I was kidding about the pointed sticks!!
Ouch!!!
It wasn't meant to be literal!
Too many things happening tonight.
Donna must be out.
Editing. (Only 2 months late I think. My poor muso friend)
Study.
Fly tying quotas required.
So just another quickie tonight.
Leviticus 11
Things not to be eaten.
It's a fairly exhaustive list.
Then:
v13 " "And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, ..........................the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the BAT."
Didn't think the bat was a bird.
Not that I'm going to argue here.
We know what happened last chapter.....
Also no shellfish :(
No Moreton Bay Bugs :(x2
But they can eat locusts AND bald locusts.
Not that these are shellfish.
But locusts and not "bugs"!
Bummer.
Some of these seem odd selections, such as pigs or hares.
Some not so like geckos, seagulls or mole rats.
Whatever we think of these inclusions and exclusions, they demonstrate again God cared for His people.
Some of these animals shouldn't be consumed due to health reasons.
You wouldn't want to have a full stomach of fatty meat while wandering in the hot conditions.
Some seem like common sense.
"everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean."
Well, hel-lo.
It also called the people to show discipline in an area we should all use some.
There has just been a whole wack of stuff about covering sins and becoming whole in a spiritual sense.
Now we are looking at the physical body.
Does there need to be reasons other than God thinks it's a good idea?
Hmmmm.
Possibly. But I think that comes from an inherent desire to just need to know stuff.
Do we really, really need to?
I think that's where trust comes in.
God, has shown throughout that He does care and He does wants what's best for His people.
Including what goes into their stomachs.
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