Christians??

Question

Why don't we obey laws in leviticus, like not wearing clothes of more than 1 fibre etc?? Just wondering about this..

Answer 1

The laws written in Leviticus were part of the Old Laws, contained in the Old Testament. The Old Laws were given only to the children of Israel!

Jeremiah, who lived under the Law given at Sinai, said that this Law was temporary and that God was going to make a New Law with His people: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah - not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt” (Jeremiah 31:31,32). The New Law would be different from the Old. Jeremiah spoke these words 900 years after the Law was given at Mt. Sinai and 600 years before Christ gave the New Law. The writer of Hebrews in the New Testament quotes this passage from Jeremiah and applies it to Jesus Christ who is "also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second" (Hebrews 8:6-13).

Jeremiah 31:31-34 also states some other differences between the Old Law and the New. The Old Law was written on tables of stone, but the New would be written on a believer's heart. The Old Law did not provide for final forgiveness of sins, but the New did. The Ten Commandments were part of that Old Law. They have not been required of people to keep since Jesus died on the cross 2000 years ago (Colossians 2:14). Christ at that time gave a "better covenant, which was established on better promises" (Hebrews 8:6).

What happened to the Old Testament (the Old Law, or Old Covenant)? The New Testament tells us, "In that He says, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away" (Hebrews 8:13). "For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the law made nothing perfect..." (Hebrews 7:18,19). "Then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will, 0 God.' He takes away the first that He may establish the second" (Hebrews 10:9). "For the priesthood being changed, of necessity, there is also a change of the law" (Hebrews 7:12). The apostle Paul wrote: "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements (the Law of Moses) that was against us, which was contrary to us, And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14). Paul also wrote concerning this Old Law which contained the Ten Commandments: "Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor" (Galatians 3:24, 25).

Answer 2

For one, not even Jews follow Leviticus. Leviticus is a book of instruction for Levite Priests. Of which there are none. Currently anyway.

I recently saw a documentary that included a small section on the regeneration of the Levites.

For two - The Council of Jerusalem determined that Christians were not bound to Jewish law.

Answer 3

There are three types of OT laws: Civil (government), ceremonial (pointing to a Messiah - Jesus), and moral. Of all the OT laws, only about 6% can be applied outside the State of Israel. That fact, along with all the laws that were fulfilled with Jesus' death on the cross, basically eliminates all the civil and ceremonial laws. That leaves us with the moral laws to ponder.

Moral laws applied to pre-Israel, Israel, and post-Israel. The NT confirms that the moral laws are still in effect (homosexuality, adultery, etc.). All of the Ten Commandments were repeated again in the NT except keeping the Sabbath (the principle of one day of rest still applies, just not necessarily on Saturday). The NT also confirmed it isn't just the action that is wrong, but also the "thought" behind a wrong action (Matt. 5:27-28).

Remember, the law can't save you (Gal. 2:21). But we will be judged according to its righteous standard as it applies to us (I Cor. 3:13-15).

Answer 4

The laws in Leviticus were for the culture and time. Meat laws etc, developed around lack of proper refrigeration, and other cleanliness laws developed around lack of clean water, and such. They served a purpose for the time in preserving the people. We are now under grace, that Leviticus law no longer applies. Anything carried over from that time is mentioned in the NT as things that disqualify someone from entering heaven, there are a few carry-overs.
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Answer 5

Are you included?Remember the main issue-Leviticus is the old law and has fundamentally been abrogated by the new.Certain things have been overtaken by events and this might be one of them.Continue to wonder though.That`s the way to go!

Answer 6

For the same reason Christians don't make burnt offerings - they don't follow the Law of Moses. They follow the New Covenant taught by Christ. Well, most of them sorta follow it...what hasn't been lost or corrupted over the millenia.

Answer 7

There is a purpose for each and every law. The purpose of this law was to keep them from wasting precious resources.

If you take pure cotton and mix it with pure silk (I'm saying pure because that's all they had then, no polyester then!) you can wear the thing one time ... or until it gets dirty.

But don't try to wash it, it will shrink and pucker like an old man in a cold lake lol.

Since the invention of polyester and the differing degrees of cotton and silk, this isn't a necessary law.

Answer 8

I am a Christian, and I think the Leviticus book was written for that particular time in history,[for that particular culture] I don't want to be blasphemous, but it needs modifying to this present age, [or explaining]

Answer 9

Any law relating to atonement of sin was fulfilled with Christ.

SOME Christians (like myself) DO keep the Levitical laws regarding things like HEALTH that had nothing to do with atonement...

I don't eat pork or shellfish, for example, b/c they are unfit for human consumption, according to the Bible.

Answer 10

They say it's because jesus came in an changed all those laws but thats not true. Period. He doesnt completley dismiss everything, the only thing he dismisses is making blood sacrafices, because he is supposed to be the blood sacrafice. He mmakes mentions plently of times to follow the laws of the ot.