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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.
God views marriage as a covenant, and He views sexual union as a binding covenantal act.
God explicitly forbade His people in the Old Testament from marrying Canaanites because they worshiped false gods, a practice that Yahweh knew would lead Israel astray.
Covenants form the backbone of the Bible. It is therefore fascinating to observe how central the promise of “offspring” is to God’s covenants.
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The practice of Rome and the Orthodox requiring some or all clergy to be celibate goes well beyond the teaching of the Bible.