Bombay Mix

"But some of the priests took care of mixing the spices." 1 Chronicles 9:30

Today I fancied some Bombay Mix to snack on while I enjoyed my day off relaxing. We used to eat Bombay Mix as children and I never really liked it because I found it too spicy, but over the years I have grown to like spicy food more and more.

The Bible verse is taken from a chapter that is describing the many roles that there were in the Old Testament. It strikes me about this verse that it was the priests who took care of mixing the spices, it wasn't anyone that could do it, only the priests. There were many things in the Old Testament that needed to be done by specific people in a specific way. Since the New Testament and Jesus dying on the cross for us, this broke down all these barriers to God, He gave us a direct route to God, through Him. This means we can have a personal relationship with God, we do not have to go through a priest...