Ga 5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

The whole law---that includes incest laws.

But some people want to go back to the law and pick and choose. The problem is they have corrupt thinking. Titus 1:15

Titus 1:15 “Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are defiled. “

Animal are pure thinking, human are corrupt thinking.

Romans 14:14 “I know and am perfectly sure on the authority of the Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong.”

If you lived in a isolated group of people who all had incest sex and it was no big deal, then it would be no big deal to anyone, no name calling.

Some people assume sex is evil. So anything to do with sex is evil to them no matter what.

Some people all they hear is negative stories about incest, so they assume all incest must be evil and bad. People who hate incest or who were incest raped, against their will, have strong  negative emotion and want to let everyone feel their negative emotions. So everyone must feel just like they feel, or else. People who enjoy sex don’t want to be around people like these.

I heard a counselor say all the incest stories he hears are negative. Why would a person who enjoys incest sex go to him and tell him, they don’t need a counselor?

We are not under the Levical law today. They were for a special time, special context,  and special place and special situation.  Act 10 & 11 (Christ) reverses most all that.

What was God’s law before the Levical law? Basically it was the law of love. Today we are under the law of love.  

God ordained incest to populate the earth. Adam and Eve had incest to populate the earth. Even if they did not sin, there would be a lot more incest,  just like the animals do. Animal did not sin against God. They have regular incest with no shame and no guilt and no sin.

Because people are mean and bad and evil and corrupt thinking, unlike the animals, they cause much emotion problem to others who makes up man made shame and guilt opinions about your sexual activities. They point fingers, call names, make fun of people, holier then thou attitudes, they put people down. These do many unloving things,  that other do,  and they steal away our sexual freedoms, and sexual joys with no shame and no guilt.

When animal have sexual freedom the other animal don’t make fun of them or call them names, or try to embarrass them or harass them about their sexual enjoyment. But sinful and corrupt minded humans do.

Animals don’t ask what will the other animals think of me if I enjoy my sexuality  the way God make me. They just react the way God built in instinct program them to act. But humans always think what will other think if they find out I have a sex drive and enjoy sex.

Animal don’t have shame or guilt. But human have man made human shame and guilt and want to put shame and guilt trips on others.

Remember apply to first 2 commands to Lev 18. Love God as you’re only God and love your neighbor as yourself.

Most all the sex laws in Lev 18 are so you do not offend or cause a conflict with a close relation. In other words don’t  assume it is ok to use your male authority over women and have sex with them with out making sure it will not cause a conflict with another’s who is a close relation and cause great family disharmony as a results.

 But if it does not cause a conflict and it is ok with the other person then it is ok. Most every verse reflect feels of another person as for the reason why not to have sex with the women, but if it does not cause the conflict then there is no problem go ahead.

  Ex. “Do not violate your father by” or “for this would violate your father.” what if it does not bother your father? Or your father is not offended over it, and then it is ok.

Remember the context they are living in tents with no privacy and every one know about it. Today we live in private homes and if it did not cause a problem then it is ok.

But if the father is offended then don’t do it because it would cause great disharmony in the close family unit. What if the wife said that the son have sexual needs and she cause meet them and the husband tells her it is ok, then there is no violation at all and no conflict at all.

“That would violate you.” That means they would look down on you and think less of you for your action. But what if they do not and want sexual freedom in the home and they encourage sexual freedom for all then it would not be a problem done in private.

“And do not violate your uncle”  “this would violate your brother. “

 But what if it not a problem with your uncle or brother then it is ok. Many men have major jealous problem but not all. Some men it would be ok and no problem.

18 "Do not marry a woman and her sister because they will be rivals.” 

 

What if they are not rivals, then it is ok. But if they are rival, then it is not ok. Because you do not need this rival going on in the family living. Avoid the conflict. But what if there is no conflict? Then it is ok. “But if your wife dies, then it is all right to marry her sister.”  If she dies, then there is no more rivals problem. If the problem is not there, it is ok to marry them both. The key is avoiding the conflict if there is one, but if there is no conflict then it is ok.

Wife swapping or loaning a wife to another man, is ok if the   men agree. Not adultery, no sin. But if they do not give permission to have sex with their wife, then it is adultery, because it is the violation of the other man’s authority over his owned women. A violation of His property rights over the women he owns.

 Also in Bible days, there is no mention about what the women thinks of it. In Bible days, Men have authority over the women. In Bible days, if a man says it is ok to have sex with one of his wives that would not be rape if she disagrees.

Remember apply to first 2 commands to Lev 18. Love God as you’re only God and love your neighbor as yourself.

Ga 5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

 

 

Ga 5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Remember the context. Why was it these law came up now and not before? What is different now then before?

God was pro-incest before. God populated the whole earth by way of incest. The Egypt leaders were pro-incest. Abraham married his sister and that was ok, but not the norm.

What changed was they are living in tents in the desert with no private, no private bathrooms, no houses, no closed room. All the neighbor ear everything you are doing. Today is not the same context. The whole family can do incest without anyone to know. There can be no offense of others. Why do any one need to know. No offense to other, equals no offense to God. Still have the first two commands. Love God as the only God and love others as you love yourself. Loving Private incest behind closed doors  does not violate that.

SOS women wishes that her lovers were her brother so she could make love to them longer, 24/7. But the context is in private behind closed doors and not in tents in the desert or out in the open to get everyone opinions about your activities. Who cares what there opinions are.