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Having a mortgage is clearly condemned under the Law (Rom 13:8) but, again, the
test for the Christian is whether this mortgage, now, for this person, at this time, in
these circumstances is compatible with the Love of God, neighbour and self (Mat
22:40).

A woman in spiritual leadership or teaching the Word, or wearing gold or pearl
jewellery, is clearly condemned under the Law (1 Cor 14:34-37, 1 Tim 2:9-15),
but, again, the test for the Christian woman is whether in such a position or doing
such things she is loving God, neighbour and self (Mat 22:40) We see that in the
Word there have been such instances in the past that were not sinful even under the
Law as those women involved, who were under the Law (Gal 3:22), had a specific
command to spiritually lead and teach and were therefore under the Law
commanded to do so by specific command applicable to them as individuals (Judg
4:4, 6, 5:3-12, 2 Kings 22:14). The Law can be, as with killing (Ex 20:13, Deut
20:16, Rev 13:10) or divorce (Deut 24:1-3, Rom 7:1-3), must be (Mat 5:17-18, 2
Cor 5:21, 12:4, Rev 22;13), and often is, 'contradictory'.

As for that subject so dear to Christians, sex, Hosea is commanded, therefore it was
the Law for him (Rev 22:18-19), to have a prostitute for a wife and then to have
sex with another woman - an adulteress (Hosea 1:2, 3:1-2).

The bottom line is that the Christian must Love God, neighbour and self and God

judges whether any thought, word or deed meets that test (Mat 22:40, John 8:50).
No dictionary definition of a word such as genocide, fornication or mortgage can
determine whether the act is right or not for the Christian (1 Cor 2:11-16). The
total context of all the circumstances is key to God's decision (Eccl 3:1-9, Mat
22:40). No philosophical musings can determine the righteousness of any act for
the Christian either, only God can (John 8:50, 1 Cor 2:11-16).

Time Displacement

God lives in eternity, a kind of eternal present, and His book is written from that
perspective (Eccl 3:14-15). The time reference or tense of the Word can suddenly
change from, say, the past to the present time of the author (John 4:9) and there are
many other combinations of time displacement in the Word. A single verse can
refer to two time periods (Jer 3:16) and switch between them by one word or even
refer to two time periods in the very same passage (Jer 3:16-17, Mat 24:27-31).

Duality Principle & Antinomy