Some have erroneously concluded that the only reason I could come to the conclusions of this teaching was that I must have been divorced and now re-married. For the record. Both my wife Julie and I have only been married once, that being to each other. Neither of us have been married before or divorced. Our marital status had no influence on this teaching.
I prayed this morning and cried out to the lord. I was 2X divorced. Abandoned on both. Not a believer also. I was clean from drugs 2 years ago with my boyfriend and we were married in the LORD shortly after. I have been called an adulterer and i can’t understand it ... I praise GOD that he led me to this video. I am crying. HIS GRACE IS ENOUGH and my husband and I are not in sin. Thank you YESHUA and thank you brother for delivering this message , I feel HE led me here so that I can walk in peace. So grateful.
Sorry forgive me did not proofread the text before I sent it and I meant very inspirational and I meant death my dad God bless you my brothers we need to get this right lotta people are hurting in this matter and we want to do what's right in Gods eyes not a mans eyes because man's opiniomeans nothing only God's opinion means everything
I recently heard that this video is your top viewed video. I can tell you why: I share it almost daily in Facebook groups where people condemn others for getting divorced. People need to know the truth, and this video saved my life.
@@casseophealejarde-khaizenYou are right. If divorced, you must remain celibate as long as the first spouse is still alive or if possible, reconcile. It's a big lie that you can remarry after divorce.
One vital component that wasn’t mentioned was: pray about it. Take your situation to God. Ask Him. Pray asking for wisdom from above. Yes counsel is good and this is a great teaching to help us…ultimately God is the Judge and that’s Whom we need to be right with. God will guide and direct us as to what to do. I say just add that into our lives. Taking it to God in prayer for answers you can trust will ensure we will be right with God. 🙏
This teaching video needs to go viral. So many people are hurting because of the errant teaching that has been spewed forth from so many would be teachers who don't know what they are talking about. I hope everyone who watches this sends it to everyone they know. Thanks Rabbi Steve.
Wrong, Christ’s words are clear “if one remarries it is committing adultery”, and no one that commits adultery enters into the Kingdom. Do not spiritualize Christ’s word, and do not downplay the seriousness of marriage and the importance of properly vetting before committing to the covenant, and do not use misrepresentations of Paul to push false doctrine, Christ said more then 3 times that if someone is divorced and remarried it’s committing adultery, those are the words of the Messiah. We are to die for ourselves and who lives this life will lose it, if someone is remarried with first spouse still alive that person must repent and sever that relationship if they want to go to Heaven. If you satisfy your flesh then you are not of Christ. If a person feels conviction with the words of Christ is because they need to repent and change their ways to not perish, do not grieve the Holy Spirit, listen to Christ and be saved.
Thank you for the clearest teaching I've ever heard regarding divorce, and for telling those outside a marriage that is falling apart not to meddle. No one but God knows the whole truth about each situation, and only He has the right to judge. I wish I could have seen this video many years ago. It would have spared me much mental and emotional anguish caused by self-righteous meddlers.
I gave this teaching to a pastor of a SDA who had been divorced 20+ years ago and remarried. This issue was eating the pastor of SDA alive...it is no longer eating him alive so thank you.
This gentle teaching is the most Scripturally reasoned, compassionate, most understanding of "real" life that I think I've ever heard. Thank you, Rav Berkson.
+Jenna Caruthers And after studying this out again, I would point out that the Malachi 2:16 reference also is a putting away, not the sefer k'ritut:/"divorce." (H7971 shalach, send away) so it's no wonder why YHVH wouldn't like that option.
There must be a vested interest to twist that verse to mean divorce. Perhaps theywere not devnely inspired.. Putting away and the giving a legal divorce paper are clearly two different things..
Exactly why Jesus to told the woman at the well that she had been married 5 times and that she currently wasn’t married to the man she was living with. He would have said you have been with 6 men but are still married to the first. People are insane in some of their teachings
Question is was she married to the current guy or ... was she just living with him? Context is missing. And without understanding cultural and historical context... there is nothing but face value. Which can be missleading.
1. Yahusha didn’t tell the woman to do anything, what He did do was let her know HE knew her sin. 2. Yahusha did not even indicate if this man OR HER was free to marry again--only that the man she was with was NOT HER husband. 3. We don’t have enough information as to whether they were “real” husbands or not by what He says. She could have been married all of them according to her pagan customs or she could have “had” 5 husbands which were not hers to have. 4. Could all those husbands be dead? Giving her an allowance to remarry? This passage is not thorough enough to try and rest in--for either side. What we do have clear teaching on is that Yahusha Himself said that to enter into a marriage AFTER a divorce is to commit adultery. Does committing adultery make a person the spouse of the other person? It doesn’t appear to be evident anywhere in scripture to be the case. Irenaeus (c. 180 A.D.): “That erring Samaritan woman did not remain with one husband. Rather, she committed fornication by many marriages.” (ANF, Vol. 1, p. 445) Justin Martyr (c. 160 A.D.): “Concerning chastity, He Yahusha uttered such sentiments as these [he quotes Matt 5:28, 29, 32; 19:12]. So that all who, by human law, are twice married, are in the eye of our Master sinners, and those who look upon a woman to lust after her. For not only he who in act commits adultery is rejected by Him, but also he who desires to commit adultery…” (ANF, Vol. 1, p. 167) Athenagoras (c. 175 A.D.): “…a person should either remain as he was born [i.e. a virgin], or be content with one marriage; for a second marriage is only a specious adultery. ‘For whosoever puts away his wife,’ says He, ‘and marries another, commits adultery….These adulterers and pederasts defame the eunuchs [i.e. virgins] and the once-married.” (ANF, Vol. 2, p. 146-147) ...
Wow. I’m a newly born-again Christian and I have been praying for guidance on this issue. At the very beginning of the video I was like “wait, that’s not correct” and went to respond but something spoke to me and said “Hear him out and if you feel the same at the end...then respond.” And I’m so glad I listened because this video really opened my eyes to so many things. Thank you for making and sharing this.
@@JacquelineServantess Facts Matthew 19:10-12 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mothers womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI @1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it) Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19 @8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried @9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding) @13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed @17:10 "and then it's legal and ok" @25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24. @36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16 @39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all. @41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start). If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery. @43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
Hope you are still a born again Christian and have figured out that divorce and remarriage is ongoing adultery as long as the first spouse is still alive.
Incredibly anointed teaching. Sadly even with the breakdown of scripture those who have religious spirits will still not be able to receive this. This is exactly why we must be taught by the Holy Spirit. HE cannot mislead Himself.
I am sitting here taking notes, trying for word for word. I want to learn this so I can share with people. This is so good, I just prayed this morning for clarity in this. After you explained it is really not that hard, but it is with 50 years of hearing other things preached about it. God bless, hoping to see you on Amazon with a published book about this.
This is the best teaching I have seen on this topic. My unbelieving wife left me and filed for divorce. After 15 years God blessed me with peace in my house. ;)
Don’t sign it...Yeshua is the ultimate covenant keeper and a covenant was made between you and her...yes you can find justification in scriptures for she abandoned you and that’s covered!..but what if you don’t agree to divorce and live as an example of love by observing Torah after faith in Yeshua so that she can see herself how your work in Torah is because of your faith in love in Yeshua cause you too love her with that strength but not first!.. That’s what I have chosen to do for mine left after now 19 years for she is still my spouse but not acting like my wife but I keep praying for her to see and it shall be Abbas will not mine!.. I pray for you!..I understand first hand your struggles... Shalom!..
@@Jesusbride515 no it’s not show the scripture to back that up 🔝 please no opinions allowed here only holy scriptures. Adultery is not taking a second wife adultery is taking a married woman king David was not an adulterer for having more than one wife he was an adulterer for taking uriah the hittites wife
Thank you for this teaching. I have never heard this perspective of the scriptures before. It answered my personal Biblical questions regarding divorce. Thank you again.
Steve Berkson is quickly becoming my favorite messianic Rabbi. Just a good and blessed mix of grace and Truth. Many blessing to you, your family and your congregation
I have been in numerous debates trying to get people to understand what the teacher is saying in this video. I watched too many videos on youtube to count them and I studied many teachings from many pastors and teachers on this topic. What I find is too many teachings lack grace, mercy, compassion, and understanding of the original texts. This is by far the best teaching on the topic. I could have saved a lot of time if I had seen this first.
johnspartan98 I agree, John. Likewise, wish I'd seen this video! It would have spared my husband & me the agony of mistakenly thinking we'd have to dissolve our marriage. We are very happily married but were having to defend our relationship because it's a remarriage.
Wow; what an excellent teaching and study. This has truly freed my mind from years of doubt and confusion/depression concerning the translation errors and wrong teaching and twisting of the words of Messiah Yeshua, thank you for this blessed teaching; Shalom!
Exactly! It's not a difficult concept to understand. But it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled. Even the famous God hates divorce scripture is literally God hates sending away. And of course He does, as it condemns the woman to adultery since women in that time couldn't provides for themselves so without a certificate of divorce she couldn't legally remarry and only choice for survival was prostitution or living in sin.
@@stormrising2623 if God hates Sending Away, then He would have hate it when the Hebrews Sent Away their Strange Wives. “Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and SEPARATE YOURSELVES from the people of the land, and from the STRANGE WIVES.” - Ezra 10:11 (KJV)
What a blessing this has been to me. I cannot thank you enough. This has truly set me free from years of wrong teaching. Thank you for being a clear and timely answer to my prayers!
@@mikasaackerman8232 If this teaching is TRUTH, then where is it WRITTEN in the Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible) that a Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish Man Put Away his Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish Wife without giving her a Bill Of Divorcement? Our Heavenly Father is not the Author of confusion that it is not WRITTEN in the Scriptures that we can show evidence of the TRUTH. Amen.
This is the best teaching I have ever heard on this subject, and I've heard a lot of them. This is also a great word study of both Greek and Hebrew words.
thank you so much...I am new to observing Torah..you have no idea how much relief this teaching has given me that I don't have to leave a good marriage of 34 years because I was divorced....Yahwey bless you
Ohh yes me too living in fears because every preacher was like you can't get married after divorcing A good man who is with me for almost 5 years with 3 kids thinking how to let my marriage down
Thank you for this! I was married 21 years with 14 yrs of abuse. I felt unloved n committed adultery, twice. Ended in divorce. I got remarried but was a Satanist by then. Pure lust with a guy 15 yrs younger then me. He cheated but I took him back, as I came back to God. Later I found Torah. My Faith grew and my husband cheated again. He eventually left me for her, who is 18 yrs younger then he is. I divorced him on adultery 2.5 yrs ago. I have not been with another man since. I pray if it's Fathers will, he will bring me a Torah man in my life. Not easy as there are no messianic churches nr me.
Thank you for your testimony Michelle, and Praise the Father the teaching was a blessing to you. Happy to provide additional support through individual counsel if needed.
U ppl are wrong .bible say whoever marry a dirvoced is committing uderltry if your pathner is still alife ..we can not be like the world ..God hates dirvoce ...so if u wanna go to heaven it's either u reconcile with your first husband or stay single..
Praise the Lord! Whenever I find that a Jewish person has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ it lifts me up! I pray that ALL Jewish people would read Isaiah 53, Zechariah 12:10 and all the other scriptures that reveal Jesus is The Son of God and the Savior!
I Must comment because i was so terrified about the divorce situation because i am divorced and i have been for many years. And when i married it wasn't right and not only that i was told through my mother too married. But when the abuse came in couldn't take it any more but through all of this i've learned my lesson and trust me i been waiting on the lord and i am still waiting because i refuse to make the same mistake twice and i know what to do this second time around. JUST KEEP ME IN PRAYER GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE TRUTH BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED THAT IF I REMARRY AGAIN THAT GOD WOULD SEND ME TOO HELL BEING TAUGHT THE WRONG WAY AND THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE THEMSELVES.
Someone put a LINK on on an FB page where I found this today. ENJOYED it thoroughly. I am divorced 6 years ago. Was separated hoping for restoration for 3 years prior to the divorce. GREAT teaching and confirms my heart convictions in daddy GOD and HIS life giving immutable truths..... GOOD doctrine here brother!
I share this from time to time because so many regurgitate church traditions and tell others that hell awaits them if they divorce..bevause "God hates divorce."🤦 I appreciate the depth, compassion, and sincerity that Rabbi Steve takes here. The leaven of the pharisees has leaked into the church so much that so many are condemed to live hell on earth with an abusive or toxic relationship because some well meaning Christian watched Voddie Baucham or Paul Washer and convinced them that divorce comes with a penalty of eternal damnation.
I was the serial adulterer, with young girls half my age, destroying my family, my wife heard no divorce from God (not sure audiblyor something). I challenge her in the understanding of the Bible, with what I know . Long story short, I was dealt with by God, gently...but this because I understand he is HOLY grew in fear but in relief (joy) that I can trust the Bible, the old and the new. The contradictions fell away. When I got back to the family, my son was violent to me, my daughter who loved me so much do not trust me(consider the horror that I did to them), it was not because of the divorce scriptures. I thought it is okay to divorce as there could be conditions, for example, my immorality. But I decided to check it up myself and was shocked by the unambiguous words of the LORD. Nothing about who is teaching me. Furthermore, read Paul letter to the corinthians. Read I carefully and plainly, the same as Jesus teachings The hardness of heart is not to obey (believe in) Jesus and to overcome. Believe as in the Exodus narrative is to believe what Jesus sayEnter your rest by trusting the LORD or face the consequences. Importantly read yourself and do not trust any teacher but to check it yourself. And bring it to God. See if he answers you. I mean truly answer you.
@Logic807 if Yeshua(Jesus) would have contradicted the torah then he would have been a false prophet. The torah does not call divorce a sin. Sin according to 1 John 3:4 is "the transgression of the law." People can have their own experiences on either side of the subject, for or against divorce. But when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter your feelings on the subject. What God's word does not call sin, we cannot call sin. No matter how strongly we feel. People will swear up and down that drinking alcohol is a sin, when the God's word never said such a thing. The torah and the new testament speak against being a drunkard, but not against consuming alcohol in general. That is just another example of people's own emotions and perspective becoming an authority over God's word. We need to be very careful about that. It's a very serious sin in itself to add or take away from the word of God. On this topic, I highly suggest listening to rabbi Steve go through the scriptures. It's wonderful that some people are able to work through a toxic marriage and remain. I would caution telling everyone else they are to do the same. That's a decision between you, God, and your spouse. Meddling in such tender affairs of others when you have no stake in it, is arrogant, and obtuse. Too many churches have put many through living hell by heaping guilt and condemnation on others for considering this option. Again, I highly recommend LISTENING to rabbi Steve and meditating on this. If you only respond to the title of the video, and insist with your own claims, you show that you are not to be taken seriously, and are simply seeking attention. Remember one thing for certain, God, the holy spirit WILL NOT contradict the scriptures. That means the full picture given through both the torah and prophets, as well as the new testament. Neither will the holy spirit contradict context from a historical, grammatical, and cultural perspective.
Sister hi...it's me. Going to watch this now. I just stumbled across your comment when reading these. If you need a friend do email me. It's in my description box. Sounds like your going through some stuff...me too.
America needs to hear this .... brought tears.....I know so many have a "story"...but I am thankful for the TRUTH COMING FORTH... thankful for His Mercy and Grace...
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI @1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it) Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19 @8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried @9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding) @13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed @17:10 "and then it's legal and ok" @25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24. @36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16 @39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all. @41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start). If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery. @43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
Thats how i understood it too but most of the teachings from other pastors makes me feel like a already in he'll condemned sinner! Thank you so much. From Namibia 🇳🇦
It is about time that brothers are stepping forward and meeting the challenges of that damnable traditional teachings on marriage, divorce and remarriage with the truth! Many debates going on to break the spell of the traditional lie. I am proud of this brother for taking the time to make this video and his studies on this subject are very indepth and his proof, very strong. Keep going brother. There are many to reach yet; many brethren to save from the old lie to this truth, well said. Thanks!
I am kind of upset and I have to forgive myself for waiting this late to watch this video because it kept popping up on my search feed on TH-cam. Full of Truth full of grace full of compassion, I know there's more to say but those are the best words I can come up with.
My family was cruel and unsupportive when I got divorced. They had no idea what I went through! I can’t stand it when those types think it’s ok to judge. The Lord knows my heart and only He knows the truth.
t Klein The good thing is He knows our hearts but the even scarier thing is that He know our hearts. 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I יהוה search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
I wish I could get this translated in Spanish for my parents who are constantly telling me that I must remain single the rest of my life because i divorced a cheating husband!
Your parents are correct and this teaching is wrong. According to your thinking, only someone who commits adultery, themselves and the person they are married to won't be automatically in adultery when they divorce and remarry... *So commiting adultery is wrong but that same adulterer can legally remarry in God's eyes no problem,* This is what your saying when you think it's okay to divorce and remarry because the person cheated. The scripture appears to be more of a hard teaching than that... Whoever divorces except for an invalid marriage like marrying a divorced person... Gay marriage, incestuous marriage. Basically whoever divorces except unless they married someone they weren't supposed to marry according to God's laws, it causes them to commit adultery if they remarry. And anyone who marries a divorced person commits adultery. Essentially there is no more divorce and remarriage.
@Captain Of A Starship you are incorrect, my marriage wasn't even in a church, it wasn't a marriage that the Lord brought together, also it was an unequally yoked marriage in a court, he also is the one committing adultery, this is why this sin will be judged by God and only God. I have the right to marry another man if the Lord sends a good man my way.
@@jrlatina I'm sorry, I think I had a typo. The bible doesn't tell us that adultery is grounds for divorce and it's no "judgement," id really like to know where being unequally yoked makes remarriage okay? And I'm guessing your Catholic if you think being married in a church actually matters because you should remember that God recognizes the marriage of unbelievers as well who never step foot in a church. Your parents are correct, once married the only way one can remarry is after the death of one of the people married, there is only one ground for remarriage and that's only if the marriage was sinful like if you married a divorced person, had a gay marriage or an incestuous marriage etc.
@Captain Of A Starship sadly your most likely stuck in the book of Matthew, try reading other chapters in the bible, you most likely are an evangelist who thinks that everything is a sin, the only sin not forgiven by the lord is the blasphemy of the holy ghost, and again only God knows my childhood and my past sins as an ignorant kid being forced to get married , Yahweh is not involved in all marriages, and does not bless every person who gets married for the wrong reasons, remember it's better to marry then to burn , try reading corinthians , not every person has the gift that Paul had of staying single 🙏🏽
@@jrlatina My friend I'm only referring to remarriage and many marriages were arranged by parents in the past and currently. All valid marriages are what God puts together even if He didn't want you with that specific person because marriage comes from God Himself. You say I'm stuck in Matthew but give me the scriptures your talking about then. I'm not trying to judge you our accuse you of sinning, I'm just telling you that this teaching is wrong and your parents are right.
“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” Mark 10:4-9 KJVAAE
The preacher did not address that no men may separate what is joined as one flesh. God honors the covenant marriage and so it is important to know what you're getting into before you marry.
@@wingamwila4113 I would love to. Matthew 19 was written for the Jews whereby the custom of bethrotal was practiced. Remember Mary who conceived Jesus while bethroted to Joseph? Joseph planned to divorce her as he thought she had been unfaithful. The bethrotal is the only exemption and that is why it states fornication since the marriage has not been consumated yet. Once the marriage has been consumated, divorce + remarriage while covenant spouse is living is adultery. Read: 1 Cor 7:39 Rom 7:1-3 Luke 16:18 Mark 10:1-10 Hope this helps. Praise Jesus! 🙌
I was so wrong in my perspective on divorce! Being raised in churchanity I thought that you could not remarry after a divorce under any circumstances. I even know a divorcee who has been celibate for 30+ years because she believes churchanity teachings on divorce also. Thank you for the enlightenment, this is such a great teaching!!
You're sick. Telling people to destroy a marriage and a family, just because you're too proud and or sadistic to admit your beliefs are false and based on not knowing the scriptures and the words that were actually used. Sent away and being divorced weren't the same in tjat culture just as Separated and divorced aren't the same today. Even in our fallen society you can't get remarried if you're only legally separated. Until you have a divorce decree you're still married. Do you honestly think God and Jesus would set up a system where a woman who gets unjustly divorced from her husband can't remarry and is forced either into adultery, prostitution or starvation? Because those were her ONLY choices back them.
@@cryptojihadi265You are truly lost and deceived. Therebis No biblical grounds for remarriage except death. Good luck with your opinions on judgement day., i do Not wana be you one day.
@@cryptojihadi265I've been standing for 7 yrs and never regret this because I am being led to Jesus in my stand. I'm never led to divorce because I hold on to the covenant I made that I will be faithful to GOD and my husband until death. Am I wasting my time to stand then? Who is leading me to stand? Satan? I too have needs but all of these have been provide by the Lord. I'm in divine peace, not desiring anything outside of His will.
I wish more people would teach like this! We have all been taught and learned so many lies concerning our creator that it’s no wonder people are or have become atheists. For so long since way back before any of us were alive they have taught so much destruction and lies and made our creator into this type of tyrant “god” who is completely scary! Even the word “fear” concerning him makes people afraid. Fear means respect, reverence, etc… Not to be scared to death. And all this you better not question god or your going to hell is ridiculous! It’s not that your questioning him you are asking to understand what he means in things and it’s okay to contemplate and ask him questions etc. Now knowing the truth I do know it makes me super upset and angry at how much the “evil” has tried to twist him into something he isn’t and what he did not say or mean. It has destroyed more people than any of us could count! So many are sick physically mentally and spiritually on a severe level because of this. And it’s very sad. But I am so thankful that I live in the time when knowledge is being increased!!! And the truth is being shown and told! Our father is amazing and the entire story is absolutely beautiful and mind blowing!!! 😊
Thank you for this! My husband cheated on me and fell in lust with a younger woman. This past November he filed for divorce. We had been married for 29 years. I didn't want the divorce even though he cheated on me and he had done other things I don't want to go into. Anyway, I was told and heard on other youtube channels that God will not allow me to be remarried and I was to be alone for the rest of my life. I have been so sad and not understanding why a God of love would want that for me? I don't think what those so-called preachers are saying is right or nice! They had me believing that I was going to hell if I ever get married again and my only choice was to reconcile with my ex-husband! I'm in no hurry to meet a new man. But I don't want to be alone and if the Lord has someone for me I will be so happy! My divorce was final on January 2. I feel like I have a whole new lease on life now! Thank you! ❤️😊🕊✌️🏻
see how screwed up the gentile church is! The very thing Torah thing says not to do - get back with the person you divorced - is what they tell you to do! ugh!
Not only are these Gentile Christian churches wrong in their understanding of the scriptures but the "reconciliation" method can only be attempted before ending the contract. Too many forcing couples to reconcile when it is not going to work. They often actually encourage separating, instead of a written legal divorce!
He skimmed over 1 Corinthians 7:10, which argues against his whole teaching pretty strongly. If this one verse is expanded on, it will present a different teaching than what is presented here. Also, he downplays "what God has joined together, let no man separate."
He does address what God joined together. Do you think God has joined together every married couple? Or is it only those who got married in church before a pastor? Or is it those who God purposed to be together?
@olliewatler7225 I don't think anybody can decide for other people if God joined them or not. I can speak for myself, and I agree that God put the means for my wife to be my wife. The circumstances of our relationship determine my reasoning. Being married at a church or by a judge is not the determining factor of "what God has joined together." All marriages should seek God's will. Nobody should have a mentality that says, "God didn't join us together, so it's OK to separate." Once you're in it (marriage), try to make it work.
@@madeinhisimage9277 Dont be stupid Now are you a kid or an Anti christ. God regconises all marriages between 1 Man 1 Woman for life believers or unbelievers please give SCRIPTURE where it says GOD RECOGNISES GUY MARRIAGES.
Shalom and Thank you so much for putting a real effort into explaining this ,ive been having a hard time over the years trying to understand this subject not really knowing what to believe and I went to the father about this and he lead me to you ,peace be with you and your family
THANK YOU! after studying how “Jewish” marriages work from a historical and biblical way. The explanation is very cut and dry. You commit to a contract, an agreement made. usually there is a waiting period and then they consummate. It only takes transgression of one part of a contract to nullify the whole thing. You then decide what to do about that. But you have to look at the fact that the contract is broken but if you want you can try and save the marriage. In my case it was broken years ago and I’ve been living with emotional,verbal and physical abuse for 12 years because of “God wanting restoration” I finally stopped trying to fix the situation and Told God that I would honor my covenant to God because I had not been unfaithful and that I would let God fill my emotional void. I let God build me up in his word. When I began to bloom and be happy despite my circumstances, things got worse and my spouse turned worse on the kids. I had to leave. After 13 years (12 married) I am somehow leaving a toxic situation by Gods grace and mercy with 4 kids at the age of 33. I have a lot of work to do but God has been providing every step of the way. If you read this. I hope in encourages you and ask for prayer for me and the kids as we transition through the divorce and God grants us favor. I do not want to go through the public court system but it’s what I had to do for my safety. I’ve been TO for 2.5 years. My spouse was Torah knowledgeable but did not apply the spirit of the law.
Thank you for this teaching. Marriage (Ketubah) is a contract. A covenant. Adam and Eve broke the original yet YHVH made a greater unbreakable through YAHUSHUA covenant or contract to those who will receive HIM. This has been something I've thought about and even condemned myself as a put away then divorced woman. YHVH is the greatest lawmaker . HE understands contracts and their remedies. Thank YOU FATHER!
This was a great and even life saving teaching so many people are unfortunately counsseled to stay in abusive relationships to avoid divorce due to ignorance and also told if they remarry its adultery
He's saying releasing and putting away aren't synonymous, as if they are two separate things like the Catholic annulment which we know isn't right. This teaching can have you in adultery
@@mtoi"Glad it was helpfull" You are leading Thousands to sin. Pathetic you will be held accountable remember my name regardless divorce there is NO REMARRIAGE YOU ARE LEADING YOUR FLOCK TO DAMNATION.
This is the best and most thourogh examination of what it means to get divorced and remarried that I have ever seen. I like it not only because it relieves me of my shame, but teaches a truth. I have been made to feel unworthy of even attending church anymore because I am divorced and remarried. The church has the attitude, why are you here since you've condemened yourself to hell?
It’s a terrible thing that many comments here sound just like the Pharisee’s. There was no room for forgiveness to sinners and they thought above others. “To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: 10“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed,a ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men-swindlers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’ 13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:9-14
Why do we always say we are being condemned when we are speaking against sin? Do we really want to follow Jesus or do we still love our sin? Let's be honest. Have we died to ourselves, carry the cross, and follow Jesus?
@@wingamwila4113 Beloved, forgiveness is free in Jesus and so is grace. Because of forgiveness and grace, I willingly obey the Lord Jesus's commandments even though I have to die to self, carry my cross, and follow HIM.
Paul said "Separation," not divorce or remarriage for women. Great point re: Elders involvement in order to counsel and correct things within a marriage vs divorce etc. This is VERY sound for Torah Observant couples.
Me two Alana. I was attending a baptist church and for the longest time I walked in shame and filth. Thanks to Elhoim I have been seeking old scripture in which one after one I found so much truth and healing and grown as if he was calling me out of Babylon. I chose my daughters health and my desire to be one in Elhoim. I tried in my marriage but my ex husband was into alcohol and gambolling and emotionally and mentally abusive. It was too much my daughter was in and out of the hospital from depression.
Me too i was living in tourmented after beeing married for a second time until today i feel peace and i can live now full of trust in my marriage with the man who is so wonderful
@@VictoriaEzpeletaLucas what Scripture Verse saids, a Believing Woman can Divorce her Husband. The Context of the Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible) shows us no Jewish (Believing Woman) had Authority to Divorce her Husband. If you and anyone else is willing to follow the Torah righteously, then you should know Women were not given a Commandment by any Prophet to Divorce their Husbands. According to Scripture, any Woman who Divorce her Husband is still Married to him, because Scripture saids that Men where able to Divorce and not Women. Read It For Yourself.... “When a MAN hath taken a WIFE, and MARRIED HER, and it come to pass that SHE find no FAVOUR in his EYES, because he hath found some UNCLEANNESS in HER: then let him WRITE HER A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, and give it in HER HAND, and SEND HER out of his house.” - Deuteronomy 24:1 (KJV) Does this Verse say anything about Women Divorcing? There are many Women of yesterday and today that are committing Adultery by Divorcing their Husbands and Marrying Another. So terribly sad.
When my wife and I married the Covenant was till death do us depart (except for adultery) You're free to make any Covenant you want with your wife. You can even be swingers. But the Covenant (I) made with (my) wife was till death to us part except for adultery. .
Please define the history of the reasoning to that, there is a reason why Moshe's gave that Law, was it not so, men in ancient days were throwing the women out for no cause practically, example when the man got TIRED of them in a sexual way or even if the women burnt his meal because she was mad at him, he would throw her out?.. Let us be absolutely clear and understanding the history of these Laws. To stop everyone from encouraging Divorce and Remarriage, YHVH Never Ordained Divorce! NOR REMARRIAGE, "YHVH hates divorce" (Malachi 2:16). Matthew 19:9 says, "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." See also Matthew 5:32. These Scriptures clearly state that REMARRIAGE AFTER DIVORCE IS IN FACT ADULTERY, except in the instance of "marital unfaithfulness."... Law, the punishment for adultery was death (Leviticus 20:10). Deuteronomy 24:1-4 mentions remarriage after a divorce, does not call it adultery, and does not demand the death penalty for the remarried spouse. The Bible explicitly says that YHVH hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). The Bible nowhere commands a remarried couple to divorce, either. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 does not describe the remarriage as invalid. Many remarry without the knowledge of how YHVH is or feels about the Covenant of Marriage, therefore there of course is forgiveness as with all sins. Does this mean we can go through 4 or more marriages just to put Yeshua back on the cross? NO! Lord forbid we continue in sin, when we have the knowledge of YHVH. Ending a remarriage through divorce would be JUST AS SINFUL as ending a first marriage through divorce. Both would include the BREAKING OF A COVENANT MADE BEFORE YHVH And With YHVH, between the couple, and in front of several witnesses..... The Bible definitely encourages remaining single or reconciliation over remarriage (1 Corinthians 7:11). YHVH plan for a married couple to stay married as long as both spouses are alive (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:6). This passage, though, does not specifically address remarriage, only being bound to stay in a marriage (1 Corinthians 7:12-15) YHVH, no matter what people say YHVH Still hates divorce, Every divorce is a result of sin, either on the part of one spouse or both. Does God forgive divorce? Absolutely! Divorce is no less forgivable than any other sin. If YHVH forgives the sin of divorce, does that mean you are free to remarry? Not necessarily. YHVH sometimes calls people to remain single (1 Corinthians 7:7-8). Yeshua pointed out that these laws were given because of the hardness of people’s hearts by Moshe, not because such laws were YHVH desire, Let us remember YHVH Hates Divorce (Matthew 19:8)… I do understand people will say what about abuse, still a YHVH can change a person and a person can desire change as well and achieve it too., but I would not stay in a abusive household, and I would not return to reconcile unless led by the Holy Spirit and counsel of the elders and proof that person has indeed changed By YHVH. My Mom always says about Marriage, " Look, If something's broken , what do you do?, you don't just go throw it away, you Fix it."… Same as Marriage, it's a work in progress. Think of it this way, just like you are Yeshua Bride, Yeshua won't throw you away just because of a flaw you have, no, instead he will work to fix the situation with you, so that you will be prepared for that day to come at his bridal table.
Wow, what teaching! Thank you for an absolutely great word from YVHV. It absolutely cleared my mind. Thank you, thank you thank you for this segment, helping me through all of this dross. I've been divorced for almost 11 years, I've been through a life-threatening, stroke because of it! I've listened to others but no one has ever put it as clearly as you have. As I said, I have been listening to speakers for a long time and I NEVER heard this before. I believe in the WHOLE Bible, not just the New Testament (for lack of the proper term). I am so enlighted by your teaching that I want to "shout it from the rooftop"!
Mal 2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away (divorce): for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
@@madeinhisimage9277 Christ shows us that Put Away is Divorce by referring Put Away to Moses who suffered Man to Put Away their Wives concerning Deuteronomy 24:1. Sew for yourself..... “He saith unto them, MOSES because of the hardness of your hearts SUFFERED you to PUT AWAY YOUR WIVES: but from the beginning it was not so.” - Matthew 19:8 (KJV)
@@keithmanasseh2882 Yeah still not divorce. Have to look at in context and culture. Men weren’t divorcing women, they would separate from them and not take care. What we call a modern say separation. Did you even watch the video?
Study that one out more clearly. It was not YHVH who hated it. Hebraic grammar does not support such forms of speech as the English translation and it is also only translated this way in a few manuscripts.
Mark 10:11-12 KJV [11] And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. [12] And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Thank you so much for this video. This is an answer to a prayer. I left my marriage ten years ago because of all kinds of abuse except physical, but never got a certificate of divorce because of money. I have been with someone else and have repented to ABBA. G-d bless you, your family, and congregation.
Finally, someone who has a real understanding of the Scriptures someone who has rightfully divided to the truth and has not used his own philosophy, which is man’s philosophy
Excellent sermon I researched this and have known this true understanding for a long time it is a shame many are ignorant of this as leaders even thanks for a clear CONCISE TEACHING
Thank you for this wisdom. There is a particular person in my social media feed who is continually condemning me and others for having previous marriages. I married at 19 before understanding Torah and really understanding Yahuah and really life in general. I was young and dumb and acting in my own will and not Elohim’s. I have grown and repented, as have many others. This person continually tells me I am going to go to hell of O do not divorce my husband and live the rest of my days single. She tells me I am unrepentant because I refuse to break the covenant I have made with my husband. This clarifies so much for him. Please pray for this woman for her view on this matter that she may come to the truth.
This woman is following what is called "The Marriage Permanence Doctrine". They believe that the first person you marry is your permanent spouse until they die. Yes they believe that someone such as yourself can not remarry for any reason. That who ever you married when you were young and unaware of Torah is your only husband and that if you can't get back together with him you must remain single always. But they still allow for remarriage after a divorce. They say if I am single and I marry a divorced woman it's not a legitimate marriage. Therefore I can divorce this woman and marry again as long as she's never been married herself.
@ 18:58 -- I'm following along closely in the Word, researching the Hebrew and Greek as you teach. When you used the hebrew word 'ehrvawh (Strong's H6172) to describe the sexually illicit activities explained in the Greek by the word porneia (G4202), isn't the best Hebrew word Z'nuwniym (H2183)? 'Ehrvawh is "nakedness," which includes the private parts, uncleanness and sexual activity. Z'nuwniym is "whoredoms," which specifically includes adultery?
i love this vedio it helps so much for the longest time i felt i had no hope i never stop loving my creator but could not go back to church till i met Yeshua im legally divorce and met someone didn't want to go through the whole marriage shebang and been living like this for 27 years. I just found torah 3 years it's been difficult but yahweh has been working in my home love your video please do more on this subject
The divorce and remarriage for adultery doctrine is based solely on the supposed guilt of the wife in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9. However, the wife, in the above scriptures, is clearly not guilty of fornication because the Jews (that Jesus was speaking to) were still living under the law, and if fornication was discovered, there was a moral obligation to report the offender according to Deuteronomy 22:13-24. The wife, who would have been found guilty of fornication, was subsequently stoned to death, according to the law, which had still governed the Jews up until Christ's death on the cross. The same for a woman caught in adultery, according to Leviticus 20:10. How could a wife, guilty of fornication, or adultery, under the law of Moses, be given a writing of divorcement and be caused to commit adultery with whosoever marries her, that is divorced? Jesus is clear, in these examples, that the wife is not guilty of fornication, but is still caused to commit adultery if she marries another man now that she is divorced. This is the only way that Matthew 5:31-32, and Matthew 19:9 keep harmony with Romans 7:2-3, and 1 Corinthians 7:39. Unlike the synoptic gospels of Mark and Luke, which were written to evangelize the Gentiles, Matthew was written to the Jews, and has of 24 characteristics that identify it as intended for the house of Israel. The ancient Jews called the betrothed (engaged) "husband" and "wife" according to Deuteronomy 22:23-24, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 2:5-7. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage) was never for fornication or adultery. Allowing those guilty of fornication and adultery to remain living and become a prospect for remarriage was against the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22:13-24 and Leviticus 20:10, which commanded that those who were found guilty of fornication and adultery be put away from Israel, and stoned to death. The law of Moses was not given to the world, only to the Jews. From the exodus, to Christ's death on the cross, the law of Moses governed the Jewish people. Christ's death on the cross caused the Jews to become dead to the law of Moses, so they could be joined to Christ under a New Covenant. This is what Jesus's fulfillment of the law of Moses, including Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage), means. Paul gave several warnings to Christian believers against keeping the ordinances of law of Moses as justification, over following Christ and his commands under the New Covenant with Christ. Keeping the ordinances of the law is no longer possible, for Israel, and that is why Christ prophesied that the temple would be destroyed. These scriptures make it clear that if you choose the law over Christ, that you must keep the whole law: Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:1-9, Galatians 3:10-29, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:21-31, and Galatians 5:1-15. Being unequally yoked to unbelievers is not a cause for divorce, once two become one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 7:12-14. Many one-flesh covenant marriages between unbelievers are recognized by God in the scriptures, most notably the marriage covenants between Herodias and King Herod's brother Philip, Potiphar and his wife, Ahab and Jezebel, and Ruth to her deceased husband Mahlon by Boaz when he took her to be his wife. Some are teaching that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that those who are abandoned, by an unbelieving spouse, are "no longer bound" in a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The reason this is in conflict is due to the way some translations word it, which gives it an entirely different meaning, and context. 1 Corinthians 7:15, says, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace." As you can see, the actual scripture says "not enslaved" which means that the husband or wife is not enslaved to sin with the unbelieving spouse, and is free to worship Christ in peace. Subsequent translations have changed the words to imply that they nullify the marriage covenant, which is not at all the case. The issue that this creates is with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which says, "10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." As you can see, those who claim 1 Corinthians 7:15 shows the Apostle Paul giving those who are abandoned permission to remarry, do not understand the command that Christ gives is to an abandoned husband, in 1 Corinthians 7:11, and that he "must not divorce" his wife, and his wife is commanded to "remain unmarried or else be reconciled" to her husband. The theory that 1 Corinthians 7:15 nullifies two as being one-flesh, due to one's unbelief, puts the Apostle Paul directly at odds with Christ, and himself, by implying that Paul has issued an opposing command to verses 10-14 in verse 15. Some also teach that 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 is referring to both divorced men and virgin women, and not exclusively to men and women (virgins) who have never been married. This has been falsely taught for some time in churches as referring to anyone who is not currently in a marriage, which, for them, also includes those who are divorced. This is a very false assumption, and puts these verses in a different context, that is at odds with both the teachings of Christ and the apostle Paul. We see Paul refer to virgins, which signifies the unmarried who have never before been wed, which is the proper context here. We see Paul saying clearly that it is good for virgins, which is also speaking to never before wed men here, "that it is good for a man so to be." He goes on to say, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." Who is he referring to here? Men who, like himself, have never married. The word "bound", in these verses, is a clear reference to betrothal (engagement) and not to a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The ancient Jews were considered bound as husband and wife during the betrothal (espousal/engagement) before becoming one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, through consummation. This is affirmed by the context of the term "bound" seen in Numbers 30:14-16. The Jewish couples in ancient Israel, who were betrothed (engaged) were also bound together until death, either by execution for fornication, or by other causes. Then Paul says, "But and if thou marry, thou has not sinned", which is who? The men who had never married in the congregation at Corinth. So he begins with verses 25-26 speaking exclusively to men that have never married. Paul then says, "and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", which is speaking directly in regard to virgin women who have never been married, within the congregation, not divorced women. Notice that verse 34 says, "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." Paul speaks plainly when he says "there is a difference between a wife and a virgin." Paul goes on to say, "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry." This is speaking of a virgin who has become of age to bear children when it says, "let them marry." This is a clear command, to a single man, who has taken a virgin to be his wife. Paul then says, "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." This is referring again to the single man who decides it is better not to marry, but to stay betrothed (engaged), under the present distress, by saying that he "hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin." Paul then says, "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better", which again means single men, in the congregation, who have betrothed a wife, do well if they marry, and those who choose not to marry their virgin brides do better, under the current climate. For more proper context of the word "bound", let's look further down in this chapter to verse 39, which says, "39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 7:39). For so long, these scriptures, between verses 25-38, have been twisted and used to enable divorce and remarriage, by wayward churches and teachers, and have caused many to stumble and to be trapped in unscriptural unions. The use of the woman at the well, in regard to marriage, falsely implies that Christ was endorsing remarriage after a divorce. This teaching is in defiance of Matthew 22:23-28, which shows a woman who had been widowed seven times, and entered into each subsequent marriage without any scriptural conflicts with God's law of marriage (one-flesh covenant) seen in Genesis 2:23-24. Mark 10:1-12 and Matthew 19:1-12 both record Christ's teaching that day beyond the Jordan. There is no mention of the words "fornication", "writing of divorcement", or "divorced" in Mark's Gospel because Mark was not written to the Jews (as Matthew's Gospel was), but to evangelize the Romans, and likewise Luke to evangelize the Greeks, who had no knowledge of the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22 or Deuteronomy 24. All of these facts draw a clear understanding that remarriage after a divorce, under the New Covenant with Christ, is a scripturally false and baseless teaching. Please use wisdom when living in any situation against what the scriptures command.
Moses gave no laws. He wrote Gods laws and there is to be one law for both jew and gentile. Lev 24:“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.” - Leviticus 24:22 (KJV)
@@ianmonk6211 yet Jesus told the Pharisees that Moses permitted them, not that God permitted them. That is why it is important, under the New Covenant, to follow Jesus and not the Law of Moses (Mosaic Law).
@@ajlouviere202 the account of the adulterous woman supposedly caught in the act and forgiven by Jesus is not in the original manuscripts. Later Paul tells Christians with an unconverted wife/husband if you can't live in peace with an unconverted husband/wife let the unconverted be the one to leave. A letter of divorce must be given to stop either party committing adultery. You need to forget they myth that the law was given to Jews. 1 the law was given to the Israelites not just the Jews. 2 Gods law 10 commandments are eternal. read chapter 16;of Exodus The Sabbath was enforced before they got to Mount Sinai. Jesus said a man cleaves to his wife from the beginning. He also says the Sabbath was made at the beginning for man. Not one particular race of man. Mark 2:27-28 and Matthew 12:8
Even though you don't call The Creator by HIS Name I praise ABBA YAHWEH for acknowledging the truth this truth is not easy for many to bare hence. The response the disciples gave and the response The Messiah YAHUSHUA gave. Matthew 19:10-12 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mothers womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. When I read this and it stated made themselves eunuch for the sake of the kingdom I understood how serious it is and I nolonger looked for scriptures to prove I could be married YAHUSHUA The Messiah said enough for me and the kingdom of heaven is more important to me than a relationship with a man on this earth. Amein.
@@bithyahamsegulah56 a good marriage symbolizes the marriage covenant to the Lord. Jesus said it's not good for a man to be alone. I am English and use the English version of His name. The pronunciation of His name is not important it's what you're using it for or how you are acting in His my ame that's important. :) Happy Sabbath
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI @1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it) Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19 @8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried @9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding) @13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed @17:10 "and then it's legal and ok" @25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24. @36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16 @39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all. @41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start). If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery. @43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
The Bible speaks of only ONE time you can remarry and this is if your spouse dies!! This speaker just added his interpretation, he said because it didn’t say letter of divorce you can remarriage, that’s him talking and not scripture. He can’t show you that in scripture he added that!
The Word of God states you can only remarry when your covenant spouse dies. Otherwise you are in adultery. No adulterer will see the kingdom of God. Seek God for he is not the author of confusion.
@@SusanC-gi6nw Amen. Truly the path to eternal life is a narrow road to travel on. Not everyone will accept God's truth. Let us rise up as kingdom giants and deny our flesh, pick up our cross and follow Jesus giving a resounding Yes to the WILL of God, the plans and purposes of God, to attain the Victor's crown of glory, an eternal life that will never perish. Once comes death comes the judgment so let us make up our minds today.
Y'all are not God and you push the spirit that accuses of of being a tyrant thirsty for blood😂. God understands the human condition better and that's why He makes provision... Stop pushing a false narrative.
It's liberal and not accurate. The New Testament says that divorce and remarriage is ongoing adultery unless your first spouse has literally died: Romans 7:1-3, 1 Corinthians 7:39.
Excellent teaching. I would amend one thing : There’s one point he could have made better in the passage from Malachi chap.2 at the end of the video. The Hebrew doesn’t say “God hates divorce”. It says, “God hates sending away (shalach).” Shalach means to send away without a bill of divorcement. It would have further strengthened his argument if he had looked that up because it fits right into the argument he made throughout this entire presentation. There are plenty of other Scriptures as well that he probably didn’t have time for.
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I thank you for this teaching..I have never been married but held very strong beliefs on divorce and remarriage through what I was taught in "Christian church"...I am still unlearning the lies..thank you for clarifying this volatile subject.
Both my wife and I are torah observant... I find closure in Yahs word knowing the rules surrounding our marriage. It is such a change from Christianity and the world... A lot of people of the world give me "Marriage Advice" and I can't help but think of Satan trying to creep in....
Hello, I listened to your sermon this morning and found it very refreshing. The clarity was easy to follow and I see the importance of a Jewish context of words and customs to be very important. I was a little confused about Malachi 2:16 though, I thought the original Hebrew contained the word shlch instead of keerithuth. Sorry about the spelling. Is there something I am missing? Please help me with this understanding of Malachi.
+777bigred You are correct and I must apologize that I didn't take the time to clarify Malachi 2:16... the Hebrew is shalach = putting away, there is no mention in this verse of the sefer kritut (divorce certificate). Yahweh hating shalach and not divorce is consistent with the whole teaching of the Scriptures and the teaching that I shared expounding on the Scriptures (including the sections in Matthew and Mark).
Love you brothers & sisters…tyvm for posting this excellent lesson…keep it up! One bit of feedback: while I love the brother’s enthusiasm, whom we can hear often giving Amens and lots of instant feedback on points and definitions being made, and I admire him clearly following along closely, I must say: for a video/audio listener like myself, hearing that is repeatedly a distraction. I advise: alter your microphone setup so audience members aren’t audible in the recording. (Side note: check with the congregation whether they feel it’s as excessive and/or distracting for them as it is for a remote listener like myself. But, in the end, AMEN, continue to facilitate and allow appropriate and agreed-upon enthusiasm among the congregation!)
WoW! There's an awful lot of judgmental people commenting here, telling others what to do. Apparently, they didn't hear the pastor give caution and rebuke, to any who would dare to tell another, what they should do about their marriage, or remarriage. I hope they realize soon, that involving themselves in a decision about someone else's marriage covenant, makes them accountable to God, for the outcome.
There is this rabbinical controversial and dangerous text in the Talmud saying: "If you know that your enemy wants to kill you , stand up first and kill him first". "The Rise and kill first" strategy has not been adopted recently by the army of Israel in 1948 and before, no, it is rooted much earlier, back in the 3rd century CE when scholar rabbis wrote the Talmud. The same talmud writers are responsible of another intolerant rabbinic law saying that if a jew kills a person that tries to convert a jew to another religion, away from Judaism, by killing the "wicket missionary" he doesn't commit a crime but is keeping purity and continuity in the Jewish religion. Here their ungodly "oral law" again opposes and overrides the holier written , mount Sinai law "you shall not murder" and "a man shedding man's blood, by men his blood will be shed" (Genesis 9:6). The rabbis who added their Talmud to God's last Revelation given to Yochanan, certainly were concerned by the curse mentioned in the last page of this book of Revelation saying (22:18): "For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the book of life, from the holy city and from the things which are written in this book" Yeshua HaMashiach never read nor quoted from any talmudic books but only from Moses, from the prophets and the psalms. That's why no such teaching like "rise and kill your enemy first" ever came out of Imanuel HaMashiach's mouth but on the contrary he taught his Jewish brothers: "You have heard that it was said 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy' but I say to you , love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be called sons of your father in heaven. For He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:43). Zacharias too was inhabited by another spirit than the "rise and kill first spirit" when he prophesied on Yeshua HaMashiach saying: "Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David , as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the word began, that we should BE SAVED FROM OUR ENEMIES and from THE HAND of ALL WHO HATE US, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to our father Abraham to GRANT US that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life." ( Luke 1: 68-75)
@Messianic Torah Observant Israel, thank you very very much for putting so much effort and thought and research and scripture into this video on this topic! There are a two or three points I was hoping to hear you address, but they didn't make the cut :-) , so I'll ask here. Question 1) In Exodus 18, we read that Moses "sent away" (shiluach, שִׁלּוּחַ) Zipporah. This was right after the contentious scene between Zipporah, Moses, and YHVH, over Moses' failure to circumcise his son. There is no mention of a divorce certificate but, in practice, it seems that this might have been a divorce as she is never mentioned again for the next 40 years except obliquely when Jethro visits and brings the sons back to Moses. I am familiar with some of the Jewish commentators' take on this, but am curious about yours. Question 2) You touched on this briefly in the video. When Joseph decides to "put [Miriam] away quietly" instead of making a public spectacle of her, is he acting in accordance with then-common practice of avoiding the formal certificate of divorce? Or due to their not having yet come together physically to consummate their marriage and live together, would the formal certificate been unnecessary in any case? Question 3) In Matthew 19, there is a layer of discussion happening between Yeshua and the Pharisees that is lost on most Bible readers. We know from other sources that there were raging debates at that time about multiple topics on which the students of Hillel and the students of Shammai disagreed. (for those not familiar, Hillel and Shammai were the two major heavyweight religious teachers of the day; Hillel had died within a few years of Yeshua's birth; Shammai was still alive and teaching ) The actual question asked of Yeshua in MAtthew 19:3 was: "Is it permissible/right for a man to put away his wife for every reason?" (we might say this today as "for just any old reason he wishes"). Although in both Matthew and Mark, the word used is "apoluo", I suspect that it was being used euphemistically by the Pharisees to mean divorce. Hillel's teaching was that any and every reason could be grounds for divorce - not just a low bar but basically no bar at all. Shammai's position was that there were only very limited grounds (basically, straight out of Torah) for a legitimate divorce. Yeshua eschewed the liberal view of Hillel, as he seemed to do frequently, and embraced the Torah-respecting view of Shammai, but then he went on to reiterate the instruction and elaborate on some of the nuance (as he was also often wont to do, in these types of discussions). I realize now that this one isn't really a question, but rather an observation. I think we probably have the full question here in Matt 19, with Mark recording a more succinct version, and Yeshua in typical Yeshua fashion doesn't hesitate to wade into the controversies of tradition and halacha (e.g. ceremonial handwashing, healing on Shabbat, etc.) but basically tells them "You guys are something else. Why can't you just read Moses plainly? Here's let me explain to you dimwits what you should easily understand yourselves."
Torah commands adulterers to be stoned, Yet Yah showed David Mercy and grace, Torah is about the preservation of life over death, False teachers teach do get a divorce then get re married is unforgivable.
Some have erroneously concluded that the only reason I could come to the conclusions of this teaching was that I must have been divorced and now re-married. For the record. Both my wife Julie and I have only been married once, that being to each other. Neither of us have been married before or divorced. Our marital status had no influence on this teaching.
Messianic Torah Observant Israel Amen
Why does the Bible say we must stay unmarried in. COrinthians 7? Please I really need the help.
I prayed this morning and cried out to the lord. I was 2X divorced. Abandoned on both. Not a believer also. I was clean from drugs 2 years ago with my boyfriend and we were married in the LORD shortly after. I have been called an adulterer and i can’t understand it ... I praise GOD that he led me to this video. I am crying. HIS GRACE IS ENOUGH and my husband and I are not in sin. Thank you YESHUA and thank you brother for delivering this message , I feel HE led me here so that I can walk in peace. So grateful.
Sorry forgive me did not proofread the text before I sent it and I meant very inspirational and I meant death my dad God bless you my brothers we need to get this right lotta people are hurting in this matter and we want to do what's right in Gods eyes not a mans eyes because man's opiniomeans nothing only God's opinion means everything
What was the word used when YaHVeH gave Israel a letter of divorce? What did they do?
I recently heard that this video is your top viewed video. I can tell you why: I share it almost daily in Facebook groups where people condemn others for getting divorced. People need to know the truth, and this video saved my life.
Wonderful. Glad it was helpful.
Being divorced is forgivable. Divorce+remarriage while the covenant spouse is living is adultery - Luk 16:18, Matt 5 and 19, and Mark 10.
@@casseophealejarde-khaizen Only if you translate the Bible incorrectly.
@@superserversleuth I'm sad to see many are falling into the ditch
@@casseophealejarde-khaizenYou are right. If divorced, you must remain celibate as long as the first spouse is still alive or if possible, reconcile. It's a big lie that you can remarry after divorce.
One vital component that wasn’t mentioned was: pray about it. Take your situation to God. Ask Him. Pray asking for wisdom from above. Yes counsel is good and this is a great teaching to help us…ultimately God is the Judge and that’s Whom we need to be right with. God will guide and direct us as to what to do. I say just add that into our lives. Taking it to God in prayer for answers you can trust will ensure we will be right with God. 🙏
Amen to that
This!!!!
Well said, I know this is true.
Amen and yes… this is the Most helpful
Whoever marry a dirvoced is committing uderltry..u can dirvoce but stay single or reconcile coz God hates dirvoce
This teaching video needs to go viral. So many people are hurting because of the errant teaching that has been spewed forth from so many would be teachers who don't know what they are talking about. I hope everyone who watches this sends it to everyone they know. Thanks Rabbi Steve.
Amen exactly I agree I have seen some crazy teaching an condemning people glad I came across this video God bless
As a victim of divorce I am getting clearer on this subject.tjank you
You're exactly right!!!
People abuse scripture in this area for personal gain and security.
Share it!
Wrong, Christ’s words are clear “if one remarries it is committing adultery”, and no one that commits adultery enters into the Kingdom.
Do not spiritualize Christ’s word, and do not downplay the seriousness of marriage and the importance of properly vetting before committing to the covenant, and do not use misrepresentations of Paul to push false doctrine, Christ said more then 3 times that if someone is divorced and remarried it’s committing adultery, those are the words of the Messiah. We are to die for ourselves and who lives this life will lose it, if someone is remarried with first spouse still alive that person must repent and sever that relationship if they want to go to Heaven. If you satisfy your flesh then you are not of Christ.
If a person feels conviction with the words of Christ is because they need to repent and change their ways to not perish, do not grieve the Holy Spirit, listen to Christ and be saved.
Thank you for the clearest teaching I've ever heard regarding divorce, and for telling those outside a marriage that is falling apart not to meddle. No one but God knows the whole truth about each situation, and only He has the right to judge. I wish I could have seen this video many years ago. It would have spared me much mental and emotional anguish caused by self-righteous meddlers.
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Really good to have light on this issues that has caused so many people to suffer because of wrong teaching. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I gave this teaching to a pastor of a SDA who had been divorced 20+ years ago and remarried. This issue was eating the pastor of SDA alive...it is no longer eating him alive so thank you.
How is he today?
Is he still
Married to his second wife
Was it lawful for him to remarry while his first wife is still alive?
I was in the same position as we are SDA, and thank God my spouse today is very well versed in the scriptures. We are all living under Grace.
This gentle teaching is the most Scripturally reasoned, compassionate, most understanding of "real" life that I think I've ever heard. Thank you, Rav Berkson.
+Jenna Caruthers And after studying this out again, I would point out that the Malachi 2:16 reference also is a putting away, not the sefer k'ritut:/"divorce." (H7971 shalach, send away) so it's no wonder why YHVH wouldn't like that option.
@@jenna2431 then comes the judgment for all that disobey the scriptures.
@@ajlouviere202 unfortunately yes😥😥😥
There must be a vested interest to twist that verse to mean divorce. Perhaps theywere not devnely inspired.. Putting away and the giving a legal divorce paper are clearly two different things..
We have been married to each other for over 66 years . AMEN
You should be teaching.
Fred Seaver And... I’d like her opinion on this.
Exactly why Jesus to told the woman at the well that she had been married 5 times and that she currently wasn’t married to the man she was living with. He would have said you have been with 6 men but are still married to the first. People are insane in some of their teachings
Great point!!
How is reeking havoc to loving tell our loved ones the truth? My understanding is if we do not their blood is on us.
Question is was she married to the current guy or ... was she just living with him? Context is missing. And without understanding cultural and historical context... there is nothing but face value. Which can be missleading.
They could also all have died... Just saying.
1. Yahusha didn’t tell the woman to do anything, what He did do was let her know HE knew her sin.
2. Yahusha did not even indicate if this man OR HER was free to marry again--only that the man she was with was NOT HER husband.
3. We don’t have enough information as to whether they were “real” husbands or not by what He says. She could have been married all of them according to her pagan customs or she could have “had” 5 husbands which were not hers to have.
4. Could all those husbands be dead? Giving her an allowance to remarry?
This passage is not thorough enough to try and rest in--for either side. What we do have clear teaching on is that Yahusha Himself said that to enter into a marriage AFTER a divorce is to commit adultery. Does committing adultery make a person the spouse of the other person? It doesn’t appear to be evident anywhere in scripture to be the case.
Irenaeus (c. 180 A.D.): “That erring Samaritan woman did not remain with one husband. Rather, she committed fornication by many marriages.” (ANF, Vol. 1, p. 445)
Justin Martyr (c. 160 A.D.): “Concerning chastity, He Yahusha uttered such sentiments as these [he quotes Matt 5:28, 29, 32; 19:12]. So that all who, by human law, are twice married, are in the eye of our Master sinners, and those who look upon a woman to lust after her. For not only he who in act commits adultery is rejected by Him, but also he who desires to commit adultery…” (ANF, Vol. 1, p. 167)
Athenagoras (c. 175 A.D.): “…a person should either remain as he was born [i.e. a virgin], or be content with one marriage; for a second marriage is only a specious adultery. ‘For whosoever puts away his wife,’ says He, ‘and marries another, commits adultery….These adulterers and pederasts defame the eunuchs [i.e. virgins] and the once-married.” (ANF, Vol. 2, p. 146-147)
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Wow. I’m a newly born-again Christian and I have been praying for guidance on this issue. At the very beginning of the video I was like “wait, that’s not correct” and went to respond but something spoke to me and said “Hear him out and if you feel the same at the end...then respond.” And I’m so glad I listened because this video really opened my eyes to so many things. Thank you for making and sharing this.
@@JacquelineServantess Facts Matthew 19:10-12 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mothers womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI
@1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it)
Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19
@8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried
@9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding)
@13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed
@17:10 "and then it's legal and ok"
@25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24.
@36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16
@39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all.
@41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start).
If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery.
@43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
@@KatrinaTaharThank you. So he is teaching error!
Hope you are still a born again Christian and have figured out that divorce and remarriage is ongoing adultery as long as the first spouse is still alive.
Incredibly anointed teaching. Sadly even with the breakdown of scripture those who have religious spirits will still not be able to receive this.
This is exactly why we must be taught by the Holy Spirit. HE cannot mislead Himself.
The religious spirit loves to condem.
@@bonnitahoy8252 Absolutely! It’s what their father does.
I am sitting here taking notes, trying for word for word. I want to learn this so I can share with people. This is so good, I just prayed this morning for clarity in this. After you explained it is really not that hard, but it is with 50 years of hearing other things preached about it. God bless, hoping to see you on Amazon with a published book about this.
This is the best teaching I have seen on this topic. My unbelieving wife left me and filed for divorce. After 15 years God blessed me with peace in my house. ;)
I agree.
Don’t sign it...Yeshua is the ultimate covenant keeper and a covenant was made between you and her...yes you can find justification in scriptures for she abandoned you and that’s covered!..but what if you don’t agree to divorce and live as an example of love by observing Torah after faith in Yeshua so that she can see herself how your work in Torah is because of your faith in love in Yeshua cause you too love her with that strength but not first!..
That’s what I have chosen to do for mine left after now 19 years for she is still my spouse but not acting like my wife but I keep praying for her to see and it shall be Abbas will not mine!..
I pray for you!..I understand first hand your struggles...
Shalom!..
If that “piece“means you got a second wife, that is adultery.
@@Jesusbride515did you not hear him say we are not to meddle
@@Jesusbride515 no it’s not show the scripture to back that up 🔝 please no opinions allowed here only holy scriptures. Adultery is not taking a second wife adultery is taking a married woman king David was not an adulterer for having more than one wife he was an adulterer for taking uriah the hittites wife
Thank you for this teaching. I have never heard this perspective of the scriptures before. It answered my personal Biblical questions regarding divorce.
Thank you again.
This has set me free. Matthew Nolan teach the same thing. Praise Yah. 👏🏾 🙏🏽
Steve Berkson is quickly becoming my favorite messianic Rabbi. Just a good and blessed mix of grace and Truth. Many blessing to you, your family and your congregation
Becoming mine too
Amein!!! His teachings are such a blessing!!!
aldacisa Such kind words!😊
Thank you so much this cleared up condemnation that my husband and I have been under for the past 4 years when we came into Torah. Shalom
This video set me free in the first five mins, my Husband was sent to me less than a month later
Hallelujah!
I have been in numerous debates trying to get people to understand what the teacher is saying in this video. I watched too many videos on youtube to count them and I studied many teachings from many pastors and teachers on this topic. What I find is too many teachings lack grace, mercy, compassion, and understanding of the original texts. This is by far the best teaching on the topic. I could have saved a lot of time if I had seen this first.
johnspartan98 I agree, John. Likewise, wish I'd seen this video! It would have spared my husband & me the agony of mistakenly thinking we'd have to dissolve our marriage. We are very happily married but were having to defend our relationship because it's a remarriage.
Wow; what an excellent teaching and study.
This has truly freed my mind from years of doubt and confusion/depression concerning the translation errors and wrong teaching and twisting of the words of Messiah Yeshua, thank you for this blessed teaching; Shalom!
God's word doesn't change.. man may change them but the word doesn't, everything you need to know is in the marriage vows. To death do you part
It seems that a legal separation would be equal to putting away. Being with another person during that time would constitute adultery.
Accurately so.. And what is in this teaching.. That's where part is then stated a certificate of divorcement..
Exactly! It's not a difficult concept to understand. But it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled.
Even the famous God hates divorce scripture is literally God hates sending away. And of course He does, as it condemns the woman to adultery since women in that time couldn't provides for themselves so without a certificate of divorce she couldn't legally remarry and only choice for survival was prostitution or living in sin.
@@stormrising2623 if God hates Sending Away, then He would have hate it when the Hebrews Sent Away their Strange Wives.
“Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and SEPARATE YOURSELVES from the people of the land, and from the STRANGE WIVES.”
- Ezra 10:11 (KJV)
@@keithmanasseh2882they were Pagan wives that they were not supposed to marry.
What a blessing this has been to me. I cannot thank you enough. This has truly set me free from years of wrong teaching. Thank you for being a clear and timely answer to my prayers!
Brenda Brito it was an answered prayer for me as well 😭
@@mikasaackerman8232 If this teaching is TRUTH, then where is it WRITTEN in the Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible) that a Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish Man Put Away his Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish Wife without giving her a Bill Of Divorcement?
Our Heavenly Father is not the Author of confusion that it is not WRITTEN in the Scriptures that we can show evidence of the TRUTH. Amen.
This is the best teaching I have ever heard on this subject, and I've heard a lot of them. This is also a great word study of both Greek and Hebrew words.
thank you so much...I am new to observing Torah..you have no idea how much relief this teaching has given me that I don't have to leave a good marriage of 34 years because I was divorced....Yahwey bless you
simosc2 s 😀
Ohh yes me too living in fears because every preacher was like you can't get married after divorcing
A good man who is with me for almost 5 years with 3 kids thinking how to let my marriage down
Thank you for this! I was married 21 years with 14 yrs of abuse. I felt unloved n committed adultery, twice. Ended in divorce. I got remarried but was a Satanist by then. Pure lust with a guy 15 yrs younger then me. He cheated but I took him back, as I came back to God. Later I found Torah. My Faith grew and my husband cheated again. He eventually left me for her, who is 18 yrs younger then he is. I divorced him on adultery 2.5 yrs ago. I have not been with another man since. I pray if it's Fathers will, he will bring me a Torah man in my life. Not easy as there are no messianic churches nr me.
Thank you for your testimony Michelle, and Praise the Father the teaching was a blessing to you. Happy to provide additional support through individual counsel if needed.
Michelle Torok I pray that the Lord will heal the wounds of your heart & that He will bring you a wonderful, godly, faithful husband.
U ppl are wrong
.bible say whoever marry a dirvoced is committing uderltry if your pathner is still alife ..we can not be like the world ..God hates dirvoce ...so if u wanna go to heaven it's either u reconcile with your first husband or stay single..
@@mtoithe problem we want to align our sin with the word of God
Praise the Lord! Whenever I find that a Jewish person has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ it lifts me up! I pray that ALL Jewish people would read Isaiah 53, Zechariah 12:10 and all the other scriptures that reveal Jesus is The Son of God and the Savior!
Amen. Same here.🙏🙏🙏
Amen
I Must comment because i was so terrified about the divorce situation because i am divorced and i have been for many years. And when i married it wasn't right and not only that i was told through my mother too married. But when the abuse came in couldn't take it any more but through all of this i've learned my lesson and trust me i been waiting on the lord and i am still waiting because i refuse to make the same mistake twice and i know what to do this second time around. JUST KEEP ME IN PRAYER GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE TRUTH BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED THAT IF I REMARRY AGAIN THAT GOD WOULD SEND ME TOO HELL BEING TAUGHT THE WRONG WAY AND THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE THEMSELVES.
Amazing teaching. I have been confused about teachings I have heard regarding this matter but this video made it clear for me.
Someone put a LINK on on an FB page where I found this today. ENJOYED it thoroughly. I am divorced 6 years ago. Was separated hoping for restoration for 3 years prior to the divorce. GREAT teaching and confirms my heart convictions in daddy GOD and HIS life giving immutable truths..... GOOD doctrine here brother!
I pray got your restoration and reconciliation in Jesus name.
I’m going to be honest. This is probably the best teaching on these topics I have seen in a long time. Great job.
I share this from time to time because so many regurgitate church traditions and tell others that hell awaits them if they divorce..bevause "God hates divorce."🤦
I appreciate the depth, compassion, and sincerity that Rabbi Steve takes here.
The leaven of the pharisees has leaked into the church so much that so many are condemed to live hell on earth with an abusive or toxic relationship because some well meaning Christian watched Voddie Baucham or Paul Washer and convinced them that divorce comes with a penalty of eternal damnation.
I was the serial adulterer, with young girls half my age, destroying my family, my wife heard no divorce from God (not sure audiblyor something). I challenge her in the understanding of the Bible, with what I know . Long story short, I was dealt with by God, gently...but this because I understand he is HOLY grew in fear but in relief (joy) that I can trust the Bible, the old and the new. The contradictions fell away. When I got back to the family, my son was violent to me, my daughter who loved me so much do not trust me(consider the horror that I did to them), it was not because of the divorce scriptures. I thought it is okay to divorce as there could be conditions, for example, my immorality. But I decided to check it up myself and was shocked by the unambiguous words of the LORD. Nothing about who is teaching me. Furthermore, read Paul letter to the corinthians. Read I carefully and plainly, the same as Jesus teachings The hardness of heart is not to obey (believe in) Jesus and to overcome. Believe as in the Exodus narrative is to believe what Jesus sayEnter your rest by trusting the LORD or face the consequences. Importantly read yourself and do not trust any teacher but to check it yourself. And bring it to God. See if he answers you. I mean truly answer you.
@Logic807 if Yeshua(Jesus) would have contradicted the torah then he would have been a false prophet. The torah does not call divorce a sin.
Sin according to 1 John 3:4 is "the transgression of the law."
People can have their own experiences on either side of the subject, for or against divorce. But when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter your feelings on the subject. What God's word does not call sin, we cannot call sin. No matter how strongly we feel.
People will swear up and down that drinking alcohol is a sin, when the God's word never said such a thing. The torah and the new testament speak against being a drunkard, but not against consuming alcohol in general. That is just another example of people's own emotions and perspective becoming an authority over God's word. We need to be very careful about that. It's a very serious sin in itself to add or take away from the word of God. On this topic, I highly suggest listening to rabbi Steve go through the scriptures.
It's wonderful that some people are able to work through a toxic marriage and remain. I would caution telling everyone else they are to do the same. That's a decision between you, God, and your spouse.
Meddling in such tender affairs of others when you have no stake in it, is arrogant, and obtuse. Too many churches have put many through living hell by heaping guilt and condemnation on others for considering this option.
Again, I highly recommend LISTENING to rabbi Steve and meditating on this. If you only respond to the title of the video, and insist with your own claims, you show that you are not to be taken seriously, and are simply seeking attention.
Remember one thing for certain, God, the holy spirit WILL NOT contradict the scriptures. That means the full picture given through both the torah and prophets, as well as the new testament. Neither will the holy spirit contradict context from a historical, grammatical, and cultural perspective.
Thank you rabbi for everything you do for us . This was true freedom for me to hear. Shalom
Sister hi...it's me. Going to watch this now. I just stumbled across your comment when reading these. If you need a friend do email me. It's in my description box. Sounds like your going through some stuff...me too.
This is how you preach the word!!! Using the original text
This is one of the best teaching on marriage. It should go viral! Thank you for standing for truth
Lissette Rivera I agree!
Praise Abba Yahweh... Let Yahshua shine In our lives
America needs to hear this .... brought tears.....I know so many have a "story"...but I am thankful for the TRUTH COMING FORTH... thankful for His Mercy and Grace...
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI
@1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it)
Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19
@8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried
@9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding)
@13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed
@17:10 "and then it's legal and ok"
@25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24.
@36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16
@39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all.
@41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start).
If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery.
@43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
Thats how i understood it too but most of the teachings from other pastors makes me feel like a already in he'll condemned sinner! Thank you so much. From Namibia 🇳🇦
It is about time that brothers are stepping forward and meeting the challenges of that damnable traditional teachings on marriage, divorce and remarriage with the truth! Many debates going on to break the spell of the traditional lie. I am proud of this brother for taking the time to make this video and his studies on this subject are very indepth and his proof, very strong. Keep going brother. There are many to reach yet; many brethren to save from the old lie to this truth, well said. Thanks!
+Karen Mercier Thank you for your encouraging words :)
Karen Mercier Well stated!
I am kind of upset and I have to forgive myself for waiting this late to watch this video because it kept popping up on my search feed on TH-cam. Full of Truth full of grace full of compassion, I know there's more to say but those are the best words I can come up with.
My family was cruel and unsupportive when I got divorced. They had no idea what I went through! I can’t stand it when those types think it’s ok to judge. The Lord knows my heart and only He knows the truth.
t Klein The good thing is He knows our hearts but the even scarier thing is that He know our hearts.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I יהוה search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
T Klein So sad that your family was not there for you in your time of despair & heartbreak. Hope things have improved! 😊 ✝
Divorce is forgivable as long as you remain unmarried or reconcile back.
Explain mathew 19 ma'am@@casseophealejarde-khaizen
Thank you so much for this very enlightening teaching!
I wish I could get this translated in Spanish for my parents who are constantly telling me that I must remain single the rest of my life because i divorced a cheating husband!
Your parents are correct and this teaching is wrong. According to your thinking, only someone who commits adultery, themselves and the person they are married to won't be automatically in adultery when they divorce and remarry... *So commiting adultery is wrong but that same adulterer can legally remarry in God's eyes no problem,* This is what your saying when you think it's okay to divorce and remarry because the person cheated.
The scripture appears to be more of a hard teaching than that... Whoever divorces except for an invalid marriage like marrying a divorced person... Gay marriage, incestuous marriage. Basically whoever divorces except unless they married someone they weren't supposed to marry according to God's laws, it causes them to commit adultery if they remarry. And anyone who marries a divorced person commits adultery.
Essentially there is no more divorce and remarriage.
@Captain Of A Starship you are incorrect, my marriage wasn't even in a church, it wasn't a marriage that the Lord brought together, also it was an unequally yoked marriage in a court, he also is the one committing adultery, this is why this sin will be judged by God and only God. I have the right to marry another man if the Lord sends a good man my way.
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I'm sorry, I think I had a typo. The bible doesn't tell us that adultery is grounds for divorce and it's no "judgement," id really like to know where being unequally yoked makes remarriage okay? And I'm guessing your Catholic if you think being married in a church actually matters because you should remember that God recognizes the marriage of unbelievers as well who never step foot in a church.
Your parents are correct, once married the only way one can remarry is after the death of one of the people married, there is only one ground for remarriage and that's only if the marriage was sinful like if you married a divorced person, had a gay marriage or an incestuous marriage etc.
@Captain Of A Starship sadly your most likely stuck in the book of Matthew, try reading other chapters in the bible, you most likely are an evangelist who thinks that everything is a sin, the only sin not forgiven by the lord is the blasphemy of the holy ghost, and again only God knows my childhood and my past sins as an ignorant kid being forced to get married , Yahweh is not involved in all marriages, and does not bless every person who gets married for the wrong reasons, remember it's better to marry then to burn , try reading corinthians , not every person has the gift that Paul had of staying single 🙏🏽
@@jrlatina
My friend I'm only referring to remarriage and many marriages were arranged by parents in the past and currently. All valid marriages are what God puts together even if He didn't want you with that specific person because marriage comes from God Himself. You say I'm stuck in Matthew but give me the scriptures your talking about then. I'm not trying to judge you our accuse you of sinning, I'm just telling you that this teaching is wrong and your parents are right.
“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Mark 10:4-9 KJVAAE
The preacher did not address that no men may separate what is joined as one flesh. God honors the covenant marriage and so it is important to know what you're getting into before you marry.
Kindly explain Mathew 19 then? What does it mean?
@@wingamwila4113 I would love to. Matthew 19 was written for the Jews whereby the custom of bethrotal was practiced. Remember Mary who conceived Jesus while bethroted to Joseph? Joseph planned to divorce her as he thought she had been unfaithful. The bethrotal is the only exemption and that is why it states fornication since the marriage has not been consumated yet.
Once the marriage has been consumated, divorce + remarriage while covenant spouse is living is adultery.
Read:
1 Cor 7:39
Rom 7:1-3
Luke 16:18
Mark 10:1-10
Hope this helps. Praise Jesus! 🙌
@@casseophealejarde-khaizen so Jesus used the words wife and husband casually? Don't words have meaning then?
@@casseophealejarde-khaizen from the order of events I'm not even sure the order of events contextually refers to betrothal.
What a blessing...am so blessed i surely needed to hear this. God bless you for allowing Him to use you to send this word out to those who needed it.
I really enjoy how this teaching is pretty fast paced and clearly broken down!
Finally a clear explanation of marriage, divorce and remarriage, Now I am ready for a Torah observant husband?!!!Only if Father wills it of course!
Only if at 40 I had a proverbs 31 wife
Linda Savard Lord willing, Father please send Linda a wonderful, godly mate. In Jesus Name I pray.
How are you now Linda? Have you remarried?
I was so wrong in my perspective on divorce! Being raised in churchanity I thought that you could not remarry after a divorce under any circumstances. I even know a divorcee who has been celibate for 30+ years because she believes churchanity teachings on divorce also. Thank you for the enlightenment, this is such a great teaching!!
Leah Anne How humble & transparent of you!😊
@@ObeyJesusOurLord My unbelieving abusive ex husband left me divorced me and married someone else. Am I free to remarry?
@@ginagregg6642 yes you are free to remarry
@@ginagregg6642 Hello, how are you doing today?
You make me proud to be a Messianic Jew!
What does repentance look like? Turning from living in adultery to leaving the person that you are committing adultery with!
You're sick. Telling people to destroy a marriage and a family, just because you're too proud and or sadistic to admit your beliefs are false and based on not knowing the scriptures and the words that were actually used.
Sent away and being divorced weren't the same in tjat culture just as Separated and divorced aren't the same today.
Even in our fallen society you can't get remarried if you're only legally separated. Until you have a divorce decree you're still married.
Do you honestly think God and Jesus would set up a system where a woman who gets unjustly divorced from her husband can't remarry and is forced either into adultery, prostitution or starvation? Because those were her ONLY choices back them.
@@cryptojihadi265You are truly lost and deceived. Therebis No biblical grounds for remarriage except death. Good luck with your opinions on judgement day., i do Not wana be you one day.
Excatly many will be lost the road is narrow this man is deceiving people
Agree
@@cryptojihadi265I've been standing for 7 yrs and never regret this because I am being led to Jesus in my stand.
I'm never led to divorce because I hold on to the covenant I made that I will be faithful to GOD and my husband until death.
Am I wasting my time to stand then? Who is leading me to stand? Satan?
I too have needs but all of these have been provide by the Lord.
I'm in divine peace, not desiring anything outside of His will.
I wish more people would teach like this! We have all been taught and learned so many lies concerning our creator that it’s no wonder people are or have become atheists. For so long since way back before any of us were alive they have taught so much destruction and lies and made our creator into this type of tyrant “god” who is completely scary! Even the word “fear” concerning him makes people afraid. Fear means respect, reverence, etc… Not to be scared to death. And all this you better not question god or your going to hell is ridiculous! It’s not that your questioning him you are asking to understand what he means in things and it’s okay to contemplate and ask him questions etc. Now knowing the truth I do know it makes me super upset and angry at how much the “evil” has tried to twist him into something he isn’t and what he did not say or mean. It has destroyed more people than any of us could count! So many are sick physically mentally and spiritually on a severe level because of this. And it’s very sad. But I am so thankful that I live in the time when knowledge is being increased!!! And the truth is being shown and told! Our father is amazing and the entire story is absolutely beautiful and mind blowing!!! 😊
Thank you for this! My husband cheated on me and fell in lust with a younger woman. This past November he filed for divorce. We had been married for 29 years. I didn't want the divorce even though he cheated on me and he had done other things I don't want to go into. Anyway, I was told and heard on other youtube channels that God will not allow me to be remarried and I was to be alone for the rest of my life. I have been so sad and not understanding why a God of love would want that for me? I don't think what those so-called preachers are saying is right or nice! They had me believing that I was going to hell if I ever get married again and my only choice was to reconcile with my ex-husband! I'm in no hurry to meet a new man. But I don't want to be alone and if the Lord has someone for me I will be so happy! My divorce was final on January 2. I feel like I have a whole new lease on life now! Thank you! ❤️😊🕊✌️🏻
see how screwed up the gentile church is! The very thing Torah thing says not to do - get back with the person you divorced - is what they tell you to do! ugh!
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Are you remarried now?
Not only are these Gentile Christian churches wrong in their understanding of the scriptures but the "reconciliation" method can only be attempted before ending the contract. Too many forcing couples to reconcile when it is not going to work. They often actually encourage separating, instead of a written legal divorce!
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He skimmed over 1 Corinthians 7:10, which argues against his whole teaching pretty strongly. If this one verse is expanded on, it will present a different teaching than what is presented here. Also, he downplays "what God has joined together, let no man separate."
He does address what God joined together. Do you think God has joined together every married couple? Or is it only those who got married in church before a pastor? Or is it those who God purposed to be together?
@olliewatler7225 I don't think anybody can decide for other people if God joined them or not. I can speak for myself, and I agree that God put the means for my wife to be my wife. The circumstances of our relationship determine my reasoning. Being married at a church or by a judge is not the determining factor of "what God has joined together."
All marriages should seek God's will. Nobody should have a mentality that says, "God didn't join us together, so it's OK to separate." Once you're in it (marriage), try to make it work.
@@Apologia14God recognises all marriages. Period. Believers ot unbelievers. Hebrews 13:4
@@grant2149so he recognizes Gay marriages or those married in Vegas drunk.
@@madeinhisimage9277 Dont be stupid Now are you a kid or an Anti christ. God regconises all marriages between 1 Man 1 Woman for life believers or unbelievers please give SCRIPTURE where it says GOD RECOGNISES GUY MARRIAGES.
Shalom and Thank you so much for putting a real effort into explaining this ,ive been having a hard time over the years trying to understand this subject not really knowing what to believe and I went to the father about this and he lead me to you ,peace be with you and your family
Judith How wonderful that God led you to his sight.
THANK YOU! after studying how “Jewish” marriages work from a historical and biblical way. The explanation is very cut and dry. You commit to a contract, an agreement made. usually there is a waiting period and then they consummate. It only takes transgression of one part of a contract to nullify the whole thing. You then decide what to do about that. But you have to look at the fact that the contract is broken but if you want you can try and save the marriage.
In my case it was broken years ago and I’ve been living with emotional,verbal and physical abuse for 12 years because of “God wanting restoration” I finally stopped trying to fix the situation and Told God that I would honor my covenant to God because I had not been unfaithful and that I would let God fill my emotional void. I let God build me up in his word. When I began to bloom and be happy despite my circumstances, things got worse and my spouse turned worse on the kids. I had to leave. After 13 years (12 married) I am somehow leaving a toxic situation by Gods grace and mercy with 4 kids at the age of 33. I have a lot of work to do but God has been providing every step of the way. If you read this. I hope in encourages you and ask for prayer for me and the kids as we transition through the divorce and God grants us favor. I do not want to go through the public court system but it’s what I had to do for my safety. I’ve been TO for 2.5 years. My spouse was Torah knowledgeable but did not apply the spirit of the law.
Thank you for this teaching. Marriage (Ketubah) is a contract. A covenant. Adam and Eve broke the original yet YHVH made a greater unbreakable through YAHUSHUA covenant or contract to those who will receive HIM. This has been something I've thought about and even condemned myself as a put away then divorced woman. YHVH is the greatest lawmaker . HE understands contracts and their remedies. Thank YOU FATHER!
wonderful insightful teaching.
This was a great and even life saving teaching so many people are unfortunately counsseled to stay in abusive relationships to avoid divorce due to ignorance and also told if they remarry its adultery
Glad it was helpful.
I like how you go through scripture and definitions. I will look at some of your other videos.
He's saying releasing and putting away aren't synonymous, as if they are two separate things like the Catholic annulment which we know isn't right. This teaching can have you in adultery
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@@mtoi"Glad it was helpfull" You are leading Thousands to sin. Pathetic you will be held accountable remember my name regardless divorce there is NO REMARRIAGE YOU ARE LEADING YOUR FLOCK TO DAMNATION.
This is the best and most thourogh examination of what it means to get divorced and remarried that I have ever seen. I like it not only because it relieves me of my shame, but teaches a truth. I have been made to feel unworthy of even attending church anymore because I am divorced and remarried. The church has the attitude, why are you here since you've condemened yourself to hell?
Are you praying for your husband's soul?
It’s a terrible thing that many comments here sound just like the Pharisee’s. There was no room for forgiveness to sinners and they thought above others. “To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: 10“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed,a ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men-swindlers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:9-14
Why do we always say we are being condemned when we are speaking against sin?
Do we really want to follow Jesus or do we still love our sin? Let's be honest. Have we died to ourselves, carry the cross, and follow Jesus?
@@casseophealejarde-khaizenNo you people make forgiveness impossible and grace impossible too.
@@wingamwila4113 Beloved, forgiveness is free in Jesus and so is grace.
Because of forgiveness and grace, I willingly obey the Lord Jesus's commandments even though I have to die to self, carry my cross, and follow HIM.
@@casseophealejarde-khaizen Explain Mathew 19:7 ma'am.
Thank God for you. Years of being judged and wondering how Jesus could be contradicting Deuteronomy 24...such release and relief.
Wow! I was blown away by this teaching. My soul has been restored through this teaching. Thank you Yeshua.
James Munn How wonderful!😊✝
Paul said "Separation," not divorce or remarriage for women. Great point re: Elders involvement in order to counsel and correct things within a marriage vs divorce etc. This is VERY sound for Torah Observant couples.
Well.. do I ever feel released from my divorce shame!
Sis... what is in the past is in the past... we have Yahshua as our advocate. Don’t let the enemy keep you in shame!
Me two Alana. I was attending a baptist church and for the longest time I walked in shame and filth. Thanks to Elhoim I have been seeking old scripture in which one after one I found so much truth and healing and grown as if he was calling me out of Babylon. I chose my daughters health and my desire to be one in Elhoim. I tried in my marriage but my ex husband was into alcohol and gambolling and emotionally and mentally abusive. It was too much my daughter was in and out of the hospital from depression.
Me too i was living in tourmented after beeing married for a second time until today i feel peace and i can live now full of trust in my marriage with the man who is so wonderful
@@VictoriaEzpeletaLucas what Scripture Verse saids, a Believing Woman can Divorce her Husband.
The Context of the Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible) shows us no Jewish (Believing Woman) had Authority to Divorce her Husband.
If you and anyone else is willing to follow the Torah righteously, then you should know Women were not given a Commandment by any Prophet to Divorce their Husbands.
According to Scripture, any Woman who Divorce her Husband is still Married to him, because Scripture saids that Men where able to Divorce and not Women.
Read It For Yourself....
“When a MAN hath taken a WIFE, and MARRIED HER, and it come to pass that SHE find no FAVOUR in his EYES, because he hath found some UNCLEANNESS in HER: then let him WRITE HER A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT, and give it in HER HAND, and SEND HER out of his house.”
- Deuteronomy 24:1 (KJV)
Does this Verse say anything about Women Divorcing?
There are many Women of yesterday and today that are committing Adultery by Divorcing their Husbands and Marrying Another.
So terribly sad.
Are you both in covenant marriage?
Why do people say until death do us apart, if it’s ok to divorce and remarry.
he only use bible verse to support his point
When my wife and I married the Covenant was till death do us depart (except for adultery)
You're free to make any Covenant you want with your wife. You can even be swingers.
But the Covenant (I) made with (my) wife was till death to us part except for adultery. .
Please define the history of the reasoning to that, there is a reason why Moshe's gave that Law, was it not so, men in ancient days were throwing the women out for no cause practically, example when the man got TIRED of them in a sexual way or even if the women burnt his meal because she was mad at him, he would throw her out?.. Let us be absolutely clear and understanding the history of these Laws. To stop everyone from encouraging Divorce and Remarriage, YHVH Never Ordained Divorce! NOR REMARRIAGE, "YHVH hates divorce" (Malachi 2:16). Matthew 19:9 says, "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." See also Matthew 5:32. These Scriptures clearly state that REMARRIAGE AFTER DIVORCE IS IN FACT ADULTERY, except in the instance of "marital unfaithfulness."... Law, the punishment for adultery was death (Leviticus 20:10). Deuteronomy 24:1-4 mentions remarriage after a divorce, does not call it adultery, and does not demand the death penalty for the remarried spouse. The Bible explicitly says that YHVH hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). The Bible nowhere commands a remarried couple to divorce, either. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 does not describe the remarriage as invalid. Many remarry without the knowledge of how YHVH is or feels about the Covenant of Marriage, therefore there of course is forgiveness as with all sins. Does this mean we can go through 4 or more marriages just to put Yeshua back on the cross? NO! Lord forbid we continue in sin, when we have the knowledge of YHVH. Ending a remarriage through divorce would be JUST AS SINFUL as ending a first marriage through divorce. Both would include the BREAKING OF A COVENANT MADE BEFORE YHVH And With YHVH, between the couple, and in front of several witnesses..... The Bible definitely encourages remaining single or reconciliation over remarriage (1 Corinthians 7:11). YHVH plan for a married couple to stay married as long as both spouses are alive (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:6). This passage, though, does not specifically address remarriage, only being bound to stay in a marriage (1 Corinthians 7:12-15) YHVH, no matter what people say YHVH Still hates divorce, Every divorce is a result of sin, either on the part of one spouse or both. Does God forgive divorce? Absolutely! Divorce is no less forgivable than any other sin. If YHVH forgives the sin of divorce, does that mean you are free to remarry? Not necessarily. YHVH sometimes calls people to remain single (1 Corinthians 7:7-8). Yeshua pointed out that these laws were given because of the hardness of people’s hearts by Moshe, not because such laws were YHVH desire, Let us remember YHVH Hates Divorce (Matthew 19:8)… I do understand people will say what about abuse, still a YHVH can change a person and a person can desire change as well and achieve it too., but I would not stay in a abusive household, and I would not return to reconcile unless led by the Holy Spirit and counsel of the elders and proof that person has indeed changed By YHVH. My Mom always says about Marriage, " Look, If something's broken , what do you do?, you don't just go throw it away, you Fix it."… Same as Marriage, it's a work in progress. Think of it this way, just like you are Yeshua Bride, Yeshua won't throw you away just because of a flaw you have, no, instead he will work to fix the situation with you, so that you will be prepared for that day to come at his bridal table.
Did you watch the whole video??
@@shalalala868 Yes, I absolutely did.
If it was joined together by our Lord. So much peace in hearing this message, I'm just now finishing it. Absolute peace. Ty.
The best teaching on this subject ...thank you...
Wow, what teaching! Thank you for an absolutely great word from YVHV. It absolutely cleared my mind. Thank you, thank you thank you for this segment, helping me through all of this dross. I've been divorced for almost 11 years, I've been through a life-threatening, stroke because of it! I've listened to others but no one has ever put it as clearly as you have. As I said, I have been listening to speakers for a long time and I NEVER heard this before. I believe in the WHOLE Bible, not just the New Testament (for lack of the proper term). I am so enlighted by your teaching that I want to "shout it from the rooftop"!
Are you praying for your wife's soul?
Mal 2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away (divorce): for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Putting away is not divorce.
@@madeinhisimage9277 Christ shows us that Put Away is Divorce by referring Put Away to Moses who suffered Man to Put Away their Wives concerning Deuteronomy 24:1.
Sew for yourself.....
“He saith unto them, MOSES because of the hardness of your hearts SUFFERED you to PUT AWAY YOUR WIVES: but from the beginning it was not so.”
- Matthew 19:8 (KJV)
@@keithmanasseh2882 Yeah still not divorce. Have to look at in context and culture. Men weren’t divorcing women, they would separate from them and not take care. What we call a modern say separation. Did you even watch the video?
Study that one out more clearly. It was not YHVH who hated it. Hebraic grammar does not support such forms of speech as the English translation and it is also only translated this way in a few manuscripts.
@@madeinhisimage9277 look it up in the interlinear it means divorce
Great teaching. I was worried about dating and potentially marrying a divorced man.
Glad it was helpful
Mark 10:11-12 KJV
[11] And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. [12] And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Thank you so much for this video. This is an answer to a prayer.
I left my marriage ten years ago because of all kinds of abuse except physical, but never got a certificate of divorce because of money. I have been with someone else and have repented to ABBA. G-d bless you, your family, and congregation.
Finally, someone who has a real understanding of the Scriptures someone who has rightfully divided to the truth and has not used his own philosophy, which is man’s philosophy
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Excellent sermon I researched this and have known this true understanding for a long time it is a shame many are ignorant of this as leaders even thanks for a clear CONCISE TEACHING
Thank you for this wisdom. There is a particular person in my social media feed who is continually condemning me and others for having previous marriages. I married at 19 before understanding Torah and really understanding Yahuah and really life in general. I was young and dumb and acting in my own will and not Elohim’s. I have grown and repented, as have many others. This person continually tells me I am going to go to hell of O do not divorce my husband and live the rest of my days single. She tells me I am unrepentant because I refuse to break the covenant I have made with my husband. This clarifies so much for him. Please pray for this woman for her view on this matter that she may come to the truth.
This woman is following what is called "The Marriage Permanence Doctrine". They believe that the first person you marry is your permanent spouse until they die. Yes they believe that someone such as yourself can not remarry for any reason. That who ever you married when you were young and unaware of Torah is your only husband and that if you can't get back together with him you must remain single always. But they still allow for remarriage after a divorce. They say if I am single and I marry a divorced woman it's not a legitimate marriage. Therefore I can divorce this woman and marry again as long as she's never been married herself.
@ 18:58 -- I'm following along closely in the Word, researching the Hebrew and Greek as you teach. When you used the hebrew word 'ehrvawh (Strong's H6172) to describe the sexually illicit activities explained in the Greek by the word porneia (G4202), isn't the best Hebrew word Z'nuwniym (H2183)? 'Ehrvawh is "nakedness," which includes the private parts, uncleanness and sexual activity. Z'nuwniym is "whoredoms," which specifically includes adultery?
i love this vedio it helps so much for the longest time i felt i had no hope i never stop loving my creator but could not go back to church till i met Yeshua im legally divorce and met someone didn't want to go through the whole marriage shebang and been living like this for 27 years. I just found torah 3 years it's been difficult but yahweh has been working in my home love your video please do more on this subject
The divorce and remarriage for adultery doctrine is based solely on the supposed guilt of the wife in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9. However, the wife, in the above scriptures, is clearly not guilty of fornication because the Jews (that Jesus was speaking to) were still living under the law, and if fornication was discovered, there was a moral obligation to report the offender according to Deuteronomy 22:13-24. The wife, who would have been found guilty of fornication, was subsequently stoned to death, according to the law, which had still governed the Jews up until Christ's death on the cross. The same for a woman caught in adultery, according to Leviticus 20:10. How could a wife, guilty of fornication, or adultery, under the law of Moses, be given a writing of divorcement and be caused to commit adultery with whosoever marries her, that is divorced? Jesus is clear, in these examples, that the wife is not guilty of fornication, but is still caused to commit adultery if she marries another man now that she is divorced. This is the only way that Matthew 5:31-32, and Matthew 19:9 keep harmony with Romans 7:2-3, and 1 Corinthians 7:39.
Unlike the synoptic gospels of Mark and Luke, which were written to evangelize the Gentiles, Matthew was written to the Jews, and has of 24 characteristics that identify it as intended for the house of Israel.
The ancient Jews called the betrothed (engaged) "husband" and "wife" according to Deuteronomy 22:23-24, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 2:5-7.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage) was never for fornication or adultery. Allowing those guilty of fornication and adultery to remain living and become a prospect for remarriage was against the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22:13-24 and Leviticus 20:10, which commanded that those who were found guilty of fornication and adultery be put away from Israel, and stoned to death.
The law of Moses was not given to the world, only to the Jews. From the exodus, to Christ's death on the cross, the law of Moses governed the Jewish people. Christ's death on the cross caused the Jews to become dead to the law of Moses, so they could be joined to Christ under a New Covenant. This is what Jesus's fulfillment of the law of Moses, including Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage), means. Paul gave several warnings to Christian believers against keeping the ordinances of law of Moses as justification, over following Christ and his commands under the New Covenant with Christ. Keeping the ordinances of the law is no longer possible, for Israel, and that is why Christ prophesied that the temple would be destroyed. These scriptures make it clear that if you choose the law over Christ, that you must keep the whole law: Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:1-9, Galatians 3:10-29, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:21-31, and Galatians 5:1-15.
Being unequally yoked to unbelievers is not a cause for divorce, once two become one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 7:12-14. Many one-flesh covenant marriages between unbelievers are recognized by God in the scriptures, most notably the marriage covenants between Herodias and King Herod's brother Philip, Potiphar and his wife, Ahab and Jezebel, and Ruth to her deceased husband Mahlon by Boaz when he took her to be his wife.
Some are teaching that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that those who are abandoned, by an unbelieving spouse, are "no longer bound" in a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The reason this is in conflict is due to the way some translations word it, which gives it an entirely different meaning, and context. 1 Corinthians 7:15, says, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace." As you can see, the actual scripture says "not enslaved" which means that the husband or wife is not enslaved to sin with the unbelieving spouse, and is free to worship Christ in peace. Subsequent translations have changed the words to imply that they nullify the marriage covenant, which is not at all the case. The issue that this creates is with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which says, "10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." As you can see, those who claim 1 Corinthians 7:15 shows the Apostle Paul giving those who are abandoned permission to remarry, do not understand the command that Christ gives is to an abandoned husband, in 1 Corinthians 7:11, and that he "must not divorce" his wife, and his wife is commanded to "remain unmarried or else be reconciled" to her husband. The theory that 1 Corinthians 7:15 nullifies two as being one-flesh, due to one's unbelief, puts the Apostle Paul directly at odds with Christ, and himself, by implying that Paul has issued an opposing command to verses 10-14 in verse 15.
Some also teach that 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 is referring to both divorced men and virgin women, and not exclusively to men and women (virgins) who have never been married. This has been falsely taught for some time in churches as referring to anyone who is not currently in a marriage, which, for them, also includes those who are divorced. This is a very false assumption, and puts these verses in a different context, that is at odds with both the teachings of Christ and the apostle Paul. We see Paul refer to virgins, which signifies the unmarried who have never before been wed, which is the proper context here. We see Paul saying clearly that it is good for virgins, which is also speaking to never before wed men here, "that it is good for a man so to be." He goes on to say, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." Who is he referring to here? Men who, like himself, have never married. The word "bound", in these verses, is a clear reference to betrothal (engagement) and not to a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The ancient Jews were considered bound as husband and wife during the betrothal (espousal/engagement) before becoming one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, through consummation. This is affirmed by the context of the term "bound" seen in Numbers 30:14-16.
The Jewish couples in ancient Israel, who were betrothed (engaged) were also bound together until death, either by execution for fornication, or by other causes. Then Paul says, "But and if thou marry, thou has not sinned", which is who? The men who had never married in the congregation at Corinth. So he begins with verses 25-26 speaking exclusively to men that have never married. Paul then says, "and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", which is speaking directly in regard to virgin women who have never been married, within the congregation, not divorced women. Notice that verse 34 says, "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." Paul speaks plainly when he says "there is a difference between a wife and a virgin." Paul goes on to say, "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry." This is speaking of a virgin who has become of age to bear children when it says, "let them marry." This is a clear command, to a single man, who has taken a virgin to be his wife. Paul then says, "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." This is referring again to the single man who decides it is better not to marry, but to stay betrothed (engaged), under the present distress, by saying that he "hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin." Paul then says, "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better", which again means single men, in the congregation, who have betrothed a wife, do well if they marry, and those who choose not to marry their virgin brides do better, under the current climate. For more proper context of the word "bound", let's look further down in this chapter to verse 39, which says, "39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 7:39). For so long, these scriptures, between verses 25-38, have been twisted and used to enable divorce and remarriage, by wayward churches and teachers, and have caused many to stumble and to be trapped in unscriptural unions.
The use of the woman at the well, in regard to marriage, falsely implies that Christ was endorsing remarriage after a divorce. This teaching is in defiance of Matthew 22:23-28, which shows a woman who had been widowed seven times, and entered into each subsequent marriage without any scriptural conflicts with God's law of marriage (one-flesh covenant) seen in Genesis 2:23-24.
Mark 10:1-12 and Matthew 19:1-12 both record Christ's teaching that day beyond the Jordan. There is no mention of the words "fornication", "writing of divorcement", or "divorced" in Mark's Gospel because Mark was not written to the Jews (as Matthew's Gospel was), but to evangelize the Romans, and likewise Luke to evangelize the Greeks, who had no knowledge of the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22 or Deuteronomy 24. All of these facts draw a clear understanding that remarriage after a divorce, under the New Covenant with Christ, is a scripturally false and baseless teaching. Please use wisdom when living in any situation against what the scriptures command.
Moses gave no laws. He wrote Gods laws and there is to be one law for both jew and gentile. Lev 24:“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.”
- Leviticus 24:22 (KJV)
@@ianmonk6211 yet Jesus told the Pharisees that Moses permitted them, not that God permitted them. That is why it is important, under the New Covenant, to follow Jesus and not the Law of Moses (Mosaic Law).
@@ajlouviere202 the account of the adulterous woman supposedly caught in the act and forgiven by Jesus is not in the original manuscripts. Later Paul tells Christians with an unconverted wife/husband if you can't live in peace with an unconverted husband/wife let the unconverted be the one to leave. A letter of divorce must be given to stop either party committing adultery. You need to forget they myth that the law was given to Jews. 1 the law was given to the Israelites not just the Jews. 2 Gods law 10 commandments are eternal. read chapter 16;of Exodus The Sabbath was enforced before they got to Mount Sinai. Jesus said a man cleaves to his wife from the beginning. He also says the Sabbath was made at the beginning for man. Not one particular race of man. Mark 2:27-28 and Matthew 12:8
Even though you don't call The Creator by HIS Name I praise ABBA YAHWEH for acknowledging the truth this truth is not easy for many to bare hence. The response the disciples gave and the response The Messiah YAHUSHUA gave.
Matthew 19:10-12 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mothers womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
When I read this and it stated made themselves eunuch for the sake of the kingdom I understood how serious it is and I nolonger looked for scriptures to prove I could be married YAHUSHUA The Messiah said enough for me and the kingdom of heaven is more important to me than a relationship with a man on this earth. Amein.
@@bithyahamsegulah56 a good marriage symbolizes the marriage covenant to the Lord. Jesus said it's not good for a man to be alone. I am English and use the English version of His name. The pronunciation of His name is not important it's what you're using it for or how you are acting in His my ame that's important. :) Happy Sabbath
Thank you, teacher.
FINALLY!! Someone with a lick of Holy Spirit sense. We were blind, but now we see.....
David Womack do you live in North Georgia? I know a David Womack.
Regarding Steve Berkson w/ MTOI
@1:50 he basically says "keep out of it" (with the goal of the leadership dealing with it)
Leviticus 19:17 "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. 👉You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him."👈 but it should be done in accordance with Matthew 18:15-19
@8:00+ he says you can divorce and get remarried
@9:30+ he makes marriage nothing more than a contract (where as it is a covenant, which is far more binding)
@13:00 he iterates remarriage (allegedly) allowed
@17:10 "and then it's legal and ok"
@25:20 he differentiates the lack of certificate. While there is a valid point of discussion here, it boils down to semantics, and he (later) uses this to bolster his point that with a certificate, it is somehow ok to divorce and remarry, thus nullifying the very words Yahusha (and Shual) say based on Genesis 2:24.
@36:00 he misses 1 Corinthians 7:13-16
@39:39 No, it doesn't say he can't, but neither does it say he/she can. It says "*when you do*, *then* you shall not...." Nothing says she is free to marry again at all.
@41:45 "there needs to be erva or porneo" He is connecting erva (the Hebrew word) with porneo (the Greek word). However, the Hebrew word for adultery is H5003 naap. Erva H6172 is uncleanness. Recall adultery results in *death* (and he correctly noted this at the start).
If adultery is fornication, then the distinction Yahusha made is irrelevant, and there is no point in marriage, as adultery can trigger divorce, and divorce results in adultery.
@43:28 "only porneo or erva are reason for divorce" Again, he has synonomized fornication (or uncleanness) and adultery and made both reasons to divorce, thus nullifying the words of Yahusha.
The Bible speaks of only ONE time you can remarry and this is if your spouse dies!! This speaker just added his interpretation, he said because it didn’t say letter of divorce you can remarriage, that’s him talking and not scripture. He can’t show you that in scripture he added that!
The Word of God states you can only remarry when your covenant spouse dies. Otherwise you are in adultery. No adulterer will see the kingdom of God. Seek God for he is not the author of confusion.
You people are honestly so slow it's amazing 😂
@@kwarrior2188when I learned this I understood wow the gate is truly narrow, and could be why Yeshua says I never knew you.
@@SusanC-gi6nw
Amen. Truly the path to eternal life is a narrow road to travel on. Not everyone will accept God's truth. Let us rise up as kingdom giants and deny our flesh, pick up our cross and follow Jesus giving a resounding Yes to the WILL of God, the plans and purposes of God, to attain the Victor's crown of glory, an eternal life that will never perish. Once comes death comes the judgment so let us make up our minds today.
Y'all are not God and you push the spirit that accuses of of being a tyrant thirsty for blood😂.
God understands the human condition better and that's why He makes provision... Stop pushing a false narrative.
This is liberating,
All these people saying we go to hell if we remarry even if Gods mercy's are new every day.
It's liberal and not accurate. The New Testament says that divorce and remarriage is ongoing adultery unless your first spouse has literally died: Romans 7:1-3, 1 Corinthians 7:39.
You give the best teaching. I thank God for you!!!!!
Excellent teaching. I would amend one thing : There’s one point he could have made better in the passage from Malachi chap.2 at the end of the video. The Hebrew doesn’t say “God hates divorce”. It says, “God hates sending away (shalach).” Shalach means to send away without a bill of divorcement. It would have further strengthened his argument if he had looked that up because it fits right into the argument he made throughout this entire presentation. There are plenty of other Scriptures as well that he probably didn’t have time for.
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Can u please explain rom 7 where it says the woman is bound til death of the man
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I thank you for this teaching..I have never been married but held very strong beliefs on divorce and remarriage through what I was taught in "Christian church"...I am still unlearning the lies..thank you for clarifying this volatile subject.
Good Teaching of the scriptures....
Fantastic teaching, well researched and very well explained. Thank you for your time and effort. So many people battle with this.
Good talk. Most times we start off on the wrong foot.
I need help in my situation . My husband does not want to give me a certificate of divorce. I can’t be around him at all. I need counsel .
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Excellent teaching! Thank you
John Bottone I agree!
Both my wife and I are torah observant... I find closure in Yahs word knowing the rules surrounding our marriage. It is such a change from Christianity and the world... A lot of people of the world give me "Marriage Advice" and I can't help but think of Satan trying to creep in....
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Hello, I listened to your sermon this morning and found it very refreshing. The clarity was easy to follow and I see the importance of a Jewish context of words and customs to be very important. I was a little confused about Malachi 2:16 though, I thought the original Hebrew contained the word shlch instead of keerithuth. Sorry about the spelling. Is there something I am missing? Please help me with this understanding of Malachi.
+777bigred You are correct and I must apologize that I didn't take the time to clarify Malachi 2:16... the Hebrew is shalach = putting away, there is no mention in this verse of the sefer kritut (divorce certificate). Yahweh hating shalach and not divorce is consistent with the whole teaching of the Scriptures and the teaching that I shared expounding on the Scriptures (including the sections in Matthew and Mark).
Love you brothers & sisters…tyvm for posting this excellent lesson…keep it up! One bit of feedback: while I love the brother’s enthusiasm, whom we can hear often giving Amens and lots of instant feedback on points and definitions being made, and I admire him clearly following along closely, I must say: for a video/audio listener like myself, hearing that is repeatedly a distraction. I advise: alter your microphone setup so audience members aren’t audible in the recording. (Side note: check with the congregation whether they feel it’s as excessive and/or distracting for them as it is for a remote listener like myself. But, in the end, AMEN, continue to facilitate and allow appropriate and agreed-upon enthusiasm among the congregation!)
WoW! There's an awful lot of judgmental people commenting here, telling others what to do. Apparently, they didn't hear the pastor give caution and rebuke, to any who would dare to tell another, what they should do about their marriage, or remarriage.
I hope they realize soon, that involving themselves in a decision about someone else's marriage covenant, makes them accountable to God, for the outcome.
There is this rabbinical controversial and dangerous text in the Talmud saying:
"If you know that your enemy wants to kill you , stand up first and kill him first".
"The Rise and kill first" strategy has not been adopted recently by the army of Israel in 1948 and before, no, it is rooted much earlier, back in the 3rd century CE when scholar rabbis wrote the Talmud.
The same talmud writers are responsible of another intolerant rabbinic law saying that if a jew kills a person that tries to convert a jew to another religion, away from Judaism, by killing the "wicket missionary" he doesn't commit a crime but is keeping purity and continuity in the Jewish religion. Here their ungodly "oral law" again opposes and overrides the holier written , mount Sinai law "you shall not murder" and "a man shedding man's blood, by men his blood will be shed" (Genesis 9:6).
The rabbis who added their Talmud to God's last Revelation given to Yochanan, certainly were concerned by the curse mentioned in the last page of this book of Revelation saying (22:18):
"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the book of life, from the holy city and from the things which are written in this book"
Yeshua HaMashiach never read nor quoted from any talmudic books but only from Moses, from the prophets and the psalms. That's why no such teaching like "rise and kill your enemy first" ever came out of Imanuel HaMashiach's mouth but on the contrary he taught his Jewish brothers:
"You have heard that it was said 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy' but I say to you , love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be called sons of your father in heaven. For He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:43).
Zacharias too was inhabited by another spirit than the "rise and kill first spirit" when he prophesied on Yeshua HaMashiach saying:
"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David , as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the word began, that we should BE SAVED FROM OUR ENEMIES and from THE HAND of ALL WHO HATE US, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to our father Abraham to GRANT US that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life." ( Luke 1: 68-75)
@Messianic Torah Observant Israel, thank you very very much for putting so much effort and thought and research and scripture into this video on this topic!
There are a two or three points I was hoping to hear you address, but they didn't make the cut :-) , so I'll ask here.
Question 1)
In Exodus 18, we read that Moses "sent away" (shiluach, שִׁלּוּחַ) Zipporah. This was right after the contentious scene between Zipporah, Moses, and YHVH, over Moses' failure to circumcise his son. There is no mention of a divorce certificate but, in practice, it seems that this might have been a divorce as she is never mentioned again for the next 40 years except obliquely when Jethro visits and brings the sons back to Moses. I am familiar with some of the Jewish commentators' take on this, but am curious about yours.
Question 2)
You touched on this briefly in the video. When Joseph decides to "put [Miriam] away quietly" instead of making a public spectacle of her, is he acting in accordance with then-common practice of avoiding the formal certificate of divorce? Or due to their not having yet come together physically to consummate their marriage and live together, would the formal certificate been unnecessary in any case?
Question 3)
In Matthew 19, there is a layer of discussion happening between Yeshua and the Pharisees that is lost on most Bible readers. We know from other sources that there were raging debates at that time about multiple topics on which the students of Hillel and the students of Shammai disagreed. (for those not familiar, Hillel and Shammai were the two major heavyweight religious teachers of the day; Hillel had died within a few years of Yeshua's birth; Shammai was still alive and teaching ) The actual question asked of Yeshua in MAtthew 19:3 was: "Is it permissible/right for a man to put away his wife for every reason?" (we might say this today as "for just any old reason he wishes"). Although in both Matthew and Mark, the word used is "apoluo", I suspect that it was being used euphemistically by the Pharisees to mean divorce. Hillel's teaching was that any and every reason could be grounds for divorce - not just a low bar but basically no bar at all. Shammai's position was that there were only very limited grounds (basically, straight out of Torah) for a legitimate divorce. Yeshua eschewed the liberal view of Hillel, as he seemed to do frequently, and embraced the Torah-respecting view of Shammai, but then he went on to reiterate the instruction and elaborate on some of the nuance (as he was also often wont to do, in these types of discussions). I realize now that this one isn't really a question, but rather an observation. I think we probably have the full question here in Matt 19, with Mark recording a more succinct version, and Yeshua in typical Yeshua fashion doesn't hesitate to wade into the controversies of tradition and halacha (e.g. ceremonial handwashing, healing on Shabbat, etc.) but basically tells them
"You guys are something else. Why can't you just read Moses plainly? Here's let me explain to you dimwits what you should easily understand yourselves."
Shalom, Good teaching!
HalleluYAH
Torah commands adulterers to be stoned, Yet Yah showed David Mercy and grace, Torah is about the preservation of life over death, False teachers teach do get a divorce then get re married is unforgivable.
Please in the future if you could give the Strong’s # of the Hebrew and Greek words you are defining
We'll work on that
@@mtoi Thank you !