But, I know we need to consider looking at this in the cultural context of the ancient Jews because it emphasizes more on the husband initiating a divorce and not the woman. Fix marriages were the cultural norms of those times, perhaps even today.

I guess, in the non-Semitic mindset, we just have to use our wisdom because there are cases of verbally and physically abusive spouses. We just have to go by the law of the state where the Lord also recognizes and expect us to obey it.

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solid_core said:

There are various opinions about this in church and between individual Christians. The most safe variant is to do nothing and stay without a man.

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Andrewn said:

This is a ridiculous opinion.

Mat 34:4 They tie up heavy loads, burdens that are hard to carry, and place them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to help them.

Look at the purpose of Jesus' saying and read 1Co 7, as suggested above.

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solid_core said:

There is nothing ridiculous about staying single when the Bible does not speak clearly to our complicated situations.

Its the safest way and safety is hardly ridiculous.

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Andrewn said:

For sure, she doesn't have to remarry. But if she happens to fall in love, she's free to do so.

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Hannah66 said:

Christian woman was married to blood covenant husband(who was a christian for 20 years). First and only marriage and never been with another man prior to marriage.
Christian husband walked out of the marriage in the 18th year of marriage to commit adultery
willingly. While, separated for two years, husband was in a relationship with another woman and continued to be with other women.(while still legally married to first wife) Christian wife prayed fervantly for reconcilliation but
husband didn't want to reconcile or talk about the broken marriage.

After two years, husband divorced the woman(wife) and remarried another woman.(a Buddhist).

So, the covenant was broken by the husband.
The wife has remarried single and not dated another man or been in a relationship with another man. Has continued to pray for her husband.

But, if she were to meet a Godly man, can she remarry, or is this new man in her life, committing adultery by marrying a divorced woman?(herself)
This man must be either single or widowed, or divorced because his wife violated and broke their covenant marriage.

Biblical advice appreciated.
Thank you.

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