Leviticus 19:20–22
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
They want to erase the lines between male and female, good and evil, wise and foolish, sacred and profane. And when modern Christians come to a passage like this one in Leviticus, they often do the same thing. They either skip over it, assuming it's some embarrassing remnant of a primitive legal code, or they flatten it out, missing the very point God is making in the details. But the Mosaic law, as given to Israel in the wilderness, was holiness in a kit. God's purpose was to define and defend a holy people called by His name. That law was, pure and simple, rough-cut justice. And God is intensely interested in justice, which means He is intensely interested in details and distinctions. Our God is not an abstract philosopher; He is a judge who rules in the affairs of men.