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Post by alon on Dec 9, 2020 23:46:03 GMT -8
I am posting this early since tonight starts Chanukkah. The topic is "Relations," and this will be the entire category:
Relations
God
Exodus 15:26b (ESV) “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.” This is a promise from our Eloah, our Mighty One (Neh 9:17), and He will not fail us. This could be taken as a commandment for us too. Listen to Abishter, and do right in His eyes.
Exodus 34:26- (ESV) then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord's side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” In choosing whether to serve YHVH Elohim, the Lord Your God (Gen 27:20) or family and friends, we are to cut off all others and serve our Elohim.
Leviticus 19:12 (ESV) You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Treat the name of God with utmost respect
Leviticus 24:16 (ESV)(P) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. While we cannot stone blasphemers today, we certainly can cut them off from our congregations.
Family
Deuteronomy 5:16 (ESV) “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you." Honor- respect your parents, uphold your families reputation. I believe this includes all in our lineage, as well as close relatives.
Deuteronomy 14:1 (ESV) “You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.” Do not deface your body when in mourning.
Deuteronomy 21:18,21a (ESV) “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, … Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst," Again, we cannot stone our children today. However we can disown them for just cause. We’d also disinherit them, because this mitzvah would take precedence over the one of including all children in the inheritance. It wasn’t that long ago that your families good name could mean everyone’s survival. It still may effect you in ways you never suspect. So allowing one rebellious child to jeopardize the entire family is irresponsible.
Intermarriage
Deuteronomy 7:3 (ESV) You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, Jews are not supposed to “marry out.” We as believers in Messianic Judaism should marry neither Jews nor Christians, and certainly not unbelievers. Now, I married both (a Jewess and one who does not believe in MJ, but who did convert to Christianity). I can tell you that causes problems. However I did that prior to becoming Messianic, and Rav Shaul instructs if we are already married not to divorce because of that.
With Relations
Usually said to be a proscription against sexual relations, I would say “uncover nakedness” goes further, to include no lude or inappropriate behavior. Note the difference in most of the verses and in vss. 22 & 23 where it says "lie with." Men work with men, and so see each other's "nakedness" all the time. And animals are always naked. Given the distinction between “uncovering nakedness” and “lieing with,” I would infer there is much more to uncovering nakedness than just the act of sex. This in mind, much of the following is pretty self explanatory:
Leviticus 18:6 (ESV) “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:7 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:8 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:9 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home.
Leviticus 18:10 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
Leviticus 18:11 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, brought up in your father's family, since she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:12 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative. Leviticus 18:13 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's relative.
Leviticus 18:14 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
Leviticus 18:15 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:16 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:17 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity.
Leviticus 18:18 (ESV) And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
Leviticus 18:19 (ESV) “You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:20 (ESV) And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.
Children
Leviticus 19:29 (ESV) “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” Don’t teach your children to be sexually immoral.
Homosexuality
Leviticus 18:22 (ESV) You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Proscription against homosexuality.
Deuteronomy 22:5 (ESV) “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.” Cross-dressing is not allowed. This could apply to assuming each others roles as well, unless necessary (death or divorce of a spouse, one spouse refusing to assume their role, etc.). Do not usurp the role of the other spouse
Bestiality
Exodus 22:19 (ESV) “Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.” Bestiality is forbidden, and should be severely punished.
Leviticus 18:23 (ESV) And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion. Proscription against bestiality.
Disease
Numbers 5: (ESV) “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. [Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases]" This is a tough one today. There is no Temple or Mishkan to defile. However the laws of defilement were never specifically done away with; just we lost the primary reason for them when the Temple was last destroyed. We must still be cognizant of defilement of our congregations and families, particularly today with the pandemic. Fortunately it isn't as bad as we thought, however care must be taken around the most susceptible: the elderly, those with other health issues, or those who are sick, etc. Our freedom is important, but with that freedom comes responsibility for others.
Relations
God
Exodus 15:26b (ESV) “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.” This is a promise from our Eloah, our Mighty One (Neh 9:17), and He will not fail us. This could be taken as a commandment for us too. Listen to Abishter, and do right in His eyes.
Exodus 34:26- (ESV) then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord's side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” In choosing whether to serve YHVH Elohim, the Lord Your God (Gen 27:20) or family and friends, we are to cut off all others and serve our Elohim.
Leviticus 19:12 (ESV) You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Treat the name of God with utmost respect
Leviticus 24:16 (ESV)(P) Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. While we cannot stone blasphemers today, we certainly can cut them off from our congregations.
Family
Deuteronomy 5:16 (ESV) “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you." Honor- respect your parents, uphold your families reputation. I believe this includes all in our lineage, as well as close relatives.
Deuteronomy 14:1 (ESV) “You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.” Do not deface your body when in mourning.
Deuteronomy 21:18,21a (ESV) “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, … Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst," Again, we cannot stone our children today. However we can disown them for just cause. We’d also disinherit them, because this mitzvah would take precedence over the one of including all children in the inheritance. It wasn’t that long ago that your families good name could mean everyone’s survival. It still may effect you in ways you never suspect. So allowing one rebellious child to jeopardize the entire family is irresponsible.
Intermarriage
Deuteronomy 7:3 (ESV) You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, Jews are not supposed to “marry out.” We as believers in Messianic Judaism should marry neither Jews nor Christians, and certainly not unbelievers. Now, I married both (a Jewess and one who does not believe in MJ, but who did convert to Christianity). I can tell you that causes problems. However I did that prior to becoming Messianic, and Rav Shaul instructs if we are already married not to divorce because of that.
With Relations
Usually said to be a proscription against sexual relations, I would say “uncover nakedness” goes further, to include no lude or inappropriate behavior. Note the difference in most of the verses and in vss. 22 & 23 where it says "lie with." Men work with men, and so see each other's "nakedness" all the time. And animals are always naked. Given the distinction between “uncovering nakedness” and “lieing with,” I would infer there is much more to uncovering nakedness than just the act of sex. This in mind, much of the following is pretty self explanatory:
Leviticus 18:6 (ESV) “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:7 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:8 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:9 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home.
Leviticus 18:10 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
Leviticus 18:11 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, brought up in your father's family, since she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:12 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative. Leviticus 18:13 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's relative.
Leviticus 18:14 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
Leviticus 18:15 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:16 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:17 (ESV) You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity.
Leviticus 18:18 (ESV) And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
Leviticus 18:19 (ESV) “You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:20 (ESV) And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.
Children
Leviticus 19:29 (ESV) “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” Don’t teach your children to be sexually immoral.
Homosexuality
Leviticus 18:22 (ESV) You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Proscription against homosexuality.
Deuteronomy 22:5 (ESV) “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.” Cross-dressing is not allowed. This could apply to assuming each others roles as well, unless necessary (death or divorce of a spouse, one spouse refusing to assume their role, etc.). Do not usurp the role of the other spouse
Bestiality
Exodus 22:19 (ESV) “Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.” Bestiality is forbidden, and should be severely punished.
Leviticus 18:23 (ESV) And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion. Proscription against bestiality.
Disease
Numbers 5: (ESV) “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. [Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases]" This is a tough one today. There is no Temple or Mishkan to defile. However the laws of defilement were never specifically done away with; just we lost the primary reason for them when the Temple was last destroyed. We must still be cognizant of defilement of our congregations and families, particularly today with the pandemic. Fortunately it isn't as bad as we thought, however care must be taken around the most susceptible: the elderly, those with other health issues, or those who are sick, etc. Our freedom is important, but with that freedom comes responsibility for others.
