“Anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.“ Leviticus 24:16
“Cuckoo… Cuckoo”! At least that is what is USED to say! Now, it doesn’t say or DO ANYTHING! Having purchased this Cuckoo Clock for my wife for our 18th Anniversary, it has faithfully kept time over time… Kinda! There’s a little thing with temperature and humidity that makes me have to occasionally adjust the pendulum, but it’s been accurate for the most part. Until it isn’t!
Recently I noticed that the pendulum wasn’t swinging, so I pushed it to get it going again, only to watch it stop… again. This had happened once before, about 15 years ago, when I took it to an old clock master who specialized in lubing and cleaning. He was old then so I’m sure he’s not even around! So I YouTubed how to clean and oil a Cuckoo Clock… gave it a try and then… NADA!
I actually have 2 Cuckoo clocks. The other one doesn’t work either. We had purchased it for one of our kids for their wedding and I guess they didn’t like the Cuckoo or pulling the chain, so we ended up getting it back. A few years ago I slid the lever to stop the Cuckoo sound when sleep became harder to come by and it kept waking me up. Now I don’t know what to do with 2 broken clocks!
How far should sentiment over priority really go anyway? It’s a question I see in this verse today. Taking God’s name in vain in the form of blasphemy, or even speaking the word for God’s name “Jehovah,” under the Law, was to receive Corporate Punishment… CORPORATELY! Everyone in the Church, or Temple, was to pick up a stone and let ‘er fly until the offender Cuckoo-ed no more!
These days I find that, while there is ZERO penalty for blaspheming God, it’s getting to the point where siding with Him may very well get one silenced… or canceled. God’s Word describes these times very clearly and warns that His people need to stay with chains pulled and swinging together.. Cuckooing like crazy for Jesus! Are you?
