Deuteronomy 14
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Notice the word says Israel is Holy. Notice the Lord says Israel is Holy in verse 2 and 21.
Reading these regulations today may seem off to us, because we are not bound by the law. We are free to eat whatever we please. But God called the people of Israel to Holiness.
Something important we must understand about these laws is God wanted the people of Israel to be different. To be his unlike the world. And God wanted his people to be different. And chapters 12-16 call for instructions for worship.
Verse 1-2 It was common for the religious people that the people of Israel of God were close to worship God by cutting themselves, and shaving there heads.
During my study of this chapter I found that Cutting oneself was a Canaanite practice of mourning, often accompanied by shaving the head and the beard, tearing the clothes, and wearing sackcloth. It was intended as sympathetic magic to appease the gods or influence them to show favor. Jer 47:5
5 Baldness has come upon Gaza;
Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
how long will you gash yourselves?
The reason God did want the people to do these things is because of verse 2.
2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Regulations for Diet
Regulations for Land Animals.
Other scriptures has some more animals to not eat.
20 “All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21 Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.
29 “And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
41 “Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable.
2. Regulations for Aquatic Animals
9-10
3. Regulations for flying Animals
Bats have long fallin into the category of Animals we should not eat.
4. Regulation for food prep.
Few additional rules
31 “You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
15 And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
27 “When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. 28 But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day.
6 “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young. 7 You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long.
Meat boiled in sour milk tastes better, than water, cannot be from mother’s milk
Jesus said Matthew 15:10-11
10 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Tithes…
I saw one man say that giving was the Barometer of Authentic spirituality.
In our own day..
34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Deuteronomy Contemporary Significance
Christians today often debate whether they are obligated to tithe. The question itself is curious and somewhat hypocritical, because these same people spend little time discussing whether or not other aspects of the Old Testament law continue in force. It seems that when we ask, “Do Christians need to tithe?” we have asked the wrong question. At issue is not the institution but the heart and mind of God, which are to be reflected in the hearts and minds of his people. This passage is not concerned so much about the tithe as about providing another occasion to celebrate in the presence of God and to encourage generosity among God’s people. Consequently we should rephrase the question this way: How might Christians demonstrate the compassion for the economically marginalized that the institution of the tithe tries to foster? This gets us off the externals and focuses on the primary issue: soft hearts and open hands.
Closing thoughts…