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So what does the Bible say about tattoos? This is a very popular question that I have heard discussed many times. This is also a very different kind of topic for me to write about on this blog, but I just heard a conversation about this today, so I thought I would share my thoughts. According to my knowledge of scripture, the Bible does not specifically talk about tattoos (regarding the same kind of tattoos that people get today). However, I believe that I can clear up some of the misconceptions discussed in religious circles regarding tattoos.

To start with, a lot of religious people have used the scripture, Leviticus 19:28“You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord“, as a way of saying that the Bible tells us not to mark our body in any way (tattoos, piercings, etc). The problem with this viewpoint is that people don’t understand the history behind what was written in the Bible about tattoos. Notice those 3 words in that scripture, ‘for the dead’.

At that time, one of the ways that people would worship demon gods was to pierce and mark their bodies as a sacrifice. This is very real stuff that is even going on today. The major problem with this is that the spirit world trades on blood. In order for a demon spirit to have power in a person’s life, there must be some kind of trading. A person must give a part of them self or sacrifice something to a demon in order for that entity to have any access into their life. The highest realm of trading in the heavens is by blood. That is why Jesus, the Son of God, came to the Earth and shed His blood on a cross. He was trading in the heavens for all of humanity to be brought back to God.

So here is my opinion with tattoos. Most people that get tattoos today are NOT getting them to worship the devil. Most people are not getting them to make a sacrifice to demons. It all really just comes down to the motivation of the heart. Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at and judges the heart. Getting a tattoo is just an expression of what is inside a person’s heart. So it all begins with the motivation in the heart. A person can get a tattoo out of hate just as well as someone could get a tattoo out of love for God.

I am amazed at how many times I hear people ask “what does the Bible say about tattoos?”. I am not really interested in the law of whether getting a tattoo is right or wrong. I am interested in the motivation of the person’s heart who wants to get one. The motivation of the heart is what will set the platform for what the person is going to trade into (trade into heaven, or trade into hell). If you do decide to get a tattoo, I would be really careful about who gives you the tattoo. There are people in the occult who will do anything to get blood DNA out of people so that they can go and offer it to demons in the spirit world in exchange for power in the earth. Be wise about this stuff and don’t let spiritual garbage get around your life. Stay clean. Stay free. Jesus loves you and does not want you to be bound by a religious system that is outside of the freedom of the Spirit of God. Take all of your questions and concerns to God, and He will lead you in the way you should go.

Thanks for reading this post about what the bible says about getting tattoos!

James Starr