Q. Levitus and other Old Testament books have so many rules. It even talks about not getting tattoos(Levitus19:28)! Do they apply anymore, since we have the New Testament now?
A. The Law against tattoos was put there because God wanted His people to be separated from the pagans around them who would do things like trim their beards in a certain way and get tattoos as part of their "dressing up" for their pagan worship ceremonies.
While God still calls His people to be separated from pagans, things like tattoos have to be understood in the cultural contest of why the law was given. It's like I don't think God wants His children to get tattoos of skulls or naked women because that wouldn't be a good representation to the world of the values of a child of the living God of Heaven.
As to the different laws in the Old Testament, all of the moral laws are still in full effect because they represent God's unchanging plan for how the people that He made in His image are to conduct themselves on His planet.
The sacrificial, ceremonial, and holiness laws which were meant to be outward symbols of the inner holiness that God desires His people to exhibit have all been fulfilled by the Lord Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Matthew 15:16 So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect...11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Christians are now under the Law of Love
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
Romans 13:9 For the commandments, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," "YOU SHALL NOT MURDER," "YOU SHALL NOT STEAL," "YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS," "YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
While God still calls His people to be separated from pagans, things like tattoos have to be understood in the cultural contest of why the law was given. It's like I don't think God wants His children to get tattoos of skulls or naked women because that wouldn't be a good representation to the world of the values of a child of the living God of Heaven.
As to the different laws in the Old Testament, all of the moral laws are still in full effect because they represent God's unchanging plan for how the people that He made in His image are to conduct themselves on His planet.
The sacrificial, ceremonial, and holiness laws which were meant to be outward symbols of the inner holiness that God desires His people to exhibit have all been fulfilled by the Lord Jesus and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Matthew 15:16 So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect...11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Christians are now under the Law of Love
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
Romans 13:9 For the commandments, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," "YOU SHALL NOT MURDER," "YOU SHALL NOT STEAL," "YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS," "YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
What is and isn't attractive on a girl?
Q. Do you rather stick skinny girls, a little weighty, or curvy/round? Do you rather long hair, short hair, or in between? Whichever, do you rather blonde or brown? Are toes and fingers a major factor? Do you have to have coloured eyes, or is brown suitable? Do you like more than just ear piercings? Are tattoo's too repulsive and rebellious? [Add anything else.]
A. Here's the deal...
If met women that were perhaps not very attractive, but they had great personalities that made them seem attractive. Another thing that helps a woman (or girl) be attractive in the eyes of a man is to wear NICE clothes. So many people seem to go out of their way to "dress ugly", as if it were a contest to look like a total dork. There's nothing like a woman in a nice dress, skirt or pant suit, with dress heels and a bit of jewelry to accent her clothing.
My preference is for...
Short hair
Eye Glasses (I think they are sexy)
Skirt suits
Heels
Modest jewelry
Pleasant fragrance
Personable
Hair color and eye color don't matter. Nicely done nails are fine, but I think that the airbushed look is a bit too much (sorta looks like trailer trash).
Turn-offs are...piercings, tattoos, and women that have to always be preoccupied with their electronic gadgets (cell phones or iPods).
If met women that were perhaps not very attractive, but they had great personalities that made them seem attractive. Another thing that helps a woman (or girl) be attractive in the eyes of a man is to wear NICE clothes. So many people seem to go out of their way to "dress ugly", as if it were a contest to look like a total dork. There's nothing like a woman in a nice dress, skirt or pant suit, with dress heels and a bit of jewelry to accent her clothing.
My preference is for...
Short hair
Eye Glasses (I think they are sexy)
Skirt suits
Heels
Modest jewelry
Pleasant fragrance
Personable
Hair color and eye color don't matter. Nicely done nails are fine, but I think that the airbushed look is a bit too much (sorta looks like trailer trash).
Turn-offs are...piercings, tattoos, and women that have to always be preoccupied with their electronic gadgets (cell phones or iPods).
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