He warned us . I will also put an end to all her gaiety, Her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, And all her festal assemblies. This was now accomplished. 5:18). Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. 's season finale. The Egyptians worshipped gods created by their ancestors, but the Israelites kept their faith. The same could be asked about your best china, or that very special dress (maybe even your wedding dress). New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Exodus 21:10 (MSG) If he marries another woman, she retains all her full rights to meals, clothing, and marital relations. Those distinctions are spelled out in the Law, one of which is that of the maintenance of sexual and marital sanctity. Bible Answer: Marriage between people of different races occurs every day in spite of the conflicts that occur between nations and different interest groups. Shaun ( Freddie Highmore) and Lea ( Paige Spara) started out as neighbors. (1) Jesus had come to bear the penalty for sinners, and thus He did not come to condemn anyone, but to offer salvation to all (cf. We need only look at men like David and Solomon, who had so many wives they couldnt keep up with them, but still sought after more (such as David sought Bathsheba). When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlots house. For this and other reasons, the Seventh Commandment is of vital importance, not only to a pagan world, but to a carnal and permissive church. In a divine vision, God said to Peter, What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy (Acts 10:15). Answer. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery (Matt. It is God who brought Adam and Eve together as husband and wife. The sanctity of sex in marriage clearly calls for the sanctity of sex before marriage. If one were so serious as to be willing to pluck out an eye or cut off a hand then that persons attitude is what it should be with regard to adultery. God has here joined a man and a woman so that they have become a unity. But this does not take the Law far enough, as our Lord must continually point out to His listeners, and to His literalistic opponents, the scribes and Pharisees. It marks out yet another way in which the marriage is sanctified. The difference between John and myself over the use of a wood chisel is also a matter of sanctification. Moses knew he had a big job because Israel was no longer just one family. The Israelites themselves were set apart from the Egyptians and from all other nations. We must start by praying for them, seeking what God will do. Women, why do keep your silver in a special place, bringing it out only for special occasions? Finally, sexual purity is vitally important to the Christian life because it is directly related to ones sanctification: For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you. I do not think that it is correct to conclude that adultery terminates a marriage, any more than it is correct to conclude that sin terminates our salvation. Does the Bible Mention What to Give Up for Lent? Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. God not only created man and woman, He also created the institution of marriage. 25, 27, 28), thus resulting in expulsion from the land. According to Matthew 19:9, if one divorces and marries another (except for the divorce based on the immorality of the other partner) that person commits adultery. Some scholars estimate that if we factored in those groups and other factors, there would have been as many as 3 million Israelites exiting Egypt. I also believe that humans will not stop the plan of God. 11-31). At His second coming He will bring judgment to the wicked. Most Americans seem to think that human sexuality is to be used in the same way I use my Stanley chiselthe more uses to which it can be put, the better. The Mohar.The funds, called mohar, are so important that this clause is called ikkar ketubahthe basic part of the ketubah, or simply the ketubah. Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. Physical intimacy is the most obvious, but there is also a spiritual and emotional intimacy. 2. When we leave the gospels of the New Testament and come to the epistles, there is a change which we should recognize and appreciate. Let those who would consider divorce an option carefully ponder the implications of their actions in accordance with our Lords words here. In my opinion, the rampant sexual immorality of our day is not primarily the result of greater temptation, of increased sexual desire, of greater opportunity, or even of the availability of the pill and abortion. 11. In the Book of 1 Corinthians he focuses on illicit sexual union and its relationship to the believers union with Christ: Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? I havent read a story that powerful and emotional and heart-wrenching in years! God is not a fan of bondage or suffering. Marriage with the Midianites was allowed . Her name. By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing. Then David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. Who knows better how to hurt his mate than the one who has the most intimate knowledge of her? First, we move from a Jewish to a Gentile culture. They made their lives miserable with hard labor (Exodus 1). Ex). There are many things and situations where people make an exodus. We can cry out to God, and He will hear us. There is a saying that success is when preparation meets opportunity. The consequences of guilt or innocence are spelled out (vss. Deuteronomy 22When a man accuses his wife of not being a virgin at the time they were married, the parents can show her (blood-stained) garment as proof of her purity. 5:27-32). In Exodus 20:3, we read: You shall have no other gods before me. We can learn from the book Exodus that the Israelites continued to cry out to God until He delivered them. Nevertheless, the rest of the Pentateuch (the Pentateuch is the five books of the Old Testament, written by Moses) provides us with a great deal of detail concerning sexual sins, and the various forms of punishment required by each. To me, a wood chisel can be used for any number of things, including, if necessary, automobile engines. In chapter 35, Ruben lay with one of his fathers concubines (35:22). The New Testament portrays a very similar picture. but the scene where Cecilia says goodbye to Sean in Exodus literally broke me. (2) We can see by Josephs words that adultery was not only wrong, but that he understood it to be sin. An exodus of people left the company means the same thing. Leviticus 20Israel is not to play the harlot by consulting mediums or spiritists, but they are to consecrate themselves to the God of Israel, who sanctifies them (vss. Pauls words in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 go much farther, showing the implications of a Christians sexual union with a harlot. 25:1-9). Their people have been under the foot of the Egyptians for four hundred years. To John, a wood chisel is to be sanctifiedset apart for use only on wood. This event is described in detail in the second book of the Bible, called. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. 51:4) and New, adultery is, first and foremost, a sin against God. Lots of exceptions to the rule. And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Abraham marries Keturah, who couldn't have been a daughter of Israel as Israel, Abraham's grandson was yet to have been born. Gen. 39:9; 2 Sam. At times we are tempted to think that what God has called clean is really unclean (as was the case with Peter; cf. However, the plan of the Lord prevails. and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. It's been a long road, but on . The Israelites performed the same physical act of worship (obeisance) towards Yahveh and King David, as it is written, 1 Chr. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More. In the midst of that conversation I said to John, John you would not have been very happy with me. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed (Gen. 12:2-3). So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.. There are two specific applications which I would suggest emerge from the observation of these unique areas in which marriage is sanctified, unique. Exodus 22:16-17 "If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride price for her and make her his wife. Mohar is the cash gift the groom gives the bride, as Eliezer, Abraham 's servant, gave "precious things" to Laban, Rebecca 's father, and as Jacob gave seven years of service for the hand of Rachel.The great sage and the ketubah's most important . Understand they had been among people with idol gods. 5:1-14). Mount Sinai, from which God spoke to Moses and the Israelites, was sanctified, set apart. Thus, one should be careful not to think or say that since adultery is a sin against a marriage, it has also, de facto, terminated the marriage. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. Their numbers threatened the new Pharaoh. Sexual sin has very serious theological implications. At other times, we are tempted to call clean what God has called unclean. One of the most important decisions the Christian can make is to rightly distinguish between the holy and the unholythe see what God has sanctified and what He has not. The second layer of application relates to the church. [ESV] The ESV here provides a textual note on before, saying "or besides ." And indeed, many translations use that phrasing. We sanctify those things to which we attach great value. There are many Christians in Ukraine. 24, 30) and the land (vss. The old dependent and submissive relationship of child to parent had to be set aside so that this unity of husband and wife could be established (v. 24). This is not one of the high points in Abrams life. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! In short, there has been both a leaving and a cleaving, a separation and a union.