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Deu 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. Deu 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Deu 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; Deu 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Read that and make sure that you know that the LAW says that if you divorce your wife that you CANNOT remarry her or be with her again! You CAN'T take her back! That is THE LAW!
Rom 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law toherhusband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law ofherhusband.
Rom 7:3 So then if, whileherhusband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Now, look at this! It is where GOD divorces Israel:
Jer 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
So, you see, GOD divorced Israel! Do you see it?
Now, according to the Law, Israel is divorced and that is because Israel (and Judah) played the harlot by worshipping other gods and forming their own religions. Israel cheated on GOD! Therefore, since GOD divorced Israel and Israel was with another (harlot), GOD can't remarry Israel!
...Unless GOD dies.
When JESUS (which is GOD in the flesh (Immanuel, which means GOD WITH US!) died, Israel was free to remarry. So, now GOD can take her to wife because HE died and rose from the dead and lives again. So, Israel can now be The Bride Of CHRIST!
Rev_1:18I amhe that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Note: When GOD compares marriage with CHRIST and the Church, HE is showing us how HE feels by relating it to something that produces great emotion in us! GOD HAS similiar emotions to us, but GOD is Supernatural. Supernatural means more natural, therefore it goes without saying that GOD has more intense emotions than we do. So, when GOD compares HIS Love for us to marriage and family, we can see how HE feels when we go astray.
Also, when GOD is speaking of idolatry (idol worship) (and yes, there is idol worship today) (anything you put between you and GOD is idol worship, it can be your house or car or anything) (the worst idol worship of all is when GOD'S children fall away to satan when he gets here) (satan is the worst idol of all idols) (are you going to idolize satan? Who knows, maybe satan will be on American Idol).
It is my opinion that since GOD divorced Israel and also that the Church is The Bride Of CHRIST, that it may not necessarily be that GOD only compares HIS relationship to us with marriage and family, but that the very marriage and family love and relationships we all know so well are actually patterned after what we were, and will be familiar with again in Heaven.
Another note: Don't worry if you are divorced! Since JESUS died for our sins, if you divorced, when you repent and ask for forgive in JESUS NAME, your slate is wiped clean. It is as if you never divorced at all! Divorce is NOT the unforgiveable sin!
Many of the posts I do just come to me. It all comes into my mind all at once, then I have to go proof it out in scripture. Even the proof out parts come to me in a similar way. I believe that GOD is making it happen, but I'm not saying for sure that is the case. HE did not appear to me or talk to me and say that HE is doing it. I did however ask HIM long ago that whatever I say be HIS WORDS and not my words. I sure hope HE is doing that for me!
Deu 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. Deu 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Deu 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; Deu 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Read that and make sure that you know that the LAW says that if you divorce your wife that you CANNOT remarry her or be with her again! You CAN'T take her back! That is THE LAW!
Rom 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law toherhusband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law ofherhusband.
Rom 7:3 So then if, whileherhusband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Now, look at this! It is where GOD divorces Israel:
Jer 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
So, you see, GOD divorced Israel! Do you see it?
Now, according to the Law, Israel is divorced and that is because Israel (and Judah) played the harlot by worshipping other gods and forming their own religions. Israel cheated on GOD! Therefore, since GOD divorced Israel and Israel was with another (harlot), GOD can't remarry Israel!
...Unless GOD dies.
When JESUS (which is GOD in the flesh (Immanuel, which means GOD WITH US!) died, Israel was free to remarry. So, now GOD can take her to wife because HE died and rose from the dead and lives again. So, Israel can now be The Bride Of CHRIST!
Rev_1:18I amhe that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Note: When GOD compares marriage with CHRIST and the Church, HE is showing us how HE feels by relating it to something that produces great emotion in us! GOD HAS similiar emotions to us, but GOD is Supernatural. Supernatural means more natural, therefore it goes without saying that GOD has more intense emotions than we do. So, when GOD compares HIS Love for us to marriage and family, we can see how HE feels when we go astray.
Also, when GOD is speaking of idolatry (idol worship) (and yes, there is idol worship today) (anything you put between you and GOD is idol worship, it can be your house or car or anything) (the worst idol worship of all is when GOD'S children fall away to satan when he gets here) (satan is the worst idol of all idols) (are you going to idolize satan? Who knows, maybe satan will be on American Idol).
It is my opinion that since GOD divorced Israel and also that the Church is The Bride Of CHRIST, that it may not necessarily be that GOD only compares HIS relationship to us with marriage and family, but that the very marriage and family love and relationships we all know so well are actually patterned after what we were, and will be familiar with again in Heaven.
Another note: Don't worry if you are divorced! Since JESUS died for our sins, if you divorced, when you repent and ask for forgive in JESUS NAME, your slate is wiped clean. It is as if you never divorced at all! Divorce is NOT the unforgiveable sin!
Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the Lord. 2 “Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame. 4 Have you not just called to me: ‘My Father, my friend from my youth, 5 will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?’ This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can.”
Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. 6 The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God. 7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
