Musing – What America needs now is Biblical Marriages!

 Hebraic Musing – What America needs now is Biblical Marriages!

Today’s headlines feature soaring crime rates.  Why are crimes, shootings, misbehaviors, sin, hate, lawlessness and lack of respect growing out of control in America, a land that was founded by God? 
Here are three of the underlying reasons to consider: 

1.   The Ten Commandments were removed from schoolroom walls by 1980, 45 years ago!  As an 87 year old, I knew the Ten Commandments posted on the front wall of every classroom and I remember telling jokes with the commandment number as the punch line.  We knew and understood God’s Commandments!  And the Bible says the greatest of these is “Love”.

2.   When WWII was over and the boys/men came home they faced the infamous “Dear John” letters that told them their wife/sweetheart had found another husband.  Divorce became common and it no longer required moving to California to avoid shame.  Marriages began falling apart, and cultural society began to accept divorce as commonplace.  Thus, we now have broken homes unable to raise children due to a lack of instruction in morality and confusion over the role of sex.  How are all the people raised in  broken homes to understand Colossians 3:20 “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” if their parents are divorced and not speaking to one another?  What happens to children, and adults, after multiple generations of being raised in broken families and missing fathers?

3.   I wonder what Almighty God is thinking as He sees the cultural concept of marriage changing from “Covenantal” to “Contractual”.  Covenantal marriage had been the culture, which was God’s original plan in Genesis Chapter 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”  But today’s society has moved to Contractual marriages, rather than the Covenantal marriage that God planned for us. What’s the difference?  Contracts are temporary, have a time limit and are based on terms to be met by each of the parties; and can be broken if either party defaults.  In contrast, a Covenant is permanent, “until death do us part”, with no conditions! 

God’s plan was for children to be raised by two loving parents (“go forth and multiply”) with one parent to nurture and the other providing support & leadership?  “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Eph.6:4 NKJV  Is that happening? 

I have experienced these key historical cultural changes, and it grieves me to see God’s beautiful concept of marriage being distorted and lost today.  AND I see clearly how the breakdown of marriages relates to the ballooning crime and lawlessness in America today. 

What’s the source of the problem?  How many people today are being raised by BOTH a nurturing mother and a disciplinarian father to influence their daily lives?  I’ve heard from schoolteachers that less than 10% of their students go home to BOTH of their ORIGINAL parents!  Check it out!!!

America has gotten away from “Biblical Marriages”; but what is a “Biblical Marriage”?  God considers marriage to be an agreement between a husband and a wife as well as a covenant between the couple and Him.  Wedding vows in my days were also vows to the Lord, or should have been!

P.S. If you’ve had a divorce in the past; remember, God is more concerned about your future than your past.

Point(s) to Ponder

Why are today’s crimes committed by dysfunctional people from “broken homes”?

Which of the 3 reasons above is having the greatest impact on our society?

Do children’s TV, media, Hollywood, etc. support Biblical Marriage?

Where can children get to see and learn from living examples of Biblical Marriages?

Why do we renew Marriage vows?   They don’t expire!  (>:

1.You shall have no other Gods before me…5.Honor your father and your mother…10.You shall not covet.

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                           September 16, 2025            
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith” 
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)”     Weekly “Hebraic Musings”

Note – Many excerpts from January 2025 musing “Why are Marriages and Our Society Both Crumbling?”

Note – My book “Biblical Marriage” - available on Amazon, $8.95. Search “Biblical Marriage by Yosef”

 

Hebraic Musing –Why are Marriages and Our Society Both Crumbling?

I have recently heard young people say, more than once – “Why get married?”  While I was shocked to hear it, why would we be surprised considering the influence of today’s media?  Our world’s anti-Judeo/Christian viewpoints prevail.

  “Therefore” refers to what Adam said in verse 23 “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”  BTW, in the NT, Jesus’s first miracle was at a wedding!

 

What are the problems and/or results of today’s crumbling marriages?

·      God’s plan was for children to be raised by two loving parents (“go forth and multiply”) with one parent to nurture and the other providing support & leadership?  “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Eph.6:4 NKJV  Is that happening?  What happens to children after multiple generations of broken families, and missing fathers?

·      God scolded them/us in Malachi, last OT book - “You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.  You ask, ‘Why?’  It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.” Malachi 2:13-14 NIV 

·      God considers marriage to be an agreement between a husband and a wife as well as a covenant between the couple and Him.  The wedding vows were also vows to the Lord, or should have been!

I have authored books but my favorite that I consider to be most important, is “Biblical Marriage – His plan for Courtship, Engagement, Wedding and Marriage” – Available at Amazon (search “Biblical Marriage Yosef”). 

BTW – Why do we renew Marriage vows?   They don’t expire.  (>:

In closing, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” Eph.5:25 “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives” 1 Peter 3:1    BTW, that is how I came to Christ!