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1 | Biblical views on castration | Matt 19:12 | Timaeus | 185338 | ||
The major problem with being a eunuch or someone who was blemished in any way according to the judgments in Leviticus 21:20 was that it made a male unworthy to worship in the temple near the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This law was established by the same being who became Jesus the Christ some 1500 years later in the times of the Romans. Now Jesus instructed the people in Matthew 19:12 that being a eunuch is sometimes better in the same way that it is better for an unmarried individual as both can devote their whole being on the study of God's Word and the development of His Way as they do not get tangled up in pleasing a mate or be driven to sin because of their sexual appetites as he was trying to explain. But he qualifies this teaching with the admonition that it is only for those that it is given by the Father to be able too this. Of course he did not mean that humans should stop procreating within the marriage covenant or none of us would be alive today. The idea that even a eunuch could be baptized and close to God and be begotten into God's family shows the impartiality of our Father in all things. It also shows the better covenant in Jesus and why the old covenant became obsolete in some things. To show his impartial treatment of slaves read the book of Philemon which in a nutshell says that both the slave master and the slave are equal in the sight of God and each should be respectful to the other. This was an unheard of concept in that culture and is not readily understood even today. For the most part this practice is not openly done in the modern world and it is unfortunate when some have had accidents or are born with congenital deformities but they are not left out of God's family because of it. We should all remember to thank God for the things He has seen fit to give us as well as the things he has not, "...blessed be the name of the LORD" (Job 1:21) In His service and yours, Tim |
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2 | Biblical views on castration | Matt 19:12 | srbaegon | 185340 | ||
Hello Tim, I would offer one point of clarification to your post. The blemish of Lev 21:20 did not make them unworthy to worship, but it prevented them from acting as priests. So for instance, they could bring a sacrifice for worship, but they could not offer the sacrifice themselves. Steve |
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