Snake in the Grass

Leviticus 11:41-44 - and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination...whatever crawls on its belly...they are an abomination...you shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth...lest you be defiled by them. For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy.

I wonder if there was a reason why God chose a serpent to represent the devil? We've created our own verbiage to relate the same thing when we say "a snake in the grass" or just refer to someone as a snake. There have been several Bible scholars who have believed that snakes might have had legs and feet at one time but God made them to slither on the ground because He considered them the lowest of all creatures. The serpent in Genesis 3:1 was called a beast of the field..he was more subtle, in fact. A beast would refer to a four legged animal.

Anyway, Here is God telling Israel, before the snake even became "popular" in the Garden of Eden, to refrain from eating of it because they would be considered unclean. It would be an abomination unto Him.

This is what He calls us to do today. Disassociate from the devil, have no part of him because if we don't we also will be considered unclean and an abomination to Him. In other words, full of sin. We've been warned to separate ourselves from those who are not like us.

God goes on to say we "should not defile ourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth, for He is the LORD who brings us up out of the land of Egypt, to be our God. We are to be holy, for He is holy."(Leviticus 11:45-46)

If you've read my blogs before you will understand that when we come into relationship with the Lord Jesus, we have been brought out of our own form of Egypt in the world. We have come out of the sin that held us captive before we were in right relationship with Christ. We have been made holy through the blood of Jesus Christ, although we are still not without sin. A concept hard to fathom.

God was telling the people which animals could be eaten and which should not. Today we can look at it this way...there is a verse in Psalm 34 that says we are to taste and see that the Lord is good. Eat of the good things in life. Fill yourselves with Christ, with His Word, which is the bread of life. 

When we do this we find our faith being given a great boost. We will understand how He loves to guide us and give us His strength, not our own, in so many situations in life. 

Romans 12:1-2 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.