God's attitude to divorce is simply and plainly stated in Malachi 2:16 :-

"I hate divorce" says the LORD, the God of Israel.

For the church, whose professed desire is to do the will of God, that ought to settle the question, once and for all. Sadly, that is no longer the case. The church today is tolerant and even supportive of divorce and remarriage, and wilfully goes its own way, just as the people of Israel were doing in Malachi's day. We need to hear again the prophet's call to repentance, and take to heart his warning of the consequences of failure to obey.

To those who have sinned in this way, Malachi says :-

- Relationship with God is broken. God will not respond to the pleading of those who are acting in unfaithfulness to their marriage covenant.

Prayers, even when accompanied by tears, are useless while unfaithfulness continues. (Mal 2:13-16)

- In refusing to accept their offerings, God is acting as a faithful witness to the marriage covenant with the wife of their youth. It is his way of expressing his displeasure with what they have done. (Mal 2:13)

- Only through that union to which God is witness can children be born in the will of God. (Mal 2: 15) (It follows that children who are the fruit of a union made in breach of that first covenant are conceived in disobedience to the will of God.)

- The church which condones and supports those involved in this and other sins (even to the extent of saying that it is not a sin) wearies God.(Mal 2:17)

- Those who swear falsely (which includes those who break their marriage covenant) are in danger of the same judgement as sorcerers, adulterers and oppressors. (Mal 3:5)

"The LORD does not change." (Mal 3:6)

God held back judgement from Israel, only to make an urgent call to repentance for those still able to hear. That same call to repentance is as clearly spoken to us today, as it was to Israel when Malachi prophesied. For those who do respond, the same promise still thrills the heart which seeks after God :-
"They shall be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them, as a man spares his son who serves him." (Mal 3:17)