Leviticus 18:30 (NASBStr)
Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the Lord your God. ’”
Moses has just recorded for us, in this section, a list of "abominable customs" and is warning the nation of Israel not to practice them. In fact, he tells the nation that the people of the land who did practice these things are suffering punishment for this reason. He even states that IF they practice these things they will also be spewed out of the land and suffer punishment. God is making a point that the "Gentile" nations that did these things ARE being punished for doing the abominable things. The punishment is not because they are Gentiles, but because they are doing the abominable things. What are the abominable things? Three main sexual practices were being addressed: Incest, sodomy and sex with animals. God is telling the nation that it is lewd and abominable behavior to practice sex with your relative, with your gender and with animals. And, that behavior will not go unpunished. And, even though God does make it part of the "LAW" He is also telling us that the Gentile nations are doing these things and being punished for it. The behavior is offensive to God and must be punished by God. To maintain in an argument that since the Law was Old Testament, homosexual behavior is acceptable is to miss the point of the reason God put this requirement into the Law. God so the sin of Gentiles and wants His people to be different and not suffer the same punishment. Sex with family, gender and animals was, and still is, offensive to God!! Yes, it is part of the Law of God for Israel. No, it is not limited to them. It was put in place for them because it was offensive to God for ANY nation.
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