Jesus’ central point thus was that to divorce your spouse so as to free yourself up to potentially marry another is not sufficient grounds for divorce.
As it is clear from Scripture that human beings are endowed with a soul at the moment of conception, the question to which we now return is that of what happens when pre-born babies and infants die.
The question remains why our average expectancy today, even with all the advances of modern medicine, is still just over half of that which God ordained it to be after the flood?
Correctly understanding this passage is therefore crucial to upholding the truth that Christ, our supreme Lawgiver and Judge, can never be at odds with Himself.
