In the third dispute, found in Malachi 2:10-16, God accused his people of being faithless to his covenant with them by being faithless to the covenant of marriage. This timeless message calls each one of us to marry within the faith and stay faithful to our spouse.
Because of a general persecution in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered and took the gospel to Judea and Samaria, where many believed in Christ.
God has always been with his people, in various ways and temporarily in Old Testament times and later and permanently in human flesh.
Christian thinking is thinking like Jesus, especially as seen in his becoming one of us to die on the cross.
