Dear
Beloved, Can A New Marriage Still Be Blessed If
At One Point One Of The Individuals Committed Adultery In A Previous Marriage?
Or Will The New Marriage Be Cursed And Suffer. Example: A Husband Is Still
Legally Married But Been Separated From His Wife For Over A Year. The Wife Had
Moved On During The Separation And About 2 Years Into The Separation Became
Pregnant By Another Man/Boyfriend.
The Husband Had Moved On To Dating Another
Woman During The Separation And Lived Out Of The Home. He Stayed Married To His
Wife, Because She Would Make Up Excuses About Signing Divorce Papers, And Would
Always Threaten To Keep His Daughter Away From Him Over Trivial Reasons. So, He
Tried To Keep The Peace By Keeping The Divorce Topic To A Minimum To The Wife,
Although She Had Already Moved On With Another Man Herself. The Divorce Finally
Took Place Once The Wife Began To Cooperate, After She Became Pregnant By Her
Boyfriend. At That Point She Brought Signed Divorced Papers To The Husband.
All
The While During The Separation The Married Man Carried A Relationship With A
New Woman, And Now Him And The New Woman That Dated For 4 Years Of The
Separation Are Married. Both Love God. Will This New Marriage Be Blessed, Or
Will There Be Bad Karma/Punishment Because They Did Not Wait To Date, And
Carried On During A "Separated But Married" Time? How Should The New
Wife, Who Really Honors Marriage Proceed With Confidence In Her Marriage, When
She Was Technically Wrong For Dating Her Now Husband, When He Was Still
Previously Married On Paper?
ANSWER:
My
Dear Sister, In Answering Your Questions, I’ll Use The Scriptures Expressly So
That This Matter Will Be Objectively Addressed. First Of All In Mal.2:13-14, God
Refused To Answer Their Prayers Nor Accept Their Offerings Because He Is The
Witness Between Him And The Wife Of His Youth Which He Has Broken Faith With.
She’s His Partner, The Wife Of His Marriage Covenant.
Going
Down Further To Verses 16 Of The Same Verse, The Lord God Of Israel Himself
Said “I Hate Divorce…” In The Conclusion Of That Verse, We Were Warned To Guard
Our Spirit And Do Not Break Faith. So Let It Be Clear First Of All That God Hates
Divorce ‘Cos He Takes The Wedding Covenant Very Seriously.
Now,
Let’s Go Over To 1Cor.7:10-11 Which Said “To The Married I Give This
Command(Not I But The Lord): A Wife Must Not Separate From Her Husband. But If
She Does, She Must Remain Unmarried Or Else Be Reconciled To Her Husband. And A
Husband Must Not Divorce His Wife”. That Word ‘Must’ Is A Very Strong Word So
Even Separation As We Just Read Is A No, No.
Jesus
Himself Said In Matt.19:3-10 That Moses Allowed Divorce Because Of The Hardness
Of The People’s Heart But From The Beginning, It Was Not So. He Said No