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Weekly Bible Study Divorce & Remarriage Part V

This week we will review God’s most direct statement regarding divorce in Malachi 2:14-16. We’ll then examine the mass divorce and disinheritance event recorded in Ezra and answer some key questions:

1. Was the command to divorce the pagan wives from God?
2. Was the event carried out “according to the Law?”
3. Should Ezra 10 inform the doctrine of “biblical grounds for divorce?”

We’ll discuss the chronological order of Esther, Nehemiah & Ezra, referring to the original languages in questions of biblical translations, and examine Joseph’s contemplation of divorcing Mary, his betrothed when she was found to be with child.

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Weekly Bible Study Divorce & Remarriage Part IV

This week we study references to divorce in light of the Hermeneutic of the Romantic Subtext and the Symbols in the Law and the Prophets. We’ll touch on the respect for marriage and virginity in cultures past and present, the question of divorce for sexual immorality under the Mosaic Law, and divorce as a symbol of God’s mercy. We’ll see that intent is required to be married, the difference between chattel slavery as practiced today in the Moslem world versus servitude in ancient Israel, and the fact that God considers a wife and children the property of a husband.

We’ll examine the question of divorce for adultery in The Law, look at the punishments for both idolatry, and contempt of court under The Law, and who’s heart was it that was so hard Moses suffered men under The Law to divorce their wives.

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