First of all, I wish to note that I did read a former post which references this issue. As that one got way out of hand and is now locked, I wondered if folks could give short, Scriptural basis for their view on how this all worked out.
1 Samuel records Michal being given to David as a wife, who then helped David escape her father Saul. Saul then (I believe) wrongfully gave her to another man, with whom she committed adultery either at the beginning or perpetually. I wondered about the term husband in the Scripture, if such is always meaning what we define it in English. The woman at the well also had 5 husbands over her lifetime but was with one not her husband. Short explanations are great here, folks. Not looking for debate, just points of view.
Was David right to demand his wife, who he never divorced or consented to leave? Should she have obeyed her father, as she should rightfully have been under the headship of her husband?
Practically, the related point is the fact that my first wife legally divorced me, I showed up for the hearing but did not pursue nor desire the divorce even though she did have another man during our marriage. She has now married another, and her husband is near death due to drug overdose and a sound beating afterward on the street. Has been on life support for about 40 days. She is not a believer, but if we are not really divorced Biblically, then should/could I take her back?
I see Deut 24 as a man putting away his wife, shaming her due to her adultery, as the cause for not taking her back again after remarriage. As some of those facts are debatable, I just want to know what my responsibility and or ability before the Lord is. She is still unsaved, loves me as a friend but nothing else, and my desire toward her is primarily as a friend but also as a Christian who wishes to see her reconciled to God through Christ Jesus.
Last question......Have I lost my mind? :shock:
1 Samuel records Michal being given to David as a wife, who then helped David escape her father Saul. Saul then (I believe) wrongfully gave her to another man, with whom she committed adultery either at the beginning or perpetually. I wondered about the term husband in the Scripture, if such is always meaning what we define it in English. The woman at the well also had 5 husbands over her lifetime but was with one not her husband. Short explanations are great here, folks. Not looking for debate, just points of view.
Was David right to demand his wife, who he never divorced or consented to leave? Should she have obeyed her father, as she should rightfully have been under the headship of her husband?
Practically, the related point is the fact that my first wife legally divorced me, I showed up for the hearing but did not pursue nor desire the divorce even though she did have another man during our marriage. She has now married another, and her husband is near death due to drug overdose and a sound beating afterward on the street. Has been on life support for about 40 days. She is not a believer, but if we are not really divorced Biblically, then should/could I take her back?
I see Deut 24 as a man putting away his wife, shaming her due to her adultery, as the cause for not taking her back again after remarriage. As some of those facts are debatable, I just want to know what my responsibility and or ability before the Lord is. She is still unsaved, loves me as a friend but nothing else, and my desire toward her is primarily as a friend but also as a Christian who wishes to see her reconciled to God through Christ Jesus.
Last question......Have I lost my mind? :shock:
