Musings on the Tough Life Questions

  Special Musing on Divorce (Deut. 24:1-4) (Originally written on April 7th, 2012, and posted in the group Bible Musings Book by Book ) “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce , puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2  when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3  if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 4  then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord , and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. Deut. 24:1-4 How to Properly and Lawfully Divorce Someone -  In t...

Put Away (apoluo) Does Not = Divorce (apostasion) Look at Mark 10:4 as a prime example.. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce [apostasion] , and to dismiss her. [apoluo]” Christ said “Whosoever shall put away (apoluo) his wife, let him give her a writing of d ivorcement (apostasion) [the proper way to divorce someone is to give a bill of divorce when separating]: 32 but I say unto you, that every one that put away (apoluo) his wife [without a written bill of divorce], saving for the cause of fornication [Greek word is porneias.. we will explore this later], makes her an adulteress [that is if fornication is the reason, and there was NO bill of divorce, then She is NOT an adulteress]: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away (apoluo) [without a bill of divorce] commits adultery.   [Matt 5:31-32] Note: put away is not the same as divorce. To put away is just a separation. The greek word for put away is Greek "apolysē", that is, to s...