The Adultery Test
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, and a man has intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself , or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself, the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity, "Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the Lord, and the priest shall take holy water in a earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water...
I don't even want to type the rest of this statement out-it goes on for another, like 14 verses-read it for yourself if you want to see the yea or nay outcome of this test-did she or didn't she?
My problem is: what is the correlation between not following Biblical dictates and today's radical feminism: single mothers raising children by themselves, women and men cohabiting without the benefit of marriage, homosexuality, etc.?
Obviously, we; American society, and the world in general, are ignoring the clear commands of the God of the Old Testament. I might suggest that this commandment was solely for the Israelites to whom it was addressed, and not for 21st century Earth. Is that correct? By that logic, the Ten Commandments, which most societies honor(not because they consider them necessarily sacred, but because they set moral parameters that a society needs to abide by to survive) can be ignored with impunity. But we ignore the Ten Commandments at the peril of civilization-without a moral compass, we will descend into savagery.
To be fair, the woman accused of adultery was the subject here-the man is not mentioned. However, this was just the TEST for unfaithfulness-PUNISHMENTS for both the man and the woman who engaged in adultery are covered other places in the OT.
I have questions here-no answers. But, I do have beliefs.
Technology has given women a sexual freedom which they never possessed at any time in our past. With that freedom, we see the accompanying breakdown of the family. Men do not stay with women, because they can find another woman who will give them what they want(free sex) without the commitment of marriage. Why should a man commit to one woman when he can find another who will give him the same satisfaction with no strings attached? Men are short-sighted that way!
I believe that without a strong male presence in the home we see an accompanying rise in homosexuality. Young men with a strong female presence in the home, and no counterbalancing male influence yield to dark side lusts to indulge in homosexual behavior. The tendency is there in a small percentage of males, and with no man around, coupled with the societal acceptance, they are embracing this deviant behavior in frightening numbers.
I have not considered the case of lesbianism, but suspect the increases we have seen are due more to the laxness of our society than to the absence of the father from the home.
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