Was God just having a little fun? Was He just seeing how many crazy rules He could come up with to see if they would follow? Or was His plan all along - I am going to give them all these rules so they can see that following rules will never get it done?
Naming exact birds and insects that they can and can't eat. Chewing from the cud and divided hoof, but not one or the other. What's wrong with pigs? How come they couldn't eat them?
All of the rules had to be for something. He spends an awful lot of time coming up with them, and I can't even imagine the people who had to make sure they followed every one! But, why?
He does say at the end of Leviticus 11 - He wants us to be holy! He wants us to do everything He asks. Now, that kind of makes sense - not from a chew the cud kind of way, but from a becoming like Him kind of way. Pretty sure it's not so much about what we eat or don't eat, it's more about our willingness and trust to follow Him.
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