GINOLJC, to tom55, there are two types of marriages in the Hebrew economy. 1. an espouse marriage, or someone was betrothal. 2. a consummated marriage. if you're in an espouse marriage, and put away your wife, without a bill of divorcement, and marries another, yes you have committed adultery, legally. but if in an espouse marriage, and put away your wife, but gives a bill of divorcement, (with reason). and then marries another, no you're not committing adultery, because the marriage had not yet been consummated, or had sexual releation. the answer is clear in Matthew 5:32 "But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery". here one have both words, fornication, and adultery. the only time one can commit fornication in a marriage if they are espouse in a marriage.
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Exo_20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Lev_20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
divorce would be more forgiving don't you think? and its not a sin to be merciful toward the offender.
according to the Lord God according to Moses fornication maybe dealt with divorce but adultery can be righteously dealt with corporal punishment, and in a gentile environment like western culture you would be prosecuted for murder in this case.
Also, as most people, especially Christians, don’t know or even care, God put man in His place in the earth to execute His Judgements. And it is permissible in God’s eyes to remove an adulterer from the world. But Jesus demonstrates when the Pharisees thought to challenge Jesus, Jesus being correct by law and righteous by His sinless nature could have said put her to death, but instead executed His Father’s Judgement which is Life, therefore no condemnation.
In the case of real world today, in a gentile society where adultery is nothing but a thing, and very acceptable and many time rewarded socially and legally. If a offended spouse who by Moses would be a widower or widow, remarries there is no offence to the law. its not against the law for a widow, or widower to remarry. And again no need to put the adulterer to death when one may forgive but can’t live with nor trust at all anymore may divorce and move on as though under the law of Moses would be widow anyway.
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