Divorce and remarriage

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by james34

Just to keep this alive, If one marries , they are bound to that spouse as long as they are alive. If the spouse dies they are then and only then “free to remarry”.

In the “fornication clause”, The word fornication did not mean adultery. A writing of divorcement, allowed by Moses, did not contradict the law. According to Jesus the divorcement contradicted the will of God which was “from the beginning”. The law of adultery was that they were stoned. Jesus could have said that Moses allowing divorcement contradicted the punishment that was already in place by law( to be stoned) but he did not. He said that it was against the will of God from the beginning, this therefore is dealing with something different than the abolishing of an established marriage.

It falls more in line with an espousal situation, such as Joseph and Mary.

So how would yu know the "espousal fornication" occurred?