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1 | Chosen one | 1 Cor 6:19 | chosen one | 215277 | ||
Leviticus 19:28 states that you do not put tattoos on your body. What I want to know is if this was in the old testament when they were under the law, if it applies today now that we are under grace. I see alot of believers with tatoos. Share your views, please. | ||||||
2 | Chosen one | 1 Cor 6:19 | Vintage68 | 215311 | ||
Hi chosen Anything anyone could say to you on this question, is speculation because there is not any scripture on it except the one you have quoted. So lets go back to that. I believe in order for Christians to understand things of this sort today, in some cases we should look at what the Jews had to say on the matter. There is no New Testament teaching on this question, but there is Rabbinic Law. Maybe we should look at this type of thing not so much in the letter of the law, as we should in the spirit of the law. Aren't we still created in the image of God? The prohibition of tattooing is found in the Torah: "You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or make any tattoo marks on your skin : I am the Lord" (Leviticus 19:28). In our day and age, the prohibition against all forms of tattooing regardless of their intent, should be maintained. In addition to the fact that Judaism has a long history of distaste for tattoos, tattooing becomes even more blatant in a contemporary secular society that is constantly challenging the Jewish concept that we are created b'tzelem Elokim (in the image of God) and that our bodies are to be viewed as a precious gift on loan from God, entrusted into our care and are not our personal property to do with as we choose. Voluntary tattooing even if not done for idolatrous purposes expresses a negation of this fundamental Jewish precept. The prohibition against tattoos applies only to permanent marks to the skin. It is the permanent nature of the tattoo that causes this transgression. We should keep in mind the concept that we are created b'tzelem Elokim and the implications of that concept. As we are called upon to incorporate this understanding into all of our decisions about daily life. Maimonides, a leading 12th century scholar of Jewish law and thought believed. Since it was common practice for ancient pagan worshippers to tattoo themselves with religious iconography and names of gods, Judaism prohibited tattoos entirely in order to disassociate from other religions. ....... Rabbi Alan Lucas Maybe "WE should disassociate from the world ! Vintage 68 |
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3 | Chosen one | 1 Cor 6:19 | lionheart | 215321 | ||
Vintage68, One question though. And I'm not looking to argue here, was all Rabbinic Law scriptural? Jesus was constantly calling the Pharisee's and teachers on there emphesis on the law and traditions. Now lets come back to today. Now it's quite obvious throughout scripture that we are to present ourselves to God in a holy manner. I won't argue that. I wouldn't want to put anything into or on my body that would not glorify God. I've thought about getting tatoos in the past, anything that I would have done would have been centered around what God has done in my life. One of the reasons I havent is because of health issues and to be frankly honest I still have questions myself. Thats why I will refer people to Romans 14 on a number of issues. It helps clear things up and will get us pointed in the right direction. In Him, lionheart |
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4 | Chosen one | 1 Cor 6:19 | Vintage68 | 215323 | ||
Hi Lionheart Rabbinic law was based in scripture, but that is where they ceased to resemble each other. The Rabbis added to the simplest of laws given, thereby making them very complicated, and hard to follow. Case in point is the law about not working on the Sabbath, I heard a very devout Jew one day, relating this with PRIDE, "we not only are not supposed to work on the Sabbath, but the law says we should put away our paper, and pencils, so that we wont even touch them, because they represent work, if we do touch them we are then guilty." That is the letter of the law, if I have ever heard it. But I was only pointing out that we just don't know, I felt the people, God had chosen to speak to, would have a better handle on it than we would, because it isn't anywhere in the New Testament. I don't want to give credence to Rabbinic law, but the Jews have a longer tradition, of separating themselves from such things. Takeing it in a literal sense, in my mind, tattooing is not of God. It is defacing Gods property, we are told to keep ourselves unspotted from the world, I believe tattooing is from Satan, and of the world. As God has said, "come out from them and be ye separate." You can now see, I have come back to my original statement, it would all be speculation, nobody knows. Vintage68 |
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5 | Chosen one | 1 Cor 6:19 | chosen one | 215339 | ||
Good Afternnon Vintage68 Thank you very much for taking the time out to respond to my question. I appreciate it very much. I thank you for the historical understanding and I do agree with you that tattooing is not of God. Chosen one. |
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