You would not be legally married, in that your (second) marriagewould not be recognized as valid. In the US, you cannot legally bemarried to more than one person at a time. You would have had tolie on the application for a marriage license where it asked if youwere single. Doing so could subject you to charges of perjury.If you are getting a divorce, it's not legal for you to getmarried again until the divorce decree has been issued and anywaiting period has expired. In cases where an inadvertant error wasmade, the divorcing person would normally not be prosecuted, butthe marriage would need to be performed again under legalcircumstances.In some states you would need to remarry. In some states youcould go before a judge for a waiver that would confirm yourmarriage if it was performed in good faith although during the NISIperiod. This is a serious issue and you should seek the advice ofan attorney in your area who can review the situation and explainyour options in your jurisdiction.
Question: 'What does the Bible say about remarriage if a divorce occurred before salvation?' Answer:This is a very difficult, interesting, and challenging question.
Basic Information About Divorce and Separation. For more information about divorce and separation, see these articles in our Self-Help Guide. What is legal separation? Taking back the name you had before you got married; possibly, an order for protection from abuse. That morning, in utter frustration, my friends and I compiled a list: what we wish we'd known before we got divorced—the things we wanted Cindy to know before she made her final decision. Each of us had experienced the upheaval of divorce and watched 12 of our close friends' second marriages end.
Some would say that since believers in Christ are 'new creations' with 'all things made new' (2 Corinthians 5:17), the sin and consequences of divorce are washed away, allowing a person who was divorced before becoming a believer to be remarried. Others would say that while the sin of the divorce was atoned for by Christ, the consequences of the sin are not, and therefore a person who was divorced before becoming a believer cannot remarry.Making this question even more difficult is the fact that there are varying viewpoints on whether Christians can remarry. Please read the following articles:When the Bible talks about marriage, it does not speak only to Christians/believers getting married.
The biblical principles on marriage are universal. If an unsaved man and woman get married, they are just as married in God's eyes as a Christian man and woman who get married. They are still one flesh (Genesis 2:24). God still hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). God has still joined them together, and He does not want them to be separated (Matthew 19). So salvation does not wipe away all the consequences of the sins we committed before we came to faith in Christ.
If the divorce was for unbiblical reasons, there are no grounds for remarriage.However, as the articles listed above indicate, we believe in the exception clause. If a divorce occurred as a result of unrepentant, continual adultery, we believe the innocent party can remarry.
This is equally true if the innocent party was a believer or unbeliever when the divorce occurred. So, the answer to this question would depend on the circumstances of the divorce. It is our contention that whether the divorce occurred before or after salvation is not the ultimate deciding factor. Whatever viewpoint a person takes on this particular issue, it is important to understand that salvation does not free us or excuse us from all the foolish and sinful decisions we made before coming to faith in Christ.Recommended Resource.