The new testament (the new covenant, new israel) does not require adherence to the old testament ceremonial and judicial precepts you have cited (moral precepts do still apply). Try reading the gospel of St John. Let 2020 be the year we make a sacrifice to the God that became incarnate for our sake by condemning our vices as an offering to Him.
“Thus, a good man, though a slave, is free; but a wicked man, though a king, is a slave. For he serves, not one man alone, but, what is worse, as many masters as he has vices.” – St. Augustine,City of God
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