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Traditional marriages and marriages done by the government?
It is clear that the Sabbath and marriage arrived pre sin in the Garden of Eden. Gen. 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.†It was never the idea that partners are sexually tried out first before marriage. Sexual activity was part of becoming one flesh and it was a lifelong commitment. Matt. 19:3 “The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?†4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.†7 They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?†8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning, it was not so. 9 and I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.†10 His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.†The ideal is given in the Bible and with eg. Traditional multiple wives. When a person becomes a Christian and has 3 wives the second and third wives needs to go as it is not God’s ideal and we now: Acts 17:30 “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,’ Read whole Esra 10 where they had to get rid of incorrect wives and children and had to send them away and remind us of Ishmael and his mother send away by Abraham! Deut. 24 gives some idea on divorce, still, this was never God’s idea. Its origin was part of an emergency measure due to the difficulties of their marriages became a type of Christ and His church. Read the book of Hosea to see what should not be done. Christ says: how can I let you go? We may fool man, we may hurt ladies and get away with it but we won’t get away with the Lord: Heb. 10:31 “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.†The Lord does not withhold any good thing from us and this is Jesus's ideal for us: John 10: 10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.â€