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Dear inquirer,

You surly like the books of Leviticus and Exodus, don’t you? If you start from Genesis and go all the way down to Revelation, you will surly be able to answer all the questions you have raised. See, the whole Bible is God’s revelation for mankind. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Tim 3:15-16).

In the certificate of the birth of our nation, Declaration of Independence, our founders based all our right of our nation and each individual on the “laws of nature and of nature’s God”. They recognized that our Creator God gave us the inalienable rights since He is the one who laid down the laws in the nature and in the moral realm. If we creatures wants to violate those laws, we will need to receive the consequences. That was exactly the message our Founders relay to the King of England in our birth certificate.

Therefore, if I were you, I will reply my friends questions about homosexual lifestyle with the book of the beginnings, Genesis. When our Creator created the human race, He started with one man and one woman. Has not the LORD made them one? And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring (Malachi 2:15; Gen 1:26-28; 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31). The definition of marriage by the Creator is one man plus one woman. The purpose of marriage is to produce godly offspring. That was the Creator’s blueprint for mankind. It was not anybody’s idea.

Dear inquirer, you really don’t need to burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice. Thank God! The Temple and all the sacrificial system in the Old Testament is really the shadow of Christ (Colossians 2:16-17). The whole point of it is to signify that all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22), for the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). All man died since all man has sined. But God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son to shed His blood in our place (John 3:16; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20) The Lamb of God had already died to take away the sin of the world so that we may receive life and peace (John 1:29; Isaiah 53:4-5). Since all the sacrifice in the Old Testament is only a shadow of Christ, therefore we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Hebrews 10:10-14). Christ already fulfill the purpose of sacrifice (Matthew 5:17) therefore there is no longer any sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:18; cf. 10:3-4, 10-12). Aren’t you thankful that Christ has once and for all fulfill the need for sacrifice?

As far as slave is concern, that was never the original intent of our Creator. All human being were created equal, all in the image of God. The Exodus and Leviticus spelled out God’s old covenant with His chosen people Israel. Leviticus 25:44 is not a prescription for Israelites to possess slaves, but a description of how they are already unto the system of slavery and to set the boundary for it to prevent abuse of human right (Exodus 21:7-11). The Old Covenant allows Israelites to sell themselves for their own survival. But they are required to set free all the slaves and to proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants (Leviticus 25:10; Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:12-13 Jeremiah 34:9-11, 14-16).

Leviticus 25:44 was God’s permission for them to acquire from the pagan nations that are around the Israelites. Remember that those people are already pronounced death penalty for their grievous sins by the Creator and Supreme Judge of Universe (Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:25, 28; 20:22). Israelites did not execute all of them, but allowed some to survive and to do forced labor (Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30, 33), surely much to their delight. The Creator God permitted that. Yet permissive will of God is never the norm, but the exception, much like today’s parents’ permissive will to their strong-willed children.

In the New Testament, Jesus said that He had come to proclaim release to the captives, and to set free those who are downtrodden (Luke 4:18). Paul exhorted Philemon to welcome Onesimus, no longer as a slave, but as a dear brother (Philemon 16-17). Jesus came to set us free. Yet we should not use our freedom as a cover-up for evil (John 8:36; Galatians 5:1; 1 Peter 2:16, 19), since true freedom is never lawlessness or depravity. True freedom means we are free to obey the truth, i.e., the Word of God (John 8:31-21), and free from the yoke of slavery of sin.

Therefore, I urge you not even entertaining the thought of buying Mexicans or Canadians as slavers or selling your daughter into slavery. Our forefathers die to make men free because the believed that Christ died to make men holy. Let us live to make men free.

Under the Old Covenant, Israelites, not matter man or woman, when they have a discharge, they are considered unclean (Leviticus 15: 13, 19-24, 33). The center theme for Leviticus is the Holiness of God and God’s requirement for man to be holy as well (Leviticus 11:44). All the external imperfection (e.g. discharge of human body, defected eyesight [Leviticus 21:20], imperfect beard [Leviticus 19:27]; touching the skin of a dead pig [Lev. 11:6-8]; food laws [Lev. 11:10]) are but object lessons, symbolizing lack of spiritual holiness and therefore the need for sacrificial purification. Again, Christ had come to fulfill the requirement of the law to make us holy. There is no more need for sacrifice.

According to God’s law, Marriage is only between one man and one woman as long as the both shall live. Such marriage is instituted by the Creator and should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral (Hebrews 13:4). Within the context of marriage, I don’t think Israelites would ever find it difficult to know whether his wife is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness. People after Christ are made holy by His death and sex between husband and wife is a matter of mutual consent and mutual obligation.

Sabbath observation is the fourth commandment from the Lord to the nation of Israel (Exodus 16:23-26; Nehemiah 9:13-14; Deuteronomy 5:1-3), never to the Gentiles.. Sabbath rest is the shadow of the perfect rest Christ only can bring (Colossians 2:16-17; Hebrews 4:8-10). Paul said that we are already freed from this requirement (Galatians 4:10-11) since Christ already fulfill all the type/symbol and set aside the Old Covenant (Hebrews 10:9). Your neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath can surely live. If he receive the salvation of Jesus Christ, he can even have eternal life. Your friend can also enjoy eating shellfish freely since God already made it clean (Acts 10:14-15; 11:8-9; Titus 1:15). Jesus emphasizes the importance of thought and words: “What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes hime unclean.” (Matthew 15:11, 18, 20; Mark 7:15, 18, 20, 23) Since Christ already made us clean, feel free to play football with your gloves! Have fun!!

Our Creator God created and preserved things according to its kinds (Genesis 1:11-12, 21, 24, 25; 6:20; 7:14; 8:19). Old Testament emphasized not to confused different kinds of things (Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:10). This is also an external object lesson, signifying spiritual lessons: Not to confuse righteous with unrighteous, heavenly with earthly, godly with ungodly (Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1:19-2:13, James 3:15; 1 Corinthians 1:10, 11, 5:1, 10:20, 21). Therefore, Paul commanded: “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14). Tell your uncle that he is free to plant two different crops in the same field. Tell your aunt that she is free to wear garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). But he will do himself a great service if he stops curse and blaspheme His Creator who gave him life and freedom. God’s judgment may be more severe than getting the whole town together to stone them (Leviticus 24:10-16).

God’s word is eternal and unchanging. He loves every human being He created to the point that He sent His only begotten Son to die for each one of them and paid for the penalty for all of their sins. His heart’s desire is for everyone to accept the salvation already accomplished by the Cross. He will take NO for an answer since He created human being with free will. Yet the consequence of the free will is not free. It’s either eternal life through grace or eternal separation from the Creator and Life when people so choose. We love people of all kinds with the love of God. Yet that does not mean we need to approve those behaviors that is harmful to themselves, people around them, and the nation as a whole. We love them enough to tell it as it is. May the Lord bless America and the Biblical Foundation from her founders!!

Sincerely,