Concerning the bondwoman Hagar...Who gave the command to cast her out? Did not God give it in telling Abraham to listen to Sarah? Does a bondwoman’s son...a slave remain or abide in the house ...or A Son?
John 8:33-37 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? [34] Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. [35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. [36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. [37] I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
The strength of sin is the Law. The subject of title of the thread: divorcement ...DEAD to the Law by the body of Christ. Not all are Israel but hose of the promise seed. Whose son are they when answering Him “We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how safest thou, You shall be made free?”
If one can not even see they were ever in bondage... “how sayest thou, You shall be made free?”
Romans 11:15
[15] For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
2 Corinthians 5:14-16 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: [15] And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. [16] Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
The bondwoman’s son was cast away in ....by the body of Christ ... “were ALL dead” ....the reconciliation of all things to Christ...how then shall the receiving of them be...but Life from the dead?
GINOLJC, to all. first thanks for the reply. second, consider this, and please read this carefully, all of Romans chapter 3. read it twice. and key, or zoom in on these two verse,
Romans 3:9 "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: f
or we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;"
Romans 3:10 "As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one:"
AND THIS ONE,
Romans 3:23 "
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
KNOWING THIS, LETS ANSWER YOUR TOPIC, AND ONE OF YOUR MAIN QUESTION.
in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 remember you posted this, "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."
Deuteronomy 24:2 "And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife."
Deuteronomy 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;"
Deuteronomy 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."
let's answer this, (with man it's impossible, but not with God). we will use scripture, to answer your topic, listen to the answer.
Jeremiah 3:1 "
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers;
yet return again to me, saith the LORD." STOP, and read that again, especially what the LORD said at the end of the verse here.
lets continue, verse 12,
Jeremiah 3:12 "Go and
proclaim these words toward
the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever."
Jeremiah 3:13 "
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD."
DID you get that? God himself is the only one who can cleans the Land, and he did it with his own blood. what do we mean? notice Jeremiah 3:12 above, "RETURN" unto the Lord. return here means "REPENT". what was the First words out of John the Baptist, and the Lord Jesus mouth? that's right, "REPENT" for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand". first John, Matthew 3:1 "In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,"
Matthew 3:2 "And saying,
Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew 3:3 "For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." yes, this is the Elijah to come. one of the two witness.
now the other witness, the Lord Jesus,
Matthew 4:17 "From that time Jesus began
to preach, (proclaim), and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." sorry about that for there is another topic about the two witness, which this topic reveals clearly. but this "REPENTANCE" answers the question of Deuteronomy 24. see under Grace a woman can RETURN, or repent to her husband, even after a divorce. for under LAW, Romans 7:1 "Know ye not, brethren, (
for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?"
Romans 7:2 "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."
Romans 7:3 "So then if, while her husband 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."
see, you're not under LAW, nor BOUND by it, 1 Timothy 1:9 "
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"
our righteousness is in Christ which he has fulfilled, and in doing so, made me free from the Law, oh only just "RETURN/REPENT" saith the LORD.
see how easy it is just to follow the bible. listen, and watch the bold and red words. Jeremiah 3:12 "Go and
proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am
merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever."
Jeremiah 3:13 "Only
acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD."
proclaim means to "preach", that's what the two witness did, John and Jesus.
Return means to "repent", this is what John and Jesus preached.
acknowledge means to "Confess", when the people went to John's baptism they "confessed" their sins.
merciful means gracious ... "GRACE".
BINGO, there it is, under GRACE a wife can "RETURN", even if divorced, under Grace. so the LAW don't apply under GRACE.
a re-reading of this post may be in order to get the full understanding.
PICJAG.
PS, it this was helpful, you might want to make a cross reference of Jeremiah 3:12 & 13 with Matthew 3:2 and Matthew 4:17.