The term "sundered" refers to the act of being divided, separated, or split apart. In the context of the Bible, this concept is often associated with both physical and spiritual divisions. The idea of being sundered can be seen throughout Scripture, illustrating the consequences of sin, the division between God and humanity, and the separation of peoples and nations.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, the concept of being sundered is frequently associated with the division of nations and peoples. One of the earliest examples is the Tower of Babel narrative in Genesis 11:1-9. Here, humanity's pride leads to God confusing their language, resulting in the people being "scattered over the face of the whole earth" (Genesis 11:9). This scattering represents a sundered humanity, divided by language and geography.

The division of the kingdom of Israel after the reign of Solomon is another significant instance of being sundered. Due to Solomon's idolatry and the people's disobedience, God allowed the kingdom to be divided into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah (1 Kings 11:11-13, 1 Kings 12:16-20). This division had lasting implications for the history of the Israelites, illustrating the consequences of turning away from God's commandments.

Spiritual Separation

The concept of being sundered also carries a spiritual dimension, particularly in the separation between God and humanity due to sin. Isaiah 59:2 states, "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear." This separation underscores the need for reconciliation and redemption, themes that are central to the biblical narrative.

The sacrificial system in the Old Testament, particularly the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16), highlights the need to bridge the gap between a holy God and sinful humanity. The high priest's role in offering sacrifices for the people's sins symbolizes the temporary means by which this spiritual sunderance could be addressed.

New Testament Fulfillment

In the New Testament, the sundered relationship between God and humanity finds its resolution in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:13-14 declares, "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility." Through His sacrificial death and resurrection, Jesus reconciles humanity to God, healing the sundered relationship caused by sin.

The tearing of the temple veil at the moment of Jesus' death (Matthew 27:51) symbolizes the removal of the barrier between God and humanity. This act signifies that through Christ, believers have direct access to God, no longer sundered by the limitations of the old covenant.

Eschatological Hope

The Bible also speaks of a future hope where all divisions will be healed. Revelation 21:3-4 envisions a time when God will dwell with His people, and "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away." This ultimate restoration promises an end to all forms of sundered existence, as God makes all things new.

In summary, the concept of being sundered in the Bible encompasses both physical and spiritual separations, highlighting the consequences of sin and the need for divine intervention. Through Jesus Christ, the sundered relationship between God and humanity is restored, offering hope for a future where all divisions are healed.(imp. & p. p.) of Sunder.2689. chatsotsrah -- (an ancient) trumpet
... trumpeter. By reduplication from chatsar; a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering
note) -- trumpet(-er). see HEBREW chatsar. 2688, 2689. chatsotsrah. 2690 ...
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May the Twenty-Sixth the Uniting of Sundered Peoples
... MAY The Twenty-sixth THE UNITING OF SUNDERED PEOPLES. ... And this is ever the issue
of a true outpouring of the Spirit: sundered peoples become one. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/may the twenty-sixth the uniting.htm

Jacob Boehme's "Way of Salvation"
... that feed only the particular selfish will, to live in the lower "qualities" of
dark-fire is to {192} form a soul tinctured with darkness and sundered from the ...
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Thou who Answerest to the Name of Abraham, in that Thou Art Made ...
... When Korah and Dathan sundered themselves, he sundered the earth from beneath
them; by sundering he made the sundering to cease. ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xix thou who answerest.htm

Maximus, Bishop of Jerusalem.
... on the other hand, that matter is in God, it will behove us similarly to inquire,
whether we are to understand by this that He is sundered from Himself, and ...
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Hymn for the Lighting of the Lamps
... Before that steadfast march the billows fall, Then raise on either hand their crystal
mass, While through the sundered deep Thy people pass And ocean guards ...
/.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/v hymn for the lighting.htm

Second Tractate. On the Essence of the Soul (2).
... The bodies are separate, and the ideal form which enters them is correspondingly
sundered while, still, it is present as one whole in each of its severed parts ...
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Going Home --A Christmas Sermon
... Superstition has done that; an awful superstition, which calls itself Christianity,
has sundered men from their kind; but true religion has never done so. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/going homea christmas sermon.htm

1 John v. 6-8
... they could not comprehend. They sundered the high from the low, instead
of recognizing the truly high in the low. In opposition to ...
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Boehme's Universe
... "The Son," however, Boehme says, "is not divided or sundered from the Father,
as two persons side by side"there are not two Gods. ...
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John Smith, Platonist --"An Interpreter of the Spirit"
... True religion, on the other hand, is absolutely another thing, sundered by the width
of the sky from either superstition or legalistic religion. ...
/.../chapter xvi john smith platonistan.htm

Sundered (1 Occurrence)
... & pp) of Sunder. Multi-Version Concordance Sundered (1 Occurrence). Job 41:17 They
are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. ...
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Sunder (9 Occurrences)

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Broken (559 Occurrences)
... broken surface. 4. (vt) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained;
apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. 5. (vt) Made ...
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Sundial (1 Occurrence)

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Biblical
... 4. Old Testament Theology in First Half of 19th Century: The influence of
Schleiermacher was hardly a fortunate one, the Old Testament being sundered from ...
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Theology
... 4. Old Testament Theology in First Half of 19th Century: The influence of
Schleiermacher was hardly a fortunate one, the Old Testament being sundered from ...
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