Alimony and child support

"But when they said, 'Give us a king to lead us,' this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: 'Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. No list to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.'

Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will do: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your field and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the Lord will not answer you in that day." But the people refused to listed to Samuel. 1 Samuel 8:6-19 (NIV)

It was at that time the Bride of God, Israel, took a divorce from God. It was from that time on that God has sent alimony and child support, but the marriage cannot be repaired, in this life. It would be an abomination according to the law for God to take back his bride. But, I think we read in Isaiah that God indeed says he will take her back. The Bible student should be sure to understand what that would mean for God to offer that.

But, it cannot happen as long as we keep looking for to humanist efforts to cure our ills. I am not speaking only of Jews by birth. I am speaking of all who are accepted in the Temple because they obey the laws of God.