An interesting read The Emporia Gazette: www.emporiagazzette.com
The Israelities needed Moral Codes, Civil codes and Holiness codes.
When the Jews were getting ready to go to the promise land, God
had to prepare them to become a nation. The Israelites had been slaves
for centuries; they had no knowledge of government and no unique
culture or religion. Thus in addition to the Moral code concerning
right and wrong, God had to establish a Civil code and Holiness code.
OK, the Moral Code: these are the principles established by God and
considered to be universally applicable to everyone for all times.
Example, "thou shalt not murder". This applies to everyone from the time
of Adam until this present age. It is usually stated as a command to do this
or not do that. (don,t understand this part), This is also where many
Christians put the prohibaition against homosexually.
The Civil Code: This is how the Jewish nation was supposed to be run.
It describes how to deal with disobedience, with the penalties and how
the judgement is carried out.
Last the Holiness Code: This is where all the apparently "questionable"
laws come in, such as not wearing clothing made with two type of
fabric, not eating pork or Catfish(where is that in the bible, catfish),
not trimming the hair around the temple and etc.
So, which OT laws or codes if any do you think God would still in
force today. Why do some claim that the law against homosexuality
are still in force today but the law about eating catfish or pork is not.
HIS reasoning: hold on to your seat, this is good.
In order to understand what was nailed to the cross, we must make
a distinction between th moral law and civil code.
For instance, we don't have to obey the Jewish dietary laws. But we
all must obey God's moral laws " you shall not muder".
We don't have to obey the civil laws of the Jews which said a
homosexual should be stoned, but we do have to obey the law
against commmitting homosexuality if it is a moral law.
Therefore, the reason some Christians are not supportive of
the gay lifestyle is not because they are discriminating and
intolerant, but because they believe that it is a violation of
the moral law of God which was not done away with when
Jesus ushered in the age of grace.
So much bull!!!!