Some bible questions?

Question

Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27)

Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9) Have you ever done that?

If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10). I wonder if Dr. Laura would like that one to be enforced?

If a man sleeps with his father's wife... both him and his father's wife is to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:11)

If a man sleeps with his wife and her mother they are all to be burnt to death. (Leviticus 20:14)

If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed. (Leviticus 20:15-16)

If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be "cut off from their people" (Leviticus 20:18)

If a priest's daughter is a whore, she is to be burnt at the stake. (Leviticus 21:9)

Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16)

Anyone who dreams or prophesizes anything that is against God, or anyone who tries to turn you from God, is to be put to death. (Deuteronomy 13:5)

If anyone, even your own family suggests worshipping another God, kill them. (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)

If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of it's inhabitants... even the animals. (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)

Kill anyone with a different religion. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)

Now that's alot of people to do away with. Now my question is how do I find the time to destroy all the dirty heathens?

Answer 1

LOL. I love your question. Thankfully, Christians choose to ignore those laws. We tend to pick and choose what to follow from the Bible. And the next time one of them says something like, "I only discount the law of the Hebrews in the Old Testament, but homosexuality is still wrong in the New Testament," (stated so by Paul, not Jesus) mention the women-are-inferior thing in 1 Corinthians 11:3-10. I don't know many modern churches that force women to wear a veil. Personally, I follow Jesus ("love your neighbor"), not Paul (writer of 1 Cor).

Answer 2

If you were serious about where to start with killing the heathen you would have to consider if you are a heathen. But if you determine that you are a heathen, don't kill yourself because you would find yourself in hell waiting to be thrown into the everlasting lake of fire. The main thing to understand about most of the verses you have listed is the following; God in the past made the Jewish people as his instrument to be a witness to the nations. Even though the Nation of Israel was rebellious to God alot He still used it for his plans. To protect the Jewish identity and spiritual and moral purity of Israel, God gave them strict commands to keep them that way. The Law (not just the 10 commandments) was severe against sin and immorality. Israel was God's lawgiver and enforcer. Today God is not using Israel in that way since now His the main instrument He works thur is the Christian Church. God has given a new covenant to the church where his mercy is more manifested. God however still retains his place as ultimate Judge and avenger. The moral sins of the O.T. are still sinful but the judgment is more left to God except where nations are empowered to wield the sword against the lawless.

Answer 3

Most of wha you listed were apart of Moses laws to the Israelites, since they were full of the heathen religion coming out of Egypt the laws the Moses wrote with his hands were to help them not to sin and to keep the Laws of God the Ten Commandments which was written by God's finger. However, when Jesus came he and died therefore those laws that were against us Deut 31 was nailed to the cross Col 2. Remember though that the Big Ten remain today and thus we should follow it still as it is the guide against sin 1 John 3 and Jesus says that if we love him Keep his commandments.

Answer 4

Did you happen to notice that every single Scripture you used to fuel your questions were located in the Old Testament, written during the dispensation of Law? These were the only ways man had to deal with sin other than forgiveness through animal sacrifice. When Jesus died on the Cross, it introduced the dispensation of Grace; not annulling the Law, but bringing it into partnership with Grace so that we could be saved! Our sins were so manifold and grotesque that Jesus had to be born the way He was to die the way He did so that we wouldn't have to! His sacrifice paved the way for repentance, water baptism, sanctification and being filled with the Holy Ghost as a way to get forgiveness of your sins without having to be condemned by the Law. A New Testament Scripture says, "Shall we continue in grace that sin may abound? God forbid!" He realized that grace was sufficient, but that we had to be subject to the Law on a spiritual level if we were to survive as long as the Church era has survived or His Word and testimony would've been destroyed from without and within! All these punishments you listed are no longer necessary for man to pay the penalty for because He paid them in full when he died! These sins are still recognized as sin and are still just as grotesque as they were in Jesus' day, but we are able to find forgiveness through TRUE repentance, not putting on a show "with lipservice as menpleasers" as the Scripture puts it.

Answer 5

These quotes just reflect the culture back then, obviously it is not practiced anymore. And you are changing around the scriptures to fit your own need to make them sound worse. That is so wrong. And personally I think when they refer to death, they mean spiritually, not literally. I read a good answer from a Rabbi once about this and I just need to find it again. Once I find it I will post it for you.

Answer 6

Times change, and rules change with them. Things like this would have seemed perfectly reasonable in the strictly orthodox Hebrew communities of the time, but now these rules are obsolete.

Answer 7

I love you. You forgot to add:

What the Bible says about Non-Christians
They are without God.

"Whosoever ... abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God." -- 2 John 9

They are all antichrists.

"For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist." -- 2 John 7

They should be shunned. Neither marry nor be friends with them.

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ... Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord." -- 2 Cor.6:14-17

They should be killed.

"If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you ... Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die." -- Dt.13:6-10

Answer 8

I am sure if you looked all those scriptures up yourself you are a very smart person. Now can you do me a favor and look up all the scriptures about God's love.

Answer 9

If they'd a been burning the preachers ho daughters, instead of innocent healers and mid-wives, I bet the burning times wouldn't have lasted so long!

Answer 10

Hey loving God is a full time job!