Ah, the journey in the wilderness...
There were no animal sacrifices prior to Moses bringing the children out of Egypt.
However, Moses told Pharaoh that they wanted to go three days journey to sacrifice to their God.
He also told Pharaoh that what they would be sacrificing would be an abomination to the Egyptians.
What abomination is that?
The first time abomination is referenced in the Bible is when Joseph sets a meal down before his brothers.
Gen 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that
is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
fast forward to the book of Acts and we see Peter doing the exact same thing with the Gentiles... interesting how things work like that.
anywhoo..
So Hebrews and Egyptians.. the comingling of the seeds, eating bread.. (what does that represent in the NT? ) together, was an abomination to whom?
The Egyptians.
So the very idea of abomination is an Egyptian ideology.
No doubt taken with the Hebrews into the wilderness with them.
Some things like habits and upbringing are hard to cast off once you have been redeemed from them.
They have a tendency to become part of the new culture.
This is that enmity between the Jews and Gentiles that was crucified on the cross with Christ.
This Abomination.. the joining together... the neither Jew nor Greek... we are all one.
E Pluribus Unum.
You see what's happening today?
Critical Race theory. The great divide. The division between the races.
The abomination is raising it's head right here in the good ole USA.
Now not only was eating together an abomination, that wasn't far enough.
Now the very shepherds which kept the cattle were an abomination.
(You racist, nazi, bigot, xenephobe, antivaxing, non masking, terrorist) (You know who you are. )
I haven't met one myself, but they say they are everywhere.. so beware.
Gen 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we,
and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for
every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
That's sad because it is the Great Shepherd which came to set us all free from bondage to sin.
And the Egyptians considered all shepherds an abomination.
That goes for all you sheep too.
Now when Moses is standing before Pharaoh, he says something interesting:
Exo 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for
we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Not only are we sacrificing what.. shepherds? Moses also asks, will we not be stoned?
Now I find a lot of stoning going on in Moses's law... I wonder where he got that idea from?
I'm just wandering around the wilderness that is starting to become a jungle.
I don't believe God wanted animal sacrifices. I don't believe God had a problem with any people.
He made provisions for ANY who wanted to find peace and good pasture to join Him.
I have somewhat to say about Jethro his Midianite Father-in-law, whom I believe had a lot to do with the construction of what we call Moses Law.
And God said, If that's what you want... have at it.
And they created their own bondage with their own laws, and justified their sins by killing innocent animals.
Which is a foreshadowing of mankind justifying their sins by killing GOD.
It's happening again today.
Are you still sleeping?
wakey wakey..
just rambling..
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