September 20, 2024
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Reading along with us in Leviticus and Ephesians? Here’s today’s reading:
Leviticus 20 (NIV)
Punishments for Sin
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2“Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. 3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people;……Continue Reading
Leviticus 19 and 20
My comment does not relate to todays reading.
Pastor Peter’s bible study this morning (1Peter 3:8-12) was about ‘loving life’. The verses explicitly give direction on finding that ‘love of life’ and the pursuit of peace; Something about vs. 10, ‘for whoever would love life’ just gave me a diff perspective of how loving life can make us want to follow God. And by following Gods instruction on how he wants us to live, we can have that love of life…. and peace. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I can get consumed with what I should or shouldn’t be doing, that maybe I haven’t considered that loving life ‘while’ doing it or ‘by’ doing it is a huge part of the equation. Just another way of realizing how loving life is crucial to loving God (Not sure I explained correctly what I’m trying to say!)
Then reading my daily devotion today, ‘peace’ was the topic which states… let us not look for peace as the world does. Instead, let us find peace in our relationship with the one who is peace himself.
Thanks for sharing Sue! And glad to see you posting here!
Leviticus 20
They were not to Give any of their children to molech as they would be put death. God is very explicit as to who you are to be with and what was not allowed. We are to keep all God’s decrees in-laws and followed them so that the land where we are bringing you to live may not vomit you out.
God said you will possess their land and he would give it to them.As an inheritance a land flowing with milk and honey. You are to be holy to me because I the Lord am holy and I have set you apart from the nation to be my own.
Leviticus 20
The consequences of perversion is death.
I am thankful that Christ’s blood covers all sin. Our culture is embracing sin rather than repenting of it. That being said. I think many see the inherent wickedness of what is going on.
Leviticus 19-20
The punishment fits the crime in relation to all the sins mentioned in chapter 18, here they are given their punishment. All sin is serious and has devastating consequences, but some are even worse as to how people and a community are impacted. That is the reason why many of these offenses are given such harsh punishments. And is there any greater way to express the level of evil that God is seeking to avoid here then by saying the land will vomit you out? On one level it is a personification giving land a conscience, but on another it is realistic that the Canaanites were to be removed from the land because of their evil and the Jews will eventually be exiled for theirs. And at different times the gravity of sin is expressed in the ground actually needing compensation for the evil done on it, the land crying out for God to bring fitting judgment. Every aspect of creation seeks harmony with God and His will. We are wise to heed its call and obey.
Leviticus 20
Leviticus 19 and 20