What is a partial divorce?
sure, a partial divorce is the "PUTTING AWAY" without a bill of divorcement when forincation is found. a perfect example of this is in the well known story of joseph and mary, listen. Matthew 1:19 "Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to
put her away privily." why put her away? because they was only espoused and had not yet consummated the marriage. this is why the Lord Jesus said what he said to the Pharisees who tried to tempt him, Matthew 19:3 "The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?"
Matthew 19:4 "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,"
Matthew 19:5 "And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?"
Matthew 19:6 "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
Matthew 19:7 "They say unto him,
Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?"
Matthew 19:8 "He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so."
Matthew 19:9 "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."
se, the Lord Jesus put an end to a man just "Putting away" his wife without the bill of divorcement. because she would not be fully divorce. when you consummate a marriage you need to divorce fully. if espouse only then can you put away your spouse.
Marriage: step1. espoused. then step #2. consummated
Divorce: step #1. Putting away, (only for forincation, espoused). step #2. Bill of Divorcement, (adultery, or other uncleaness).
when one understand the conditions of these steps then one can clearly understand what the Lord Jesus our God is saying about marriage and divorce. thes thing applies in the OT as well as the NT.
PICJAG.