Fri.’s Devo - God’s Pictures

Read: Lev. 9-11
The Old Testament is full of natural laws that were to teach a spiritual truth. God was serious about them keeping the picture right so we wouldn’t miss its meaning. So when Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire on the altar it was like us trying to get to God through the occult. Fire stands for the Spirit and strange fire would have to do with spirit not from God. That is why they had to die. If we are in the occult and practice it’s magic we have to die to that sin and be born again to live unto God. Aaron’s other two sons, Eleazar and Itamar took their place. They were the resurrected sons who were to continue the work of the ones that died.
I want to skip to the clean and unclean animals. They were to depict what we should eat spiritually. We are to eat the Word that rightly divides the truth. The split hooves were suppose to represent this balance. They were also to eat animals that chew the cud. We are to meditate on the Word: let it into our hearts and become nourishment to us then we are to be able to spit it out for others and ourselves when it it needed.
Fish in the water are a picture of us moving in the spirit. They were to have both fins and scales. We are to have the direction of the Holy Spirit (fins) and be covered with the blood of Jesus (scales). They were not to eat winged insects that walk upon the ground. They were to eat winged insects that not only walked upon the ground but had jointed legs so they could jump. Grasshoppers don’t get their wings right away and are hoppers till their wings grow. God always gives us a way of escape from temptation and our enemies. Insects without the ability to hop have a time in their lives when they are defenseless.
Animals that walk on four legs and have paws are unclean. These would be the animals that prey at night and can sneak up on their prey silently because of their paws. These animals along with the small animals that scurry along the ground have the characteristics of demonic beings.
If such an animal falls into a clay pot, the pot is defiled and must be smashed. If a demon goes into a clay vessel (a man) then he is defiled and must be broken. If that same demon goes into a person who is moving in the spirit, it will not defile them. It will flow right down the stream and he will not be affected by it.
Lord, thank you for your pictures that teach us about Your ways.