BLOOD, BEASTIALITY, AND HOLINESS?

Some of you are completely and utterly offended right now at at least two of the three words above. But please keep reading. At first glance those three words do not belong together. Immediately my mind runs back to my adolescence where a big yellow bird, a brown elephant looking creature, and the whole clan of a street would sing in unison, "One of these things doesn't belong here, one of these things just isn't the same." However...all three of these things show up right next to each other in scripture. Right now some of your just shook your head and condemned me for saying that such things might be in scripture. Don't believe me...? Turn to Leviticus 18, 19, & 20. You will find very quickly that it does in fact deal with all the above and more. For some reason we read those words together and get offended, yet God makes a point to talk about all of them. In fact, God sings a similar song as the Sesame Street crew above. The exception is, is that God is saying that in fact all … [Read more...]