You ask,
“Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your
youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of
your marriage covenant.
Has not the
one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one
God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the
wife of your youth.
“The man
who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does
violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty.
So be on
your guard, and do not be unfaithful. Malachi
2:14-16
God
hates divorce because divorce is about breaking a promise. According to Malachi, breaking a promise is like violently
attacking the other person, bruising and beating them with punches. God never breaks a promise. It’s a value to him. Promise breaking is foreign to God and
detestable.
Two people
become one through marriage and splitting them up is like tearing an arm off
your body. We think, “I’ll learn to live
without it.” True, but there are scars
and daily pain. You’ll never be the
same.
God wants
a man and a woman to get married and be fruitful and multiply. Divorce destroys that purpose.