DEATH BED

“’Observe my regulations, and obey them; I am Adonai, who sets you apart to be holy.’”
Leviticus 20:8

I want us to take a minute and look at the latter part of Leviticus 20 concerning sexual relations. Now as I write these words, please know that it is not I speaking these, but rather Adonai. When He created man and woman, He created a husband and wife. However, as is with culture now, so it is back then. Man has found a way to fulfill sexual passions, but not always in the way Adonai approves. It is with that we read the following:

- If a man commits adultery, both the adulterer and adulteress must be put to death
- If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, both must be put to death
- If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, he must be put to death
- If a man has sexual relations with another man, he must be put to death
- If a man marries both mother and daughter, he must be put to death by fire
- If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death
- If a man has sexual relations with his sister, he is to be cut off publicly
- If a man has sexual relations with a woman on her period, both are to be cut off
- If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he will suffer Adonai’s consequences
- If a man takes his brother’s wife, they will be childless

It may be safe to say that we have grown numb. We as a people in general have found
ways to rationalize the words spoken by Adonai, whether it be through manipulating what He said, or declaring the Old Testament no longer valid. But I refuse to believe it is dead words. Without the Old Testament we cannot fully understand the New Testament. And without honoring and obeying the words Adonai spoke, we cannot expect life on the death bed.

Leviticus 20:8-27