
122: A Naked Thing
The BEMA Podcast
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Can We Divorce Our Wives for Any and Everything?
The issue of divorce was about protecting the woman, which is what the pharisees completely miss in this question. Jesus isn't taking this position because obedience to a commandment from god about divorce. He says, you are not allowed to treat them like property that you can just get rid of if she burns your biscuits,. or if there's adult no, noo. You have to actua, treat her as a full fledged human being - and jesus sides with shamai. May god help us to redeem the heart of jesus who was trying to establish a moral standard of holiness for those pushed to the margins by others.
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