Page 7 - The Marriage Covenant

This great fall of Christendom has certainly impacted the doctrines surrounding the
sanctity and holiness of the marriage covenant. You will have noted earlier that I
highlighted the word “treacherous” in Paul’s words to Timothy. This English word appears
elsewhere in Scripture.

Malachi 2:14-16
Yahweh has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom
you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by
covenant. But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did
that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then, to your spirit,
and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. “For I hate
divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with
wrong,” says Yahweh of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal
treacherously."

You will not find anyone in the churches today who will admit that Paul’s words
concerning the state of the church applies to them. No one will say, “Yes, I love pleasure
more than God. Yes, I am a lover of money, arrogant, and unholy.” Yet these same people
have shopped around until they have found ministers who will proclaim the things they
want to hear. Prosperity preachers are abundant in this hour. Why? Because men love
money, and pleasure, and material possessions.
Neither will a man confess today, “Yes, Paul has described me perfectly when he said
the church in the last days will be filled with ‘treacherous’ men.” Yet this very word
describes one who breaks a covenant. To break faith is an act of treason. To divorce the wife
of one’s youth is a treacherous act, and it happens with great regularity among Christians
today.
Malachi stands as the oracle of God when he writes, “‘I hate divorce,’ says Yahweh
God, ‘and he who covers his garment with wrong.’”
In Matthew 22:1-14 Christ speaks a parable of His return and the marriage supper of
the Lamb. He speaks of a great king that is giving a marriage supper for his son. He
describes guests who have been gathered together from throughout the earth. When the
King came in to look over his dinner guests, he found one without a proper wedding
garment. The garment that all must be arrayed with is the garment of righteousness. They
must clothe themselves with righteousness and “put on Christ.”

Ephesians 4:24
Put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness
and holiness of the truth.

Romans 13:14
Put on the Lord Yahshua the Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard
to its lusts.

Many will appear at the marriage supper of the Lamb without having a proper
wedding garment. These will be cast into outer darkness (Matthew 22:13). Many are called,
but few are chosen.
People of God, let no man deceive you. The one who practices righteousness is