First of all; my apologies; apparently there was still mass healings with Christ at this late stage of His earthly ministry as we read Matthew 19:1-2. This was the last one in this Gospel of that sort; the only other one being mentioned was the two blind men being healed before the Crucifixion (hopefully I read this right this time).
Once again we have the subject of divorce and remarriage also covered in the Gospels of Luke and Mark where ALL divorce was said to be adultery; the "exception" clause here being "fornication". And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (verse 9). Here it states that even the innocent party cannot remarry without it being considered adultery of the original covenant of marriage; and it also uses the word fornication followed by adultery. These two terms make it clear that it was for fornication which seems to indicate it was the Jewish espousal period and unique to Matthew along with the only mention of divorce in all of scripture among the saints with Joseph considering it with Mary during his espousal. This subject is covered elsewhere in depth but it is noteworthy that as God even though Jesus was here as one of us as a man His law superceded that of Moses; in particular in Deuteronomy 24 where he allowed such practices as divorce which according to Malachi God hates. This also shows that some laws are universal not just particular to the nation of Israel at the time such as ceremonial laws. Marriage is recognized in every culture of the world usually iinvolving vows and clearly God was the initiator of covenant marriage; not something that is merely a contract that can be broken without doing untod collateral damage. However we look at it in the age of grace stoning isn't given for adultery but it is deadly serious; divorce is an option not requirement
First of all; my apologies; apparently there was still mass healings with Christ at this late stage of His earthly ministry as we read Matthew 19:1-2. This was the last one in this Gospel of that sort; the only other one being mentioned was the two blind men being healed before the Crucifixion (hopefully I read this right this time).
Once again we have the subject of divorce and remarriage also covered in the Gospels of Luke and Mark where ALL divorce was said to be adultery; the "exception" clause here being "fornication". And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (verse 9). Here it states that even the innocent party cannot remarry without it being considered adultery of the original covenant of marriage; and it also uses the word fornication followed by adultery. These two terms make it clear that it was for fornication which seems to indicate it was the Jewish espousal period and unique to Matthew along with the only mention of divorce in all of scripture among the saints with Joseph considering it with Mary during his espousal. This subject is covered elsewhere in depth but it is noteworthy that as God even though Jesus was here as one of us as a man His law superceded that of Moses; in particular in Deuteronomy 24 where he allowed such practices as divorce which according to Malachi God hates. This also shows that some laws are universal not just particular to the nation of Israel at the time such as ceremonial laws. Marriage is recognized in every culture of the world usually iinvolving vows and clearly God was the initiator of covenant marriage; not something that is merely a contract that can be broken without doing untod collateral damage. However we look at it in the age of grace stoning isn't given for adultery but it is deadly serious; divorce is an option not requirement
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