Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Leviticus 7-8

Highlight Verse:

“If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the Lord. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭7‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Long before science had any concept of germs, the Bible was protecting people from food-borne illness.

This actually goes way back to Genesis with the banning of pork. While pork (and bacon!) is safe for us to eat now, it was a very easy way to get tapeworms back then.

While my professors at Bible college made it very clear that the Bible was not intended to be a science textbook, it is amazing how many statements in the Bible point to it being far ahead of the time of writing in various areas of science.

The rules of diet (kosher rules) probably saved the early Hebrews from a ton of misery.

If He could protect His people from that which they knew nothing of back then, certainly He can protect His people from our own ignorance today.

Have you ever considered the fact that the rules in the Bible were for our good?
What rules do you know of in the Bible that would help us if we followed them today?