The gist of Levitical
writing is that God is in control. Even down to how we value things
on this earth and what we consider as important. Even to the
separation of male, female, and child; even to the evaluation of what
is truly holy and what is unclean among the created beasts. While the
priests make the estimation of the holiness of a value of beasts, God
ultimately controls those evaluations. God determines who has the
authority and responsibility to make those evaluations. (Leviticus
27:1-34)
And as Jesus says the
traditions, the words, the literal words, became more important than
the Spirit of God and the legalities involved more critical and
essential than the intent of God. (Mark 7:9-13) Jesus is trying to
impress upon the Jews and us that it is God who is in control, not
the interpretation of words by men.
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