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Tattoos and Piercings in the Bible


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Tattoos and Piercings in the Bible

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Now you may have been told this before ... The Old Testament (Old Covenant) is quite clear that the Israelites were not to ever have any type of marks placed on their flesh.

God said:

Leviticus 19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

However the question is ... Can Christians Get Tattoos and Piercings now or is it a sin? Are Christians with tattoos and piercings going to hell according to the Bible?

If so, does this even include our Christian grandmothers who have or had ear piercings? How about our Granddad who was a sailor and got tattoos as a young man? Or is there some elite Christian group that gets to determine who does and does not go to hell depending on location of piercings and tattoos? What of those who received tattoos and piercings before they became Christians? Most are very eager to condemn Christians with tattoos and piercings, but are they right to do so and better yet, do they have the right to judge others who have tattoos and piercings according to the Bible?

The New Testament (New Covenant) reveals that only certain rules were to be placed on newly converted Gentiles (those people that were other than Jewish) and the Holy Spirit confirmed it.

Acts 15:28-29

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Those rules did not mention anything about piercings and tattoos did they? Let us be real from childhood young girls have been taught to wear ear rings. This is a piercing ... Will all women that have pierced ears go to hell? Will all the little girls that were just doing what Mommy taught them live in eternal fire because they did what Mommy did? Is grandma going to hell because of ear rings? Is this the loving Lord that we serve? I think not.

What about markings on the body ... Will every man and woman who served this country and got a tattoo to reveal that they were willing to die for the men, women and children of this country, be seen by God as evil and worthy of eternal death? Nobody really believes that, do they?

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I sure hope the little kids that get that little toy tattoo out of cereal boxes are not subject to this ideology as well. Come on now, how ridiculous will these holier than tho wanna be judges get? They love to use Christians and tattoos Bible verses to condemn others. But, ironically ... That is where they are wrong. I will explain in a bit.

First, let us take a quick can Christians get tattoos and piercings detour ... I am not saying anyone should run out and get piercings or tattoos. I am not sharing this because I have any piercings or tattoos as I do not. I am saying that there is but One judge and He judges the heart of every matter.

So, it seems that such things are between God and the person and I suppose everyone else can judge you by using this Scripture or that Scripture if they like, but the bottom line is the flesh is going to return to the dust when we pass from this realm to the next. So the piercing holes and tattoos will not be going with ya.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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It is what is in your heart that will be judged by God and by God only. Always remember that what people think of you, does not define you. Your words and deeds do.

For those who are itching to quote law, check it out ... One of the top 10 commandments was, Thou shalt not kill. Yet, God punished king Saul because he did not kill a man and a Prophet of God ended up killing the fella for God.

1 Samuel 15:16-28

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

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Is that not contrary to man's interpretation of the law?

Again ... The Old Covenant law said ... An eye for an eye.

Leviticus 24:19-20

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

However ... Jesus defined the law.

Matthew 5:38-39

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Jesus did not change the law but rather gave us the Spiritual meaning. Vengeance belongs to the Lord. Laws were made for the lawless:

1 Timothy 1:8-9

8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Christians and Tattoos Bible Verses vs New Covenant

This does not say that law has been abolished but rather that in the New Covenant, God will place the laws in our hearts.

Hebrews 10:15-17

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that He had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Make no mistake, this is not a free pass to sin. God forbid, but rather freedom from wanna be judges as you begin to grow in Christ and over time He places the laws within you.

As you get tighter with Jesus by way of the Holy Spirit, you will begin to see things in a diff light than before and you find the desire to become virtuous for Him. It will be then that you will begin to make choices that will be based on Love ... Not fear, defiance or con-forming to someone's judgments.

It may be at that time that you make the choice not to have piercings or tattoos if that is what you believe the Lord wants. God is Love.

Christians and Tattoos Bible Verses Grace

Never forget that God's Grace reveals that if you truly believe in Jesus and the Truth that He was willing to die for you, and did, that you would know that He loves you so much that you will want to do what He wants you to do because you would know that He is looking out for your best interests.

You will try hard not to do things that would make him ashamed or disappointed in you. You may fall, but always remember that only a worm is free from the worry of stumble and the real test is to see if you will get up, dust yourself off, carry on and never surrender.

Saints ... Are just the sinners that fall down and get up !!!

As time passes, you will find that you begin to make the right choices, out of Love, not fear of punishment. Always remember that God sacrificed His Son to get us into Heaven. It is the enemy of our souls using man, that tries to use law to keep souls out. God is your only judge.

In conclusion ... Our Christians and tattoos Bible verses trek for Truth has clearly revealed that Grace overrides the holier than thou religious folks who like to try and condemn others. Can Christians get tattoos and piercings according the Bible? Only God can judge such a matter and He sacrificed His Son to get us into Heaven. I think dear Grandma is safe.