March
1 - Dt. 16:9 – 19:21
While many of the holy days God established required
serious reflection and worship, he orders the Israelites to be glad and rejoice
during the Feast of Tabernacles, stating that their joy would be complete at
the end of their harvest. This was to be an all-out celebration!
Things then take a more serious tone. Twice in our
reading today God mentions that they must purge all evil from Israel by stoning
those who either show contempt for a judge or priest and for those who shed
innocent blood. The reasoning is so that all people will hear and be afraid so
they won’t do those things again. While I am NOT a supporter of stoning or
instant repercussions, I think we could use a little fear in our system these
days – there is far too much innocent blood spilled daily.
I found it interesting that God demanded that future
kings copy the law themselves and read it daily. I have to wonder if Saul did
that – or any king for that matter. While at that time the law was just a
portion of our current Bible (maybe was only Leviticus?), how different our
world might be if our leaders would do the same!
TOMORROW’S TEXT: Dt. 20:1-23:14
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