Saturday, February 18, 2012

Today's reading begins the coverage of laws given to Moses taken from sections of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy.  Today the first and second commandments are covered.  First, "You shall have no other gods before me.  Second, no idols of any form or shape are to be made or worshiped.

Some protest the harshness of punishment for failing to follow these commandments.  I think you only need to look at one such "god", Molech.  He was worshiped by, among other things, placing children on the idol where they were burned to death.  I cannot think of a punishment severe enough for this horrible sin.  Sacrificing a living child to a man-made god.  Is there a way that we mimic this sin in today's society?