And I will destroy your high place and cut down your incense alters and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
Leviticus 26:30
Does this verse make you pause for a second? Does it bother you at all? This is one of those places in Scripture where our view of God is challenged and if we are not careful we can even get disillusioned with the line of thinking that goes something like "the God of the Old Testament doesn't seem to match the loving God of the New Testament."
So what's going on? Why has this been preserved for 12,000 years and 12 trillion years more?
Well first of all, before you proceed anywhere it's imperative to fully digest the entire context. Take a good look at vss. 40-45. When God abhors Israel and when He accepts them are two completely different times and two completely different conditions.
God is a jealous for us. He deserves, owns, and demands or worship. Bottom line, He has no room for unfaithfulness. Check verse 30 again in case you already forgot.
Does that fit in with your view of God? I hope so, because if you are limited to the facts that He loves you and sent his Son for you then you are missing so much of who God is.
God is holy and he hates sin. He hates our sin, and this is really what he thinks about our rejection of his Godhood.
You will never come close to the proper level of thankfulness for the gift of salvation until you are humbled by your own depravity and God's hatred for your sin. Don't miss this truth about God! It makes our redemption and reconciliation mean so much more.
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