The etymology of divorce from the 14th century from Anglo-Norman French and Latin roots, emphasize "diverting" or turning from or turning from one course to another, ending insurmountable conflict rather than to cleave in two. Even though several historical sources proclaimed that the Roman empire had no divorce for 500 years, the claim has many flaws. But the deterioration of the empire did come about because of cultural rot from within because of the increasing abuse of existing divorce laws, parallel to the abuse of divorce laws practiced by the Pharisees, leaving out a significant portion of Moses' explanation for the reasons for divorce, largely because of sexual immorality on the part of both husbands and wives. Jesus, the Builder of the house whose words were more authoritative than Moses', the servant of the house, informed the carnal Pharisees that the deterioration of the marriage covenant (on the micro and macro level) was abhorrent to God. But because of the hardness of their hearts (not having God's Holy Spirit), God permitted divorce for the sake of peace, preventing further deterioration of God's intent to establish holy seed and developing a God-plane relationship. The Pharisees removed Moses' instructions about evaluating the spiritual cause for divorce. When divorce takes place, spiritual growth from the God-plane relationship stops altogether, but when conflict escalates within a dying relationship, no growth can occur either. God intended the relationship between a man and woman to teach how to be at one with God. A marriage among converted people is a three-way relationship- husband, wife, and Creator. God is the glue cementing the relationship together. The purpose of marriage is to teach humans to understand the depth and union with God, but that union must be in a state of peace.