Strong Tower
A daily scripture exposition.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Leviticus 11:8 NLT
“You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.”
Not useless after all
It is always beneficial to consider a holistic viewpoint in any endeavour. By doing so, we can connect the dots that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. In today’s referenced Scripture, we can infer that pigs, hyraxes, and camels are not useless.
The reason is that God did not direct that these animals be exterminated. So, why can’t they be eliminated since their meat consumption makes one ceremonially unclean? The answer lies in the fact that these animals have other uses besides being a source of food. For example, hares provide fur, while pigs are a source of fertilizer, glue, and leather. Camels are an excellent mode of transportation and a good source of wool and hides. It is worth noting that at no point in the Scripture did God say that camels should not be used as a means of transportation just because their meat makes one ceremonially unclean.
Unless we possess the minds of God, we will throw the baby out with the bathwater. If we don’t use the Lord’s lens, all we will do is complain about not having the right to consume the meat of hyrax, camel, and pig or even how the consumption of their meat makes one ceremonially unclean but deprives ourselves of other uses that will not contravene the Lord’s instruction or make us ceremonially unclean. Friends, are you applying the Lord’s instructions as intended, or are you going overboard?
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that I will carefully understand Your instruction. Please help me not to put myself under unnecessary yoke. In Jesus’s name. Amen.
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