Thursday, October 13, 2016

How to deal with the Christian Right.

This is what happens when you leave the details of your spirituality to Hollywood. For a Christian there is an understanding of the "Old Covenant" and the "New Covenant". Some Laws in the "Old Covenant" are there to set apart Israel as a special and unique nation. Some of the laws are for dress, diet, morality and some eternal types are the seed the promise of the covenant between God and man. In the "New Covenant" some of these laws are carried forward and reaffirmed in scripture of the New Testament. Jesus sets out this "New Covenant" through His sacrifice and establish the promises of the "Old Covenant" in a loving new relationship of Son and Daughters with our Father God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Luke 22:2020 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Hebrews 8 NIV1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being. 3 Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. 7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said : “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 11 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” 13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

This sketch paints as if only Lev 20:13 and the near by Lev 18:22 address homosexuality. Scriptures address homosexuality in both the New and Old Testaments, it is covered by The "Old Covenant" and the "New Covenant" promises. You are welcome to read some of the additional scriptures regarding this polarizing topic. (see topic"Homosexuality" on side bar)

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