Leviticus 20:10–16
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our culture is in a full-blown, tantrum-throwing rebellion against the very idea of a created order. We are told that all restrictions, particularly in the realm of sexuality, are oppressive relics of a bygone, unenlightened era. The modern project is to erase every line, blur every distinction, and deconstruct every standard that God has established for our good. The result is not the glorious freedom that was promised, but a descent into chaos, confusion, and utter degradation. When we come to a passage like Leviticus 20, the modern mind recoils. The penalties prescribed here for sexual sin, adultery, incest, homosexuality, bestiality, are seen as barbaric. But we must understand that this reaction is not a sign of our superior enlightenment. We have lost our sense of the holiness of God, the gravity of sin, and the necessity of a just social order.