Funky rashes and funky animals

It's been a few days since I posted. I'm posting way more this week. If you haven't noticed by now, I typically only post when I have some commentary to add to the Text. Honestly, I wondered if I'd have much to offer to much of the law/Levitical type sections of the Bible. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, I realized that I had many thoughts of each day last week. (at least this makes me feel like it's worth posting for other people to read)

So I'm posting Monday and Tuesday of last week today, and hopefully I'll catch up by Friday:)

Leviticus chapter summaries first:

7 offering instructions
8 Aaron and his sons become priests
9 the Levitical priesthood begins*
10 Aaron’s 2 sons die because of disobedience

11 clean and unclean animals
12 birth regulations
13 skin disease/mildew regulations
14 cleansing from skin diseases/mildew**

*Leviticus 10:8-11 God says to distinguish yourselves between the common and uncommon, distinguished by food intake. Do we do the same? This goes back to the former post. I wonder how much different we should view and treat our bodies as followers of Christ. God calls causes to be different, and we are to reflect this difference in our behaviors and actions.

**Skin rashes, mildew? Are these significant enough to include in the Holy Words of God? It doesn't seem to fit, does it? And at best it's doesn't seem that exciting. All the instructions may seem silly to us today, but these were literal life and death issues for the people of Israel. God gave these instructions through Moses as a protection for His people. Obviously, back in the days it was written the Bible spoke of physical instructions of cleanliness that foreshadowed many discoveries of modern science. These passages about physical ailments show us the Heart of a loving God, just as a parent takes care of their sick child.

Nothing has changed today, God’s instructions to us are for our protection, not just because. All Scripture teaches us about God, no matter how much it may seem irrelevant.