Leviticus 13-16

Well…Tonight was interesting.

First, I covered the topic of skin diseases…yuck!

Then…mildew…really interesting

Then the rituals concerning male discharge…TMI!

Regulations concerning periods…no comment

And rituals concerning sex…fact: Israelites were unclean for an entire day after sex…think about that!

In the midst of all of this information, I was not all that sure of what to write about tonight. I am not sure that you would really want to hear about the meanings of different colors of hair in the middle of a rash…I am not sure that I really wanted to know that.

In the end, the idea that really stuck with me tonight is the truth that our lives will involve a lot of “unclean” moments. Even against our will sometimes, we will encounter situations that will make us dirty.

Being unclean from time- to-time is a part of being human.

There is no real escape from that fact.

But…the whole theme of Leviticus, and the ENTIRE BIBLE, is the fact that it is possible to be clean again.

Leviticus tells us to kill an animal, wait for a period of time, and take a bath in order to be clean again.

Then, thousands of years later, Jesus comes and tells us that we can be clean by washing ourselves in his blood.

The thesis of the Bible is the fact that…”Life will make us dirty, but God can make us clean”

The challenge for us (made by both Jesus and Leviticus) is not to sit in our filth.

God has given us the ability to be clean, we need to respond.

We need to admit that we are unclean and we need to be washed.

The Bible was created so that we could do this.