Divorce is one of the most misunderstood subjects in our generation.
Nations debate its legality; churches try to redefine it and families live under its pain.
Yet, the true mystery behind divorce can never be understood until we look beyond law and culture into the original scroll of the covenant written by the Creator Himself.
When God first joined man and woman in Genesis, there was no witness from the state, no bride price and no law court.
The first marriage began in the garden, before sin and under divine presence.
“Therefore, shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).
That was the eternal model oneness sealed by Spirit, not documents.
Everything that came later; customs, payments, ordinances, was man’s attempt to regulate what he did not understand.
Legal marriage versus scroll covenant
Under the world’s system, marriage is a contract between two individuals.
It is registered, witnessed and filed under the authority of the state.
Because it is a human contract, the same state gives the power to dissolve it through divorce.
Ordinance marriage and customary marriage both fall into this category.
They allow termination when one party breaks the agreement.
But a scroll covenant marriage; the one Yehoshua restored, is not a contract but a divine union.
Heaven witnesses it, not the government.
The two become one living being before God.
When Yehoshua was questioned about divorce, He said clearly: “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard.
But it was not this way from the beginning” (Matthew 19:8).
This statement reopened the Genesis pattern.
It was never meant to be undone by courts or family elders.
A legal divorce can end the relationship on paper.
The partners can remarry, change names or divide property.
But spiritually, Heaven still holds the record of the oneness scroll.
The body may separate, but the covenant remains alive in the Spirit until death.
Romans 7:2-3 declares, “The woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth.
In Yehoshua’s covenant, the word bound is not legal it is spiritual.
This is why remarriage after divorce becomes adultery: the first oneness scroll still stands. Earth may declare freedom; Heaven does not.
Hidden wound of divorce
Every true scroll marriage releases a portion of the divine image, two spirits, one breath and one destiny.
When this bond is torn by self-will, unfaithfulness or neglect, a wound opens not only in the couple but in the atmosphere around them.
Children inherit confusion; communities absorb pain.
No decree can heal what was broken in the unseen realm.
Yehoshua’s teaching was not cruelty; it was mercy.
He called His followers to higher righteousness because He knew that what was broken spiritually could only be restored spiritually.
Reconciliation or sacred singleness are the only paths that honour the scroll.
Spiritual literacy
We need a re-education of the Church.
We must teach our men and women that marriage is not just companionship; it is covenanting warfare.
It is a joining of destinies, mantles and scrolls under divine governance.
When people marry without revelation, they divorce without understanding.
And when they remarry without cleansing, they multiply confusion.
This is the crisis of our generation - spiritual polygamy masked as modern monogamy.
Until the Church reclaims its scroll of spiritual intelligence, it will continue to produce holy ceremonies with unholy foundation marriages.
When God writes it, it is meant to last for eternity.
This is the missing pillar in today’s society.
We teach people how to host weddings, not how to build covenants.
We train couples for ceremonies, not for lifelong unity.
Yet, Scripture shows that a husband and a wife are roles of maturity, not titles of relationship.
A man must become a husband in spirit before he ever marries; a leader who loves, sacrifices and covers.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it” (Ephesians 5:25).
That love is not romantic emotion; it is cruciform discipline.
A woman must become a wife before she is given in marriage; one who walks in reverence, humility and wisdom.
“Let the wife see that she respects her husband” (Ephesians 5:33).
Respect is not weakness; it is strength under alignment.
When both are trained in covenant identity, divorce becomes unthinkable because both understand that marriage is not possession but participation in divine nature.
The virtuous wife
Proverbs 31:10–31 reveals the picture of a woman trained in divine covenant; one who lives as a partner in purpose, not property.
She is not described by beauty or wealth, but by wisdom, stewardship and reverence. “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her price is far above rubies.”
This woman represents what the Scroll Covenant produces when it is nurtured by faith.
Her husband safely trusts her. She strengthens her home, guides her household with diligence, speaks wisdom and fears the Lord.
This fear is not terror but covenant reverence. In the scroll covenant, the woman’s strength is not in rebellion but in righteousness.
Her value is beyond any payment or dowry, for she embodies what Yehoshua restores - a companion who mirrors divine wisdom and glory.
A husband joined to such a wife walks in favour, peace and honour because both have learned the law of oneness: to serve one another in love as unto God.
Call back to scroll covenant
We live in a generation that normalises divorce as a solution to unhappiness.
Yet, every legal separation leaves a spiritual echo.
The scroll that joined the two in heaven still bears both names.
The only true release comes through death or divine reconciliation.
That is why Yehoshua calls His followers to train before union, to count the cost and to understand that covenant love is not about convenience but about eternal design.
When men and women rediscover this, marriage will cease to be a battlefield and will once again become a mirror of divine oneness.
Divorce may end a relationship legally, but never spiritually.
Customary and ordinance marriages allow it because they are built on human law.
But the scroll covenant marriage - the one Yehoshua sealed by His blood- cannot be undone by decree, distance or death.
It is a covenant of oneness, written in heaven and recognised in eternity.
The mystery behind divorce is , therefore, simple yet profound: what God joined, no man, no court and no system can truly put asunder.
