Deuteronomy 22:9-11 (ESV Strong's)
9 “You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. 10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11 You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together.
God’s Created Order - Be Distinctive!
In this section of Deuteronomy we have a variety of different types of laws and rules the nation of Israel was to follow. The above law or rule does not seem to have any moral or sinful significance to it. To understand God’s reason for it, we have to understand the purpose of the “Law” and these “rules” that the nation was to adopt and follow. God had called Israel from among the nation. They were to be HIS people and He was to be THEIR God. They were to be distinctive in their life with Him. They were not to “mix” with anything unseemly or any pagan gods or anything that was not holy. In Leviticus we read about certain animals they could eat and certain animals that were forbidden to eat. God was outline a life that did not mingle with the world around them. The above rules for sowing a vineyard with on only one seed, plowing with only one type of animal and the wearing of one type of clothe are all ways to to outwardly demonstrate these truths. The entire law was to be a “picture” of what the spiritual world was all about. God was concerned about the “mingling” of His people with people who did not follow Him. They above commands, therefore, are simply a way to communicate this purity and holiness that God wanted His people to live. There is nothing unholy about one of these than the other (although the ox was okay to eat and the donkey was not ... Leviticus 11:1-8). God is serious about “mixing” what He has ordered different. A command just before the above laws bears this out:
Deuteronomy 22:5 (ESV Strong's)
5 “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.
God has a divine order about things. The world may not like it, but God has a distinction about Him and He wants the same distinction for His people. He is not interested in us mingling with and looking like them. He is interested in us mingling with and looking like Him. We ought not mix our worship to look like Him and the world. We ought not mix our families to look like Him and the world. We are to be spiritually distinctive.
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