I have said this, and you probably have, too: God hates divorce. Is that a good rendering of what is being said in Malachi 2:16(and if it is a good rendering, what on earth does the second half of the verse mean)?Here is a blog post that makes the argument that God hates divorce is a mistranslation of Malachi 2:16.cryingoutforjustice.com/2013/10/24/god-hates-divorce-not-always/
Good thoughts there, and much I agree with.I HATE DIVORCE myself. Never thought I would see it in my family, BUT I have.I Hate divorce, but I have been glad to see one at times.We have had the problem for years. Aaron has taken a drastic position (LOL) here to make the point. I often wonder how many UNPARDONABLE SINS there are. Divorce does seem to be one…. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Very good article!
That’s like he is truly in favor of it… especially if the minister commits adultery – and to get a clean slate, he divorces the wife________________
Git all at air software ya been blessed with an help us cipher out tha meanin a that verse in Malachi.
(Jeremiah 3:8KJV) And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Simply, well stated! ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Here is the best I can do, Miss Bonnie.
Yes, I know that, but what about the question of whether the verse in Malachi says or doesn’t say that God hates divorce?
Re: God got a divorce, too, you know….
This is why I stck to the KJV;Malachi 2:16King James Version (KJV)
This is good stuff!! I believe that God ALWAYS hates divorce!! Even when scripture allows for divorce, it is an allowance, not a preference. For starters, if anyone ever beat my daughter, she wouldn’t have to divorce him…he’d be dead.
Getting divorce is not adultery. Adultery is an issue when people remarry under certain circumstances. The Bible does not say someone who was divorced because of abuse can remarry. I noticed this on the website:
That’s your interpretation of Jesus’ teachings when he was addressing the every cause discussion. It’s interesting though, that you think God is more lenient about remarriage for a woman whose husband had a one night stand than for a woman who was beaten black and blue for years.
Bonnie, I don’t see where Jesus addressed a woman divorcing her husband at all except to forbid it in Mark, along with a man doing the same. It’s not addressed in the passage with the ‘exception clause.’My point about divorce not preventing reconciliation is that the author’s comment made it seem like divorce would not allow a reconciliation, but separation would. Separation allows for legal separation of taxes, etc. without legal remarriage________________
It might be illuminating to know what God thinks of marriage – to understand what is meant in the passages about divorce.God was forced to divorce.Folks are forced the same way – especially the weaker spouse in an abusive relationship.As for remarriage – in a truly abusive marriage – remarriage is the last thing on their mind. Just surviving is________________
Link, I believe what the author is getting at is that sometimes the church will try to make a woman who has been abused reconcile with her husband (in other words return to the marriage with him) rather than moving on with her life (and perhaps finding a new husband). The author is saying this is dangerous because usually the abuser makes a show of repentance without actually changing his abusive patterns.