Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Grafting, Fabric and the End of the World

Context: Leviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:9-11

So, cross-breeding is bad and mixing wool with linen is also bad. Given the wisdom we've seen with the other tidbits in the OT (how to deal with mold, viral transmission, ...) , why do we blatantly ignore this one? How many people even know about this? What is the reason behind these commands?

Is there some context I'm missing (as in the case of "everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial"...), or are our hybrid grapes, apples, mules, dogs a result of direct disobedience that is building up to some catastrophic end?