Same Sex Sin and Old Testament Temple Homosexuals
You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. ( Leviticus 18:22 ) If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. (Leviticus 20:13) Another approach that strives to evade the clear teaching of the Leviticus passages that prohibit homosexuality focuses on the historical context and the biblical background, asserting that once these are properly understood, people will see that the Leviticus passages do not condemn homosexuality as we know it today. These passages do, according to these revisionists, condemn homosexuality of a particular kind. They claim that once we allow Scripture to interpret Scripture, the Bible simply does not condemn every form or expression of homosexuality. This claim holds that the homosexuality that is prohibited in the Leviticus context was an expression of homosexuality ...