Have you ever considered how the OT laws can be understood in NT thinking? We can look, for instance, at the commandment that says, "Do not commit adultery" but what does that make us think of?
For a start, the most simplest view is that it is a simple physical instruction to avoid breaking your marriage vows.
Secondly however, as Jesus elaborated, it is not just a physical thing that makes you guilty of adultery but a heart attitude regardless of any physical wrongdoing.
Thirdly, we can read into the whole area of the flesh and how it drives us to do things that God requires us to avoid.
Fourthly we can start looking at the root of adultery which is unfaithfulness rather than just some physical cheating or even fleshly lust.
Fifthly then, we can understand that we are required to be faithful to God in a way very similar to a marriage that requires total commitment, for better or worse, and that God has created all these physical representations of spiritual things to help us understand that relationship.
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