Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!

Name: Josh
Scripture: Leviticus 24
10Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses...13Then the LORD said to Moses: 14"Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. 15Say to the Israelites: 'If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; 16anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

OAP: Being stoned to death sounds slightly unpleasant. I imagine that everyone throwing would miss a lot cause there would be so many people there spread around you, and it would probably take a long time before you actually died. And multiple times God says that the entire assembly, everyone in the camp, must take part. So even little kids and women and old people would be there to help kill you, and in this way judgment, in the form of stones, would fall on you from the whole village. Worst of all just imagine seeing all of the people you know, your friends and family, acquaintances, everyone you know standing before you about to end your life. Not fun. Anyways that was off on a tangent, so i digress. This was the punishment for someone cursing God's name back then. I think of how how many times in a day i hear someone curse or use God's name in vain at school, or even how many times i let it slip out on accident. I am so thankful Jesus has already taken atonement for my sins, already been publicly humiliated and tortured, already paid with his life, that when i slip up, im not killed.

Prayer: Jesus your sacrifice for us is so much more than a necklace with you on a cross can ever capture. Thank you for giving what i never could give