Thursday, 6 March 2008

Deuteronomy 21-24

(22v6, 7) I assume the part about the bird's nest relates to conserving nature's supply - take the eggs and the mother, and there will be no more eggs. Leave the mother, and she will produce more eggs and thus more birds in the future...?
(24v1-4) Is this the longest sentence in the world?
There are two recurring themes - (1) Justice, both for the 'average' and for the 'unusual', ie those who are often overlooked, or cannot speak up for themselves. (2) Holiness. God presents the law as part of freedom, but the curse of sin creates a burden that can only be removed at the cross, where we find Christ, the only one who truly lived a 'free' life.

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