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In the beginning, God instituted and blessed the first marriage of mankind—Adam and Eve. The Bible describes the union of the two as becoming one flesh.
The marriage validity also changed when the Israelites made a concession that they could divorce their wives. Jesus Christ explains why God allowed the divorce:
We can see here the perspective of the Lord Jesus. We can see also why Jesus is not in favor of divorce, because when Jehovah God allowed divorce, it was used for treacherous reasons.
Now that Christians are not under the Law of Moses but under the Law of Christ, he made the law consisting of decrees—which includes divorce— invalid by nailing it to the stake.(Colossians 2:14; Ephesians 2:15) Thus, making the original plan of marriage restored in the New Covenant. And this reflects with the words of Jesus:
Genesis 2:24 “That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he will stick to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”
God intended the marriage between mates to be forever, it was originally the plan from the beginning. But since death has taken hold of mankind, the marriage is only valid until the death of the spouse.(Romans 7:2,3)The marriage validity also changed when the Israelites made a concession that they could divorce their wives. Jesus Christ explains why God allowed the divorce:
Matthew 19:8 “He said to them: “Out of regard for your hard-heartedness, Moses made the concession to you of divorcing your wives, but that has not been the case from the beginning.”
We can see here the perspective of the Lord Jesus. We can see also why Jesus is not in favor of divorce, because when Jehovah God allowed divorce, it was used for treacherous reasons.
Malachi 2:16 “For I hate divorce,” says Jehovah the God of Israel, “and the one who covers his garment with violence,” says Jehovah of armies. “And guard yourselves respecting your spirit, and you must not deal treacherously.”
While under the Mosaic Law in mind, Jesus tells the Pharisees and those hearing him that you can’t divorce your spouse in any sort of grounds, but only when the spouse committed adultery.Matthew 19:9 I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the grounds of sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
We have to remember that divorce was only made valid when the Mosaic Law come into effect, but as Jesus said: “. . .that has not been the case from the beginning.”(Matthew 19:8)Now that Christians are not under the Law of Moses but under the Law of Christ, he made the law consisting of decrees—which includes divorce— invalid by nailing it to the stake.(Colossians 2:14; Ephesians 2:15) Thus, making the original plan of marriage restored in the New Covenant. And this reflects with the words of Jesus:
Mark 10:9 “Therefore, what God has yoked together, let no man put apart.”