Yeshua Explored
July 2021
Blasphemy
Do we take God’s name in vain?
Let’s read Exodus 20:7:
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
It’s the one about blasphemy. Breaking this one had consequences:
Say to the Israelites: ‘If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death’. (Leviticus 24:15-16)
It’s as well we are not under the Old Covenant in terms of consequences of actions, otherwise the world would be a very lonely place, inhabited only by a few maiden aunts and the odd vicar, because the rest of us would have been stoned to death for blasphemy!
