Should he divorce her?
Or should he go through with the marriage?
I heard it again! Many people think that Joseph was trying to decide whether to divorce Mary or stick with her.
No. From his point of view, she had been unfaithful to him. She was carrying another man's baby. She obviously wanted to be with that other guy. He could let her marry the baby's father, let her go, divorce her.
His choice wasn't so much between marriage and divorce. His choice was more between a quiet, legal divorce or calling her out for her adultery, having her stoned. Being a just man, a man who believed in mercy, a man who offered forgiveness, he did not want her killed for her adulterous affair. He would spare her life, even if it meant that his own character would be besmirched as one who didn't wait long enough after the wedding ceremony for the coming-together night.
The angel came to Joseph in a dream.
Two thousand years earlier, another Joseph dreamed. That Joseph had an experience where an accusation of adultery was made against an innocent person. Both the angel and the Bible story corroborated Mary's story. That's when StayingMarried became an option for Joseph.
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