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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 14:1-21
The "children of the LORD" (v.1) were "a holy people unto the LORD" (v. 2). There should be holy conduct and devotion as befits such a position and the following verses show us how to keep to this. The Bible is the touchstone which allows us to distinguish between what is pure and what is not. The pure mammals were those which possessed both criteria at the same time. Those like the camel which ruminated without having the split hoof (a lot of knowledge without the corresponding walk) were to be rejected, and conversely, those also such as the pig which left an irreproachable footprint but did not have a good way of eating. The Pharisees were a good illustration of this second category. On the outside they were separated from evil but they were not governed by the Word of God inside. Jeremiah is an example of a man combining the two characteristics. "Thy words were found, and I did eat them . .. " he declares. That is "ruminating"! And in the following verse: "I sat not in the assembly of the mockers . . . " (Jeremiah 15:16-17). This is the separated walk.
A flying reptile was impure (v. 19). God does not acknowledge the mixture of that which is heavenly (having wings) with that which is of the earth (the reptile).
