seekeroftruth
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Matthew 19:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
I think women were more like prized stock back then. Very few women were free to live their own lives, as we are now. There were no rules allowing a woman to leave a man.... there were only rules on how a man could release a woman. Men ruled the world. Remember ladies, we've only had the vote for less than 100 years. Before that we were listed with the livestock on the census... along with the slaves, indentured, and of course our children.
When I divorced my first husband, for sexual immorality, the lawyer told me it would cost more to pursue that path. He said I should sue for "irreconcilable differences". Adultery wouldn't do because it's too hard to prove. Remember, the same laws that gave us divorce also required us to have three witnesses. Who wants to have their love life on the stand three times. Just say "we don't get along" and leave it at that. I couldn't afford to go through a trial, I really couldn't even afford the divorce, and back then it was only $450.
It's a good thing God knows what's going on in our "perfect" little marriages.
Now.... eunuch... do you know what that is? Well, Daniel was one of those eunuchs after the Persians drug him out of Jerusalem and castrated him. He's one who were made eunuchs by others.
Apparently, there were people born without a thing between their legs... eunuchs by birth. They didn't have wives because they couldn't produce children. Why pay for a cow when you are allergic to the milk?
Then there were some who just didn't have sex... the eunuchs by choice. I bet they ran the whorehouses. You know the type... too busy chasing power and money to take on a woman and stinky kids.
Finally, there were the Daniels, mechanically altered.... to be a useful servant, without fear they would be impregnating the rich man's daughter or wife. Remember, Esther had to stay with the other women for a year to prove she was not pregnant before she could sleep with the king. Eunuchs would be the overseers of the "ladies in waiting".
Jesus was saying...." it's better to keep it in your pants than lose it."
Stop trying to get around the law. If you are married, treat each other with love and respect, or at least respect. If you are too busy for a relationship... good on you, leave time in your day for prayer. If you are without equipment... sorry about that.
God made women so men would fit into them.... men made up the rest of the crap.
). She was an early Dr. Laura.
