Does Jesus Hate Hump Day?

There's something about Wednesdays that is starting to make me feel uncomfortable.

The feeling intensified as the camel became the symbol for "Hump Day".

Sure, I love the Geico commercial as much as the next guy. Instant classic! 

But less than two miles away from my house is the home of three camels (as well as buffalo and zebras). And I remind you that I live in rural Kentucky. This particular species of mammal isn't exactly in it's natural habitat in Glasgow. 

Now my six year old daughter asks to go every Wednesday to see the camels, because it's "Hump Day".

She doesn't understand that there's a reason the people look annoyed on the Geico commercial. It's like I have the camel in the minivan with me asking to go see it. 

But I'm going to go ahead and say it.

I don't think God likes the camel.  

It's a theory and it has little proof, but let's run with it and see where it takes us.

Yes, God said that he created the land animals and said it was good. 

But stop and think for a second. 

Why does the bactrian camel have one hump, the dromedary have two humps, and Sally three? Maybe there's something about the camel that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit couldn't decide on? After all, they say that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. 

Either way, it doesn't matter because he made them non-kosher. 

Just like the pig, the Jews couldn't eat the camel. No camel kabobs or camel kish for the Israelites. 

Second, Jesus used the camel as a negative exaggeration on two separate occasions. 

He used them to shame or prove his point about two groups of people in error. 

Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24). 

And You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! (Matthew 23:24). 

What kind of negative experience did Jesus have with a camel. Did one spit in his latte? Jesus clearly has a beef with non-kosher animals. Do I need to remind you about the pigs? But the camel get's no respect.

Furthermore, God used an image of camel in Jeremiah to represent the negative behavior of his people.

If (and this is a big if) Jesus doesn't like camels, does it stand to chance that he doesn't like Wednesdays, or better yet, Hump Day?

Mind blowing, huh? 

Just a few things for you to chew on this Hump Day.