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Leviticus: Still standing? Obliterated by Christ's sacrifice? In part? In whole?

Here's one to get you to scratch your head.

Does the book of Leviticus still stand as God's commands, or were the commands and guides set for the Jews nullified by Christ's death upon the cross?


  • In part

    I do believe that Leviticus is partially nullified.

    Take for example the rules of sacrifice. We no longer sacrifice animals to God as Christ was and is the final sacrifice. Likewise, Leviticus outlined many age appropriate laws, IE: references to bonded servents, hierarcy of ritual cleanliness, practices no longer in practice.

    Other sections, however, prove to be just as relevant in our times. Hygeine, sexual morality, relationships, ect.

    Granted, this isn't something one can just pick and choose. One must read Christ's words and the rest of the Bible to understand which is which, and it's no easy task. However, to study is far better than making a blanket statement based on personal view rather than God's.

    42%  Voted for by praise-reborn, ohsweetie2788, Jesusquest.
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  • purity laws

    the laws in the torah that are abolished to christians are the laws dealing with purity and that persons worship. these things include: not eating pork or shellfish, not mixing fabrics, women sacrificing 2 birds after each menstrual cycle, etc. the hebrews' purity laws had to do with wholeness and things that didn't meet qualifications for wholeness or if two whole things were combined, it was against the faith. for example, mixing fabrics was bad because a fabric is whole on its own and mixing it with another comprimizes its wholeness, they weren't allowed to eat pig because pigs didn't meet the qualifications of having both hooved feet and chewing cud, and women had to sacrifice 2 birds because the blood of the birds was supposed to make up for the woman's blood lost and to make her whole again, etc. things like murder and theft are still in effect because they don't have 2 do with purity.

    so how do we tell the difference between a regular and purity law? there are several ways to do this

    1)if the prohibition has the word abomination written along with it, it is most likely a purity law. the word that was translated into "abomination" in english was "Toevah" in hebrew. this word meant something that went against jewish worship practices and people had to avoid these things to stay true to their faith. these types of prohibitions don't apply to christians

    2)if the law is mentioned in regards to another god or another civilization it most likely has to do with purity. for example, the hebrews couldn't socialize or marry with other civilizations and this was a purity law because mixing races was considered bad and the hebrews didn't want other religious beliefs mixing with their own and thus forever making their religion impure. also, wearing things other civilizations wore was out of the question because it combined 2 cultures and that was impure.

    and 3) if the law is only found in the torah, most likely it is a purity prohibition.

    so that is basically how you know which laws are in effect for christians and which laws aren't.

    42%  Voted for by cosmosis, Spade-Dragon, aria94.
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  • Most of it, Yes

    Yes, leviticus is a very dramatic book in the bible. When I read it I went to my mom and asked her if this was all true. Seemed Demonic, lol. But it was true. We have no more need for Atonement (covering of sin) or burnt or peace offerings because Jesus blood is more than enough to take care of ALL sin.

    Voted for by Carino.
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