THE FORBIDDEN ALLOWED AND PRACTICES NOW UNNECESSARY
THE FORBIDDEN ALLOWED AND PRACTICES NOW UNNECESSARY Why are forbidden foods and practices mentioned in Leviticus now allowed. Other practices such as sacrifices and scapegoats are no longer necessary. Communion and baptism have been added. Some suggest that homosexuality and lesbianism are among the practices now allowed, though lesbianism is not specifically mentioned in Leviticus. Most of the "laws" mentioned in Leviticus were preparations for ceremonial cleansing. There were, also, instructions for worship. Commandments of behavior, or moral laws, under which category homosexuality and other sexual immorality falls were considered sinful. Because the Israelites were "unclean" before God, who cannot look upon sin, they were required to cleanse themselves before approaching God's "house." God knew about germs and bacteria long before man, so even though the ceremonial cleansing was symbolic, the outward body was made clean. Still, both body a