The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

"Judah has broken faith. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the santuary the LORD loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the LORD cut him off from the tents of Jacob--even though he brings offerings to the LORD Almighty. Another thing you do: You flood the LORD's altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, 'Why?' It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 'I hate divorce,' says the LORD God of Israel, 'and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment,' says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith." (Malachi 2:11-16 NIV)

The simple and quick reading of this passage tells how the Israelites were intermarrying with pagan women. However could the above passage also be referring to a broken relationship between man and God? My next few posts will deal with how marriage is a picture of our relationship with God and how we destroy this picture with divorce, adultery, homosexuality, etc.