“A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy 22:5
For much of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses has been rehearsing to the Children of Israel things that have already been said or done; it is not new, it is a Reiteration of things already covered. But we have reached a section in Today’s Reading that Commentators refer to as “Sundry Laws”. These are Various Laws and sometimes stand apart abruptly. Here we have an example of that. Before Today’s Verse, we have a paragraph dealing with “what to do” when we find Neighbor’s Property, and following it, one of finding a Nest with a mother bird and babies. In both, we have a General Directive in how to love our Neighbor and how to treat Animals. Nothing earth shattering or of major consequence. But sandwiched in between them is “A Moral Landmine”!
Here, God mandates that Men NOT dress like Women, and Women NOT dress like Men, and,…In No Uncertain Terms. He calls it “An Abomination” to do so! He doesn’t just say “Shall Not”; He says it is an ABOMINATION! God has a distinction among Sins; some being more Heinous than others. This is one of the ways He distinguishes them. In our Old Testament Reading so far, He has identified Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Incest, and Prostitution as such, and Today’s Verse. But is this Prohibition just about “Clothing”? I believe it is much more than that. This addresses the issue of Gender Identity. A Man is a Man and a Woman is a Woman…Period! And we don’t need to get hung up on anything else. It is nothing less than reinforcing what God said in the beginning; “male and female He created them”.
I find it Amazing that the Bible deals “Head On” with many issues that Culture places in our Pathway! God, in His Infinite Wisdom, has provided His People Today, a “Clear Understanding” of how we deal with concepts like Gender Identity. We can say to our daughters, “No, you are not a “Boy”, you are a “Girl”, and you will not wear “Boy Clothes”, and to our sons the same. God, and God Alone, has designed and created Every Human Being, EXACTLY as He chose, and Man has no SAY in the matter. To try and do otherwise is an ABOMINATION! We Must See This or we will ever be floundering in the Cesspool of our Culture that wants to tell us IT KNOWS. It doesn’t!!!