DO NOT REMARRY HER DEUTERONOMY 24: 1 - 4

Deuteronomy 24:  1 - 4

   A Christian friend of mine had gone through a divorce a few years ago.  He was really sad and confused about it.  He didn't want the divorce but his wife's actions demanded it.  Then, time passed, and he confided in me that he wanted to re-marry her.  I counseled against it, saying it is stated that you are not to remarry your wife after you have divorced her.  The problem is that I can't site verse and Scripture, so I couldn't tell him where to find it in The Bible.

   Today, I found it in the twenty fourth chapter of Deuteronomy:  

1) If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,

2) and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,

3) and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,

4) then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again AFTER SHE HAS BEEN DEFILED.  That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord.  Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.   (NIV)

COMMENTARY

   The Commentary I used explains it this way:  She was not guilty of adultery, nor was she suspected of it.  He divorced her because she was displeasing to him.  The divorce to her, gave her license to remarry, as if her first husband had died.

   However, the Commentary says that the first husband might have remarried her if she had not married the second one, because by that act of her own, she renounced her first husband forever.

Upon her second marriage, she becomes "defiled" to the first husband.  However, if the second husband dies or divorces her, she can go on to marry the third husband and it is not looked upon as adultery.

   BUT JESUS said in Matthew 19: 8, 9:  "...Moses, confronting the callousness of your heart, let you divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so."  9) But I say to you, "Whoever divorces his wife apart from adultery and will take another, commits adultery, and whoever will take her who is divorced commits adultery."   (Aramaic Bible in Plain English)

   This confirms the stipulations for divorce.  When she is given a certificate of divorce, it is not due to "unchastity".  Who ever breaks the union of marriage by relations with another party is guilty of adultery and whoso marries that guilty party after divorce also is guilty of adultery.  

   Going back to the divorcee who is not guilty of "unchastity", the divorce is allowed because of the callousness of men's hearts.  It was to protect the woman from the hardship of endeavoring to carry on in a home where she was unloved and unwanted and might be subjected to cruel treatment.  It would be better for her to be allowed to go home to her parents than to be a slave to an unkind husband.

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RISE BEFORE THE ELDERLY LEVITICUS 19:32

RISE BEFORE THE ELDERLY

   Back in the day, our parent taught boys to take off their hat and stand up when a lady entered the room.  We were also taught to get up and give adults our seat.  BUT DO YOU KNOW, that in the Book of Leviticus, Chapter 19, verse 32, the law given to Moses said we are to "Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.  I am the Lord." (NIV)

   That sounds pretty crazy in this day, doesn't it?  Or does it?  Let's look at it a little closer:

   In Proverbs 16: 31, we read, "The hoary head (gray hair) is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness." (KJV)  And in Proverbs 20:29, "The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head."  (KJV)

    Well, who knew that so much was said about the elderly in The Bible!  But wait!  There's more!

   Read the passage closer:  "...and revere your God."  You see, old age is a "crown of splendor" that is given by the grace of God.  When these laws were given to Israel, they were intended for the Jews to see the social realm in a religious light, since every aspect of life was subject to The Lord's command.  This is still true today for all who believe on The Lord.  The elderly was to be respected as if they were your own parent.  We all know that the first commandment related to our human relationships is to "honor your father and mother".  So, we are to honor, respect, and revere our elders.

  

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MATTHEW 18:18 - BINDING AND LOOSING

MATTHEW 18:18 - BINDING AND LOOSING

   Matthew 18: 15)  "If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you.  If they listen to you, you have won them over.  16) But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17) If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they  refuse to listen to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

   18) "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.  19) "Again truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.  20) For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."  (NIV)

H.A. IRONSIDE COMMENTARY

   The consensus of the commentaries, including Dr. Ironside, agree that the binding and loosing deals with binding and loosing sin to the sinner.  The Apostle Peter was given this authority in Matthew 16:19 and in chapter 18, it is revealed that this authority is for all of the Apostles (and probably today's Saints).

   This authority is illustrated in the Corinthian Epistles when the Apostle Paul commanded the Corinthian assembly to put away from themselves the wicked person - the incestuous man - in 1 Corinthians 5.  The Apostle Paul was "binding" the man's sin upon him until such time as he should repent.

   In 2 Corinthians 2: 5 - 11,  Apostle Paul instructed the assembly to forgive this man upon evidence of his repentance, which "loosed" the man's sin from him.

   We all are aware of our humanness.  Suppose there were a case where the Saints are unsure of what to do.  In verse 19, they may appeal to The Lord, Himself for direction.  Wherever two agree; where two come to God in prayer in harmony with His Spirit and with one another, asking for wisdom and understanding, He will act for them, doing according to His will in the Church on earth as it is done in heaven.

MY THOUGHTS

   I personally am aware of the spiritual side of things.  I understand that what my eyes see is not all there is.  So, I have listened to some television evangelists "binding" Satan for this disease or that financial issue.  It sounded right to me that spirits are involved with disease and poverty.  However, my heart sings that my Son asked me about binding and loosing, or I would still be binding Satan.  The power to bind and loose is not for me and it's not about binding Satan.

    I praise God for those who have published commentaries, also, because our understanding of words at face value is not always what they are meant to say.

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