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Originally Posted by EmoTrash
The bible says not to put any marks on our skin for the dead (cuts/tattoos.)
Also everyone has sinned except Jesus and you are no different. Everyone who asks for forgiveness from there sins will be saved. You cant tell people that they are not going to be saved or that they are going to hell
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Context is always beneficial when reading God's Inerrant Word because He has given us a very important message and we need to understand it. That's not difficult, but reading the complete section is necessary as you've already pointed out.
For example if I asked you for something to eat, a sandwich maybe, but you stopped listening at "Could you get me a sandwich please.." and brought me maple glazed walnut salad causing convulsions or asphyxia because I was allergic to maple trees that would be awful. In that case you should have waited for the rest of my sentence: "..but nothing with maple products; I'm allergic to the stuff!" Disregarding instructions from God has much more severe consequences that mere convulsions, that's why His message is so important.
LEVITICUS 19 . KJV . look up
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
recap:28b ..nor print any marks upon you:
Next, simply by reading God's message, we need to understand what "print" means. Silkscreen? Woodcut? Tattoo? Does it include penetrating the skin? Is it more like a rubber stamp or stencil? Here we have the example of Jesus, of what happened to Him.
JOHN 20 . KJV . look up
19 At evening.….when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
recap:28b ..put my finger into the print of the nails
The print of the nails is something you could put your finger into. Just like the hole in His side where the spear jabbed with sufficient force to rupture His heart. Yes, no elucidation is necessary here. We all know what marks are being referred to and whether printed with a red hot needle, a laser beam or even a chiseled-out potato all such wickedness must be rejected by all Christians. That's what's meant by "any" and that's what's meant by "print" and these days I should point out that branding would also qualify because branding also pierces the skin even as Jesus was pierced when He bled out for me to make me perfect.
Neglecting God's commandment in this matter is tantamount to neglecting every aspect of His Just Law, another aspect of which follows on immediately. And guess what sorts of people get inked or branded to stand out on the street corner? Are you advocating that too?