Sermon Tone Analysis

The nature of divorce

Divorce dissolves a marriage

The certificate of divorce was a legal document ending the marriage.

See also Divorce ends the restrictions on a priest’s daughter which were the result of her marriage; Following divorce a husband is no longer responsible for his wife; Divorce properly entered into allows the parties to remarry; ;

Divorce was not God’s original intention

God’s displeasure at those of his people who divorced their Jewish wives to marry foreigners, thus breaking faith with their partners and with God; The Law of Moses did not command divorce, but regulated an existing practice, particularly to protect the wife.

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Circumstances permitting divorce

Displeasure

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Returning exiles were required to divorce their foreign wives

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Circumstances where divorce was not allowed

where a husband makes false accusations about his wife’s virginity; where the marriage is contracted following the rape of a virgin

Restrictions on remarriage after divorce

Former partners who marry others

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Priests could not marry divorcees

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The divorce between God and Israel

It was due to Israel’s unfaithfulness

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God’s desire for reconciliation

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