Leviticus 24

We can easily see Jesus as the “light of the world” and the “bread of life,” represented by the lamps and the bread in the temple. We also see here an instance of blasphemy and the corresponding punishment. Why include it here? It serves as instruction for how to handle such situations in the future. There is an emphasis on appropriate punishment, as well as the importance of treating everyone the same: “You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am Yahweh your God.”

Thought for the day: Blasphemy is being irreverent towards God, His name, His attributes, or His works. It’s still wrong today, but the penalty isn’t the same! It seems that intentionally avoiding and excluding from fellowship is the preferred method of dealing with those who badmouth the God they say they serve.

1 Timothy 1:19-20 (WEB) “which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith, of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.”