Hey Guys,
Praise the King!
Jesus is lord!
Amen
Let's discuss about this head banging
verse among the verses of the Bible.
You see one of the major problem in the
church is to rightly divide the word! between NT and OT

Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

What does the verse actually mean??
with blessing
Ev. Steve

Women are not to go out of their way to look like a man on purpose and man are not to go out of their way to look like a woman.

It doesn't say not to look like the opposite sex, but not to wear clothing that is for the opposite sex - such as men wearing skirts and dresses, and women wearing... pants...

Before anyone says that was OT and no longer applies, do a trace of the word "abomination" (in the context of what is an abomination to God Himself), and show where any of those abominable things/sins are done away with. If they are not, neither is this commandment.

[Paladin54]

It means that cross-dressing is an abomination to the Lord,

I have to wonder though, does this commandment "bend" regarding one's culture? Does the meaning depend on the social standards one is born into? I mean, in Scotland, men wear kilts, which to us are skirts, but to them, it is what men wear. I really fail to see Scots in cultural sin, when they wear their kilts. Cultural sin is sin nevertheless.
Likewise, in our culture, there is nothing "wrong" with women wearing pants, but do women who wear pants disgust God in cultural sin?

God says for men to wear women's clothing is an abomination - and vice versa. He doesn't say it is an abomination IF it goes against the culture. Study out the history of pants (who wore pants - breeches - in the Bible?), especially in North America. Scotland is a pagan culture (I believe it is wrong for men to wear dresses or skirts or kilts - anything like that, regardless of where they are on earth) - so we shouldn't look to them as examples of how God's people are to live.

actually, i gotta be nitpicky on this one, a traditional kilt is actually a long piece of fabric wrapped around the waist and then over the shoulderand tucked in at the waist. kilts were used for identification of a clan or family, and also as covering likea blanket during storms and cold weather.. it's these modern kilts that are really nothing more than skirts. i'm scottish rooted. i want to get the kilt with the clan tartan my family belonged to. but now that i think of it, i don't because of what is written in this passage of scripture.. but now i wonder one thing..

is this passage the equivelant of effeminate in rom. 1?

from my studies i've found that effeminate reffers to a male prostitute [catamite] kept in pagan temples, but i am willing to admit i am wrong if someone could verify others

Great Point, Jerry!