the creation of man and woman, and in relation to which Israel was not to sin.67 Consequently, as Peter Harland explains: “To dress after the manner of the opposite sex was to infringe the natural order of creation which divided humanity into male and female. That distinction was fundamental to human existence and could not be blurred in any way.”68 This is why the Lord regarded such blurring as an “abomination.” But what is the relevance of this text to new covenant Christians living in the twenty-first