Scripture Post #2,025: *NO MARKS*

 

Leviticus 19:28:

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”

Leviticus 19:28 Amplified Bible (Amp):

“You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.”

GOD makes a clear distinction between His people and worldly people (those who don’t want GOD), here, in Leviticus the 19th chapter. Pagans cut themselves and marked their bodies. GOD’s people stood out, and looked and behaved differently from those apart from Him. 

Once recreated by the LORD, we aren’t to look like our old, worldly, apart-from-GOD selves:

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” ~2nd Corinthians 5:17

Originally Published: Fri. 3 • 30 • 18