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7:8-13, especially 9) with its associated corollary of death (Gen 2:17, Rom 7:5, 7-
21, 10:3, 1 Cor 15:56).

Contraception

As the life of the flesh begins not at conception but when there is blood in the
foetus (see above), contraception is not murder under the Law even if it destroys a
fertilised egg. If there is any blood in that which is aborted it is murder under the
Law (Lev 17:11, Num 35:30, Mat 19:18). This is all irrelevant to the Christian
(Rom 10:4).

Human Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, Adultery and Fornication

All the five concepts above are only part of the Law (Deut 30:10, Mat 22:37-40,
Luke 6:31, 20:35-36, John 8:51, Rom 7:4, 10:4, 1 Cor 7:29, Rev 22:18-19).
Marriage is until death parts (Mark 10:5-9, 11-12, Luke 16:18). Remarriage is also,
as a mystery, valid as marriage before God and Man but the sin of adultery still
continuously (Mark 10:9) applies if one of the original spouses is still alive, even
though the remarriage is a valid marriage (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18). The sin of
adultery applies to both spouses even if only one is previously married (Mark 10:8,
Luke 16:18). Adultery is any act of, or lust (Mat 5:28) to, have penetrative sex
other than with the still-living original spouse (Mat 5:28, Mark 10:8-9). So, a
remarried person is committing adultery if his/her first spouse still lives even
though he/she is in a valid marriage (Mark 10:11-12, Luke 16:18). Divorce is a
sinful act, even though it can be followed by another marriage it can only dissolve
the humanistic element of marriage (Mark 10:9) and not the bodily union or the
spiritual element (Mark 10:8-9). The original marriage remains before God (Mark
10:8-9). Under the Law, remarriage, whilst the other orginal spouse lives, is both
polygamy and adultery. A marriage becomes a marriage before God once it is
consummated by penetrative sex and not at the ceremony (Mat 5:32, 19:9, Mark
10:8-9). Marriage happens before Man at the ceremony (Mat 5:32). Annulment is a
fiction and is, in fact, divorce (Mat 5:32, Mark 10:7-12, Luke 16:18). Fornication
is any act of pre-marital penetrative sex (Mat 5:32). There is complete equivalence
between the sexes in these sins, including fornication, and their applicability (Mark
10:8, 1 Cor 6:16, 18-19, 1 Thes 4:3-7). All penetrative sex or artificial
insemination/conception establishes the one flesh under the Law (1 Cor 15:46).
This ceases to have relevance for righteousness as regards Christians who are
under Grace and is ended through fulfillment (Mat 5:18, Rom 10:4). The
inapplicability of of the Law for righteousness determines the inapplicability of the
Law's curses, blessings and the judgement(s) of the Law (Deut 11:26-28, Rom