One of the things that has dawned on me gradually in working on my Biblical theology, is that God works with his people according to where they are in their development as people of God, and thus necessarily differing arrangements apply to differing covenantal situations. Jesus, in his comment about Moses’ permitting divorce, says this was allowed due to the hardness of human hearts at that juncture. Mutatis Mutandis, to whom more is given, for instance the Holy Spirit as... Read more