Notice in this passage that Mary and Joseph were considered married, even though they had not yet consummated their marriage. Mary is called Joseph's “wife.” During the engagement period they were considered married. This is what Jesus is referring to in our text passage of Scripture from Matthew 19:9. That is, if a man finds out that his fiancée has been dishonest about her virginity he can legally divorce her, even though they've never been in bed together yet. This is how Jewish courtship and marriage worked. The entire process was treated as a package deal from start to finish.
Thus, Jesus was NOT permitting divorce, God forbid; He was simply allowing to break off the engagement if impurity was found in one's fiancée. The wedding would be canceled. God hates and NEVER allows divorce (Malachi 2:16; Jeremiah 3:20). It is a wicked sin for anyone to file for divorce. The word “divorce” should not even be in a married couple's vocabulary.
Every married Christian person should have the biblical attitude of the prophet Hosea, who although his wife abandoned him to go into a sordid life of adultery, he remained single and waited for her to return, but she never did. Decades later, Hosea saw Gomer for sale at a slave auction and he purchased her back for his own. That is precious! This true story from the Old Testament is a beautiful illustration of God's sacrifice on the cross, love and forgiveness toward those who trust in His only begotten Son, Jesus, the Christ (John 3:16).
In an abusive situation a spouse can leave but never divorce. If that stagnates your selfish life, tough! And whether you included "for better, for worse" in your vows doesn't matter, because God's Word teaches in Matthew 19:6 that marriage is until death.
We've got a serious problem in this spoiled brat generation in America, of people refusing to accept responsibility for their actions and decisions. Just because you made a bad decision in marrying the wrong person (in your thinking) doesn't give you a right to walk away and move on to another marriage. To do so is reckless and evil!
In Ohio last week an adulterous dentist and his adulterous wife were murdered by a jealous former husband of the woman. She is guilty of wickedly divorcing her former husband, which cost her and her new adulterous husband their lives. Proverbs 6:34, “For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.” Everybody hearing about the murders are feeling sorry for the dead couple, but I feel sorry for the former husband who is the victim of his wife abandoning him during difficult times.
I abhor this wicked spoiled generation of American brats, who when the going gets tough they simply abandon ship and head for calmer waters and greener pastures. That is so evil and wrong. I blame our ungodly government leaders for allowing and granting divorces in the first place. Divorce is illegal in only two countries: the Philippines and Vatican City. In these countries, annulment is the only legal option for ending a marriage.
Marriage should be outlawed in every nation! Suffering is a part of life, like it or not. If you run away from one form of suffering, you'll just suffer in other ways under different circumstances. Nobody can escape life's difficulties, burdens and sufferings, nor should we try. We should face them head-on in the Lord's strength. The Lord doesn't want to remove our burdens, He wants to help us carry them as we grow in grace.
In Matthew 19:8, Jesus said, “Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.” Moses was between a rock and a hard place, pressured by the people to grant them divorces, but it was wickedness on the part of the Jews. Proverbs 13:10, “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.”
Kindly said, I am not glad what happened to the dentist and his wife in Ohio, but neither do I feel any sympathy for them. They were adulterers and their sins found them out! Numbers 32:23, “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.” The rotten ungodly media has portrayed them as the ideal happy couple, while her former husband (a vascular surgeon in Rockford, Illinois) couldn't bare the betrayal, pain and loneliness anymore. My heart goes out to the divorced husband.
The wicked hell-bound news media demonize the betrayed husband as being emotionally abusive. That is every wicked wife's wild card excuse to file for divorce, by accusing the husband of being “abusive.” This sodomite-accepting sick generation defines “abuse” as a husband asking his wife when she's coming back home, telling her what to do, or monitoring her whereabouts and friends. Those things are 100% proper and biblical.
The inspired Holy Bible commands wives to obey their husbands (1st Peter 3:6). That is a husband's right! I am so sick and tired of this bratty generation of namby-pamby babies who skirt God's Word. God deliver this ungodly feminist influenced generation from the destructive career woman. This ungodly hellbound world will never understand the things that I say. You don't file for divorce when your marriage goes through tough times, you get tough.
GET RIGHT WITH GOD AMERICA!!! Divorce is NEVER okay biblically.
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