A covenant is an agreement between two parties; binding both parties in the fulfillment of their agreement in order for it to be valid. In marriage, the agreement “Until death us part” is confirmed by a ring. The world will know by noticing the ring on our finger that we belong to someone as a husband or wife united by covenanting with each other. In the case of unfaithfulness, the covenant is broken; therefore, no longer the other party is obligated to hold unto it. In this covenant, God said, “Two shall be one flesh.” So, we see the pain that divorce causes goes intrinsically into the soul of the family for years to come, specially of the children, whose hurt cannot be healed, because they were part of the marriage covenant, as “in one flesh.” Marriage covenant kept them secure, binding them together in the strength of that covenant that God established. God expressively shows His displeasure about divorce saying, “And this you do with double guilt; you cover the altar of the Lord with tears and with weeping and crying out because the Lord does not regard your offering any more or accept it with favor at your hand, yet, you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet, she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows] And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore, take heed to yourselves, and no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth” (Mal. 2:13-15). Divorce breaks the peace that the covenant provided, which is the glue that keeps the family together, glowing His will on earth as it is in heaven. It leaves God out, resulting in confusion of understanding of His purpose from generation to generation.
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