Leviticus 1-26

Finished with Leviticus. Whew.. there are a lot of rules!  The intro to Lev. was cool, said this was a Time-out for instruction.  I bet it took a While for Mo to outline all this to the people...its all Very very detailed.  God laid it all out so there wasn't even a Shadow of doubt exactly what God expected from the people.
Things I found interesting...

• It says over and over that the person guilty of a sin, When they become aware... that's when they are responsible to fix it... LOL it does Not say..When they get Caught!  
• Leftovers from the sacrifices were given to the priests.  So, if the people are realizing their sins and making their sacrifices, the priests are fat and happy... but if the priests aren't doing their job, teaching and preaching the law, people aren't gonna make as many sacrifices. Also the priests weren't allowed to Store up the food...seems like a pretty good system; do your job and you get to eat.
• The rituals for each sacrifice were very specific. There were no half-way measures.  Hmmm couldn't really semi-confess... and it wasn't a Secret just between you and God, it was right out there in the open.  Accountability I guess.
• I really like all the details about what animals to eat, what to do about skin diseases, bodily discharges, fungus in the house.  It took till what the 1800's before "science" came up with the same ideas!!!  Diseases are spread by bodily fluids, fungus in the plaster will make you sick, some animals are more disease and parasite prone.  The Israelites got science lessons before there was Science!!  That is so cool!!  If these rules had been followed, wonder how the whole Black Plague thing would have turned out?
• Several chapters were just laying out the basic list of moral rules.  I think it would do every Christian good to go back and read those. Notice which ones God saw as punishable by Death, how Serious He takes some of the sins that are so insignificant by today's standards.  (Ch 19)
• Ch 20 is all about sex.  Since it gets almost a whole chapter, I'm thinking maybe God sees sexual sin as pretty darn serious.
• Ch 26 starts out saying If you obey me, you are going to really prosper and I will bless you... in case the blessing idea isn't enough to cause you to obey, then Here's all the Bad stuff that will happen if you don't!  But if you are not obeying and your life really Stinks, then you can repent and Hey, whatdoya know, back to getting blessed.

Ok, I know I whined about reading this book, but it was actually pretty interesting!  And all through it, God repeats Himself... I am God, Your God.  I am Holy.  I Expect you to behave!