Tucked into a chapter of the Levitical law
that gives detailed instructions about the limitations of the master/slave
relationship, the sale and redemption of property, and borrowing and lending is
a short statement of ownership given without amplification or explanation.
That statement explains, well, pretty much everything else.
That statement explains, well, pretty much everything else.
And though these are instructions to Israel
that have no force today for any number of theological and practical reasons, it’s pretty hard
not to see the application to Christians.