So many rules.
I wonder if God is doing this to teach the people a lesson? Adam and Eve had 1 rule. Don't eat the fruit from the tree. They couldn't abide by that 1 rule. Now God is giving the people a MILLION rules to follow. It almost feels like there are so many that you might trip over one rule while trying to follow another.
Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible; 16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death.
I talked about this one other day.....but our society is so cavalier with the name of God......it pains me.
My work friends will use the "Jesus Christ" as an exasperation....I can't imagine how much that hurts God.
tp.....out
finally catching up to you. I agree the number of rules seem unwieldly and yes it seems Jesus Christ is almost a punchline sometimes. People use his name in anger, for emphasis to be funny. Why if you don't believe would you even feel the need to incorporate his name into your daily language. For me I would feel very ashamed if I used his name in this manner. Not that I don't have an occassional word slip, but that word is never his name.
ReplyDeleteIt says in v16 anyone who blashphemes His name should be put to death, I think we would have quite the population control in the US if we followed through on this.
keep slogging---Knut