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| − | ==Creation of the World.== | + | ==The Great Divorce Controversy== |
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| − | '''Genesis Chapters 1 and 2:'''
| + | Having examined what the Bible says about marriage, we can now turn to the issue of divorce. We have seen that the Bible teaches that marriage is the lifelong union of one man with one woman. That is God’s ideal. What does the Bible have to say on divorce? |
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| − | The creation of the world is a wonder of wonders. Both science and theology are very limited and imperfect to understand it, but beautiful and practical lessons can be drawn from it.
| + | This remains controversial as we saw in our examination of the parliamentary debates. Although a large theological literature debates the meaning and interpretation of the key biblical passages, there is still uncertainty among Christians as to what the Bible teaches about divorce. |
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| − | It gives two apparently very different stories of the " Creation ":
| + | The issue at stake is this: does Christ allow divorce with remarriage? In other words, is the marriage bond dissolved by divorce? Those theologians who support the Protestant doctrine of divorce argue that Christ allows divorce for marital unfaithfulness, and some claim that the apostle Paul allows divorce and remarriage following desertion by an unbelieving spouse. |
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| − | In Chapters 1, is the creation of the Universe in 6 days... a hymn of the love of God.
| + | On the other side of the debate are those who believe that the Bible teaches that marriage is indissoluble and, therefore, remarriage is not permitted following a divorce. For those who wish to study the detailed theological arguments two books are recommended. Jesus and Divorce by Gordon Wenham and William Heth deals in detail with the arguments of those who support the Erasmian view of divorce. |
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| − | Chapters 2, is, specially, the creation of man woman, and marriage, with the spiritual life that must take, in the tree of the life, from Jesus, abstaining from the tree of the science of the good and bad... God it is here like a " potter ", who creates man from clay; or like a " surgeon ", who removes the rib of Adam to create Eve; or like a " gardener " who planted a garden... a very human God, and very interested personally in man and woman...
| + | 1. They explore the different schools of interpretation, and provide a strong critique of the view widely held by evangelicals today, that allows for remarriage after divorce on the grounds of immorality. Andrew Cornes, in Divorce and Remarriage, provides a comprehensive study of singleness, marriage, divorce and remarriage from a biblical perspective. |
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| − | In Chapter 1 the Earth is full of water, like Mesopotamia between the rivers Tigris and the Euphrates, and God separates Earth from the waters... in Chapter 2, the Earth is dry, like Palestine, and God brings forth a river, creating the earthly Paradise, the Eden...
| + | 2. I believe that the biblical teaching on divorce and remarriage, an issue that effects everyone, is clear and understandable. Those who claim that the Scriptures are unclear on divorce imply that Jesus Christ taught in a way that caused confusion. |
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| − | Chapter 1 is like a "solemn hymn ", Chapter 2 like a "popular history "... both are wonders of God, the only one God says the Hymn.
| + | The confusion does not lie with Christ, but with those who find themselves unable to accept the plain truth of his teaching. It is a serious error to claim that the teachings of Christ are unclear. On the contrary, he did not fail to tell the world God’s plan for marriage in clear, understandable language. Indeed, he did so in such plain words that his teaching has caused offence even among those who claim to be his followers. |
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| − | The Creation in 6 days, in Chapters 1: It is a symmetrical scheme: | + | The apparent confusion over divorce and remarriage is entirely man-made. This chapter examines two Old Testament passages and the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul. |
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| − | Day 1, creates Light and Astral region... Day 4: The Sun, Moon, day and night... and the Stars
| + | [[The message of Malachi – God hates divorce]] |
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| − | Day 2: Waters and Air... Day 5: Fish and Birds
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| − | Day 3: Earth and Seas, and Plants... Day 6: Terrestrial Animals and Man and Woman.
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| − | The adversaries of the Bible immediately make the question: How come there was Light on day 1, if there was no Sun?... modern science has discovered the "cosmic light", every single atom gives light!, there is no need of the Sun to have light in the universe...
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| − | The main reason, is that it is not a "scientific history ", but a "didactic-theological history ", a history of salvation, that teaches us the following fundamental religious truths:
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| − | 1 There is only one God, Almighty, a loving Person, wise, eternal... who created everything in the heavens and earth with His "word " (the Christ), by the power of the Spirit (Ge 1:1-2).
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| − | 2 All other things are "creatures of God ": The sun and the fire and animals, are not God, as it was erroneously believed by some ancestors... the man is not God either, as erroneously believed nowadays in the New Era... nature and energy is not God either, as believed today by some pseudo-scientists... all of them are creatures of God!.
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| − | 3 That God is very much interested in man and woman, whom He named "the king of the creation "... but a king "servant of God ", to Whom he has to adore each full seventh day... there is no nobler conception of man and woman, neither a greater idea of God! (Ge 1:28, 2:3).
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| − | The orders of God to man:"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (Ge 1:28)
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| − | The Food for men: "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food". (Ge 1:29)... and to the animals, "every green plant for food." (Ge 1:30)
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| − | 4 The woman has the same dignity of man... both were made to "the image and likeness of God " (Ge 1:26-27):
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