Are uncleanness laws abolished also?

[Duzt]

It's coming up in my mind, and thinking that no one had discussed this, so here I am:

Are laws of uncleanness mentioned in Leviticus 15 are part of the "carnal ordinances" that was mentioned in Heb. 9:9-10 and Col. 2:13-17 as abolished upon Christ's death?

Thanks for any contributing thoughts on the subject and may the Holy Spirit guide is into Godly wisdom!

 

[Van]

The Old Covenant, the Law given by Moses, has passed away, the new Covenant in His blood is our governing authority.
So question 1 is, Did Jesus affirm or restate the requirement found in the Law? We are to love God with all our heart, the love our neighbors as ourselves. But we can eat what was termed unclean (bacon) under the Law of Liberty.

Old Covenant: And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

New Covenant: As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

 

[Duzt]

If so, then what about the two Pauline verses I quoted that cites uncleanness as equal as adultery, fornication, etc.?

And if the Mosaic law had been passed away, then that would include the law about the "seed of copulation" uncleanness also?

 

[HankD]

We are led of the Spirit and not under the law.

The Spirit will not lead anyone into adultery or fornication.

HankD

 

[Duzt]

We are led of the Spirit and not under the law.

The Spirit will not lead anyone into adultery or fornication.

HankD

I do agree, however, if the case therein is the passing away of the Mosaic law into Christ's law of love, then most likely the law of uncleanness also passed away, right?

 

[HankD]

I do agree, however, if the case therein is the passing away of the Mosaic law into Christ's law of love, then most likely the law of uncleanness also passed away, right?

Yes - read Acts 15, the whole chapter - it would seem so.
Also -

Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

HankD

 

[Van]

If so, then what about the two Pauline verses I quoted that cites uncleanness as equal as adultery, fornication, etc.?

And if the Mosaic law had been passed away, then that would include the law about the "seed of copulation" uncleanness also?

1) The two passages from the NT you cited, agree that unclean foods may be eaten, and neither makes uncleanness equal to adultery.

2) Lev. 15:16-18 says someone is unclean if they have an emission. Again, that law has no applicability to born anew believers, we have been made clean forever.

You used the phrase, if so, referring to the Old Covenant passing away. See Hebrews 8:13

Now if you want to claim the Law has not passed away, you have no support in scripture.

 

[Duzt]

1) The two passages from the NT you cited, agree that unclean foods may be eaten, and neither makes uncleanness equal to adultery.

2) Lev. 15:16-18 says someone is unclean if they have an emission. Again, that law has no applicability to born anew believers, we have been made clean forever.

You used the phrase, if so, referring to the Old Covenant passing away. See Hebrews 8:13

Now if you want to claim the Law has not passed away, you have no support in scripture.

As I had gathered enough exchange in here, and also from the counsel of my colleagues, we do then conclude that as Gentile followers of Christ, we are not under such laws no longer, and only by His grace are we fully clean and saved!

 

[Van]

As I had gathered enough exchange in here, and also from the counsel of my colleagues, we do then conclude that as Gentile followers of Christ, we are not under such laws no longer, and only by His grace are we fully clean and saved!

Spot on!!!