Leviticus 7:28–36
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that is allergic to divine authority, particularly when that authority touches our wallets. We have been trained by our democratic and egalitarian sensibilities to view any kind of mandated tithe or offering as a form of religious taxation, an unfortunate but necessary business expense for keeping the church doors open. We think in terms of budgets, spreadsheets, and charitable donations. God, however, thinks in terms of worship, fellowship, and divine right. The book of Leviticus is a hard stumbling block for the modern mind precisely because it is so earthy, so physical, and so unapologetically authoritative. It is full of blood, fat, smoke, and very specific rules about who gets to eat what. Our sophisticated age wants a spiritual, ethereal religion, one that can be confined to the private spaces of the heart.