Remarriage & Adultery

There are many ethics and doctrines that we obtain from scripture and incorporate into our lives. Marriage, divorce and remarriage is one of them. God made a unilateral covenant with Abraham by symbolically going between the slain animals. Jesus, likewise, paid the bride-price by being broken Himself and made a unilateral covenant with the Church. The Jewish people practice this unilateral marriage covenant and call it the ketubah. It establishes the marriage promises of the husband to his newly betrothed wife. The Jews believed that a unilateral covenant can only be dissolved unilaterally. Many agree, saying a wife acquired by means of a bridal-price (mohar), prevented her from initiating the divorce. Although payment was traditionally given to the father, the Orthodox Jews accept a gold wedding ring as payment (similar to our engagement ring). But ultimately - since the woman was under the "rule" of her husband (Gen. 3:16), the laws of Deuteronomy 24:1 were gender specific.