I have been reading alot about divorce lately. I know what I read in the bible, I know what is considered right and wrong. But I read something that I haven't seen anyone touch on in here and I would love some feedback.
"Divorce" and "Put or send away" are not the same thing. A man who wanted to divorce his wife had to do two things, write her a bill of divorcement and then send her away or put her away, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Mark 10:4. A man who found that his wife had been unfaithful to him did not write her a bill of divorcement as she and the other man were stoned. Malachi and Matthew chapter five were all about men who were putting or sending away their wives without just cause. Men were putting away their wives without writing a bill of divorcement even though their wives were not guilty of adultery. God hates the putting away because it always involves sin. In one case the sin of the wife for being unfaithful and in the other the sin of the husband for putting his wife away with out just cause or a bill of divorce. The act of putting away a wife without a bill of divorcement is equivalent to separation. The man and woman are still married.
After reading this, it gives me questions.
I have read many articles stating that put away and divorced are two different meanings. According to Herbrew and Greek the translation means two different things. My understanding is that men in the OT didn't divorce their wives, they simply put their wives away without giving them a certificate of divorcement. They simply put them away and went with someone else. In my opinion this would cause the woman to infact commit adultery because she was still married to her husband. But if the man was unfaithful to his wife she was freed from the marriage bond. There were no written divorce certificates. Is this also where the scripture about mens hearts being so hard comes in?? They left their wives out cold. They could not remarry because they were not divorced. Just put away. Because of the hardness of their hearts. One could argue that in this day and age you can not just put someone away without divorce papers, but isnt that separation? There have only been 2 divorces in the bible that I know of (please let me know if more) Is this why Jesus wrote the exceptions, but was it really meaning one can not
just put his wife away without her committing adultery? I am going to do my research again and be able to write this with scriptures and examples. This is just a quick thought, what do you think.
"Divorce" and "Put or send away" are not the same thing. A man who wanted to divorce his wife had to do two things, write her a bill of divorcement and then send her away or put her away, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Mark 10:4. A man who found that his wife had been unfaithful to him did not write her a bill of divorcement as she and the other man were stoned. Malachi and Matthew chapter five were all about men who were putting or sending away their wives without just cause. Men were putting away their wives without writing a bill of divorcement even though their wives were not guilty of adultery. God hates the putting away because it always involves sin. In one case the sin of the wife for being unfaithful and in the other the sin of the husband for putting his wife away with out just cause or a bill of divorce. The act of putting away a wife without a bill of divorcement is equivalent to separation. The man and woman are still married.
After reading this, it gives me questions.
I have read many articles stating that put away and divorced are two different meanings. According to Herbrew and Greek the translation means two different things. My understanding is that men in the OT didn't divorce their wives, they simply put their wives away without giving them a certificate of divorcement. They simply put them away and went with someone else. In my opinion this would cause the woman to infact commit adultery because she was still married to her husband. But if the man was unfaithful to his wife she was freed from the marriage bond. There were no written divorce certificates. Is this also where the scripture about mens hearts being so hard comes in?? They left their wives out cold. They could not remarry because they were not divorced. Just put away. Because of the hardness of their hearts. One could argue that in this day and age you can not just put someone away without divorce papers, but isnt that separation? There have only been 2 divorces in the bible that I know of (please let me know if more) Is this why Jesus wrote the exceptions, but was it really meaning one can not
just put his wife away without her committing adultery? I am going to do my research again and be able to write this with scriptures and examples. This is just a quick thought, what do you think.
