Carrying a dead Gentile boy up to his room wasn’t exactly kosher for a Jewish prophet. Neither was placing that boy on his bed and laying his body over the boy’s dead body. Clearly prohibited according to God’s Word in Leviticus. But mercy trumps sacrifice, and religious rule keeping contradicts the love of God demonstrated so clearly in Jesus. We need more rule breakers in today’s church.

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