"If something was an abomination to God in the Old Testament, is it an
abomination to Him for all time?"

The word "abomination" is, in almost all cases, a translation of one of
two Hebrew words:

1. sheqes (noun) "detestable thing"
          (verb) "detest, make abominable"

2. to eba (noun) "abominable"
          (verb) "abhor, be abominable, do abominably"

(sources: Browns-Driver-Briggs;  Theologocical Wordbook of O.T.)

A. Usage:

1. Egyptians

Gen. 43:32 (2)
Gen. 46:34 (2)
Ex. 8:26 (2)

2. Idols/Idolatry

Deut. 7:25-26 (2)
Deut. 12:31 (2)
Isa. 44:19 (2)

3. Flesh

Lev. 7:21 (1)
Lev. 11:10-13 (1)
Lev. 20:25 (1)
Deut. 14:3 (2)

4. Worship

Deut. 17:1 (2)
Prov. 15:8 (2)
Isa. 1:13 (2)

5. Unlawful sexual relations

Lev. 18:6-20,29 (2)

B. Comparing O.T. abominations with N.T. teaching:

1. O.T., Eat unclean meat: Condemned (Lev. 11:10-43 [1]) -versus-
Commanded (Acts 10:10-16)

2. Take your wife back after you have divorced her and she has remarried
someone else:

a. O.T., Forbidden (Deut. 24:4 [2])
b. N.T., Allowed (Matt. 19:8; 1 Cor. 7:10-11,39)

3. Offer price of a dog:

a. O.T., Condemned (Deut. 23:18 [2])
b. N.T., Allowed (2 Thes. 3:10 [Christian who breeds dogs for living]; 1
Cor. 16:1-2)

Christ has all authority today.  We must hear Him (Matt. 28:18; 17:1-5)
and let the O.T. serve the purpose to which Christ has relegated it (Rom.
15:4).

Wallace Mary
100416.655@compuserve.com