Date: Sept 14th, 2020
Source: Bible New International Version
Leviticus 21 verse 13-15
Rules for Priests
13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin. 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”
My point of view about above verses
God says priests should marry only a virgin - they should not marry a woman who is divorced, or widow or be in prostitution - As she has to bear priest's children - who to be holy as these children will carry the work of their fathers.
God says I am Lord your God - You have to do what I am telling you to do - I make my priests holy - means i separated them from other people to be in my presence all the time - & for this they need to follow certain rules
It seems its not so simple to become a priest - God wants his priests to follow rules and regulation to conduct this duty the way God wants
They are presenting food offering to the Lord so they should not defile themselves for any reason
- They have been consecrated for a religious purpose - so they must follow the rules
They have to be holy as they are intermediary between God and his people
We need to live in this world as God wants us to live - we have to do what he is telling us to do-
May God inclined us to obey his words to lead our lives the way God wants us to live on this earth -
May God bless all those who are obeying His commandments
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