Homosexuality and the Old Testament Ceremonial Laws
Rev. Angus Stewart explains how to properly interpret Old Testament ceremonial and civil laws in light of New Testament fulfillment, using the examples of jubilee laws, pagan funeral practices, and food laws to demonstrate how these temporary Mosaic regulations found their completion in Christ. The article teaches that while these specific laws no longer bind believers today, they still provide spiritual guidance by revealing sin and directing us to Christ's redemptive work.
Rev. Angus Stewart (published in the Belfast News Letter on 29 May, 2015) In his letter on homosexuality, Thomas from Belfast (News Letter 25 May) cites three ceremonial and civil laws from Leviticus for Old Testament Israel in the Mosaic age, asking about their role in guidance today. First, Leviticus 25:44-46 is a law regulating slaves from the pagan nations around the land of Canaan which God gave Israel (for a time). These slaves were excluded from release at the jubilee (fiftieth) year....