Monday, February 22, 2016

Drinking Blood!? – Leviticus 17

10 ‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ 12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’  13 “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who hunts and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust; 14 for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’”


 Here’s another great subject that is not spoken too often of, due to the nature of it; the Prohibition against Eating/Drinking Blood.

The movie media for ages had tried to venerate vampires, to the max promoting this full of darkness lifestyle as an acceptable lifestyle.   Google says: “The vampire lifestyle or vampire subculture is an alternative lifestyle. The vampire subculture has stemmed largely from the Goth subculture, but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture.” 

This friends, this “vampire thinking” it’s no good among us Christians.  We Christian, DO NOT represent the darkness but in the opposite, the light. Darkness and all the practices that come with it, shouldn’t be a part of our lives or something we support, especially if it has to do with  eating or drinking blood. And for those of you who might say or be confronted with someone who may say: “when the Holy Communion is done people partake of the body and the blood”, you might reply that yes it is because we ARE in covenant with our Creator, Savior and Master, and it has been HIS command for us to do so, and we follow it as a reminder of who we belong to, and in obedience to HIM. 

The Lord says in His word, that in darkness people wander far from God, “Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.”[1]  The New King James Version of The Bible reads: “having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart”; therefore fleeing from God IS NOT HIS plan for us. Since the beginning of times, when Adam & Eve sinned they broke the communion with The Creator; and we human seem to be attracted towards wandering off from GOD.  “God who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation”[2] and this reconciliation effort started back at the Garden of Eden, and is been recorded all thru The Bible.

I’m encouraging you today to lead your mind and life towards The Lord who created you! Allow NOT to wander off away from HIM for otherwise darkness is awaiting for you to drag you down to the abyss.  I can pray for you to be strong but YOU WILL HAVE to make the choice of who you will serve, for NO ONE can serve two masters, “for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.”[3]   

Surround yourself with people who are looking to better themselves thru God’s Word, not on their own; be a part of a weekly Bible class, study the Word at home, and attend faithfully to church where God’s Word is preached and studied.  DO NOT look for perfect people, for you’re not going to find it; the ONLY PERFECT PERSON was crucified, for you and me, His name was JESUS of Nazareth.  The rest of us are ALL IMPERFECT people striving to serve a PERFECT and HOLY GOD.  We all are far from perfect, and church leaders are not perfect either, so fix your eyes on JESUS! If you see something that isn’t right before your eyes, pray for the Lord to convicts the person and uncover any wrong doing; but in the meantime, KEEP LIVING and SERVING GOD!!!

I pray you have a made up mind to serve God, and hunger after HIS Word and HIS ways, all the time; to grown in HIM to testify to the world what THE LORD had done for you.  As you do, I pray the LORD bless the cup of your life to overrun so you become a blessing to all those around you, and I pray for HIS glory in JESUS name, AMEN!

Have a great day in the Lord!
  



[1] Ephesians 4:18 NLT
[2] 2nd Corinthians 5:18 NKJV
[3] Luke 16:13 NKJV

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