I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Leviticus 19-21.

At the beginning of this list of laws which God gave the Children of Israel, He says, “Be holy because I am holy.”  This was not, “Be holy because that will make you better than other people.”  Nor was it, “Be holy because you are better than other people.”  No, this was a call to be like God, because God had made us in His image.  This was a call for everyone, because everyone has been made in God’s image.

Thinking about the call to be more like God because we are made in His image puts the command not to sacrifice children to Molech (or any other god) in a whole new light.  When we kill anyone, but especially a child, we are destroying the image of God.  To me, this understanding just cements my belief that abortion falls under this command.  This verse talks about how when a man sacrifices one of his children he profanes God’s name.   Further, it tells us that if the community looks the other way when someone sacrifices their child, God will intervene and cut that person off from their people.  It really puts the disconnectedness of our society in a new light.