Monday, March 21, 2016

Christ's Blood Washes Us Clean For Eternity

Leviticus 12:6-7 -   ‘When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.  Then he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.

The laws of purification included some strict guidelines for women who had borne a child.  The gender of child you had borne determined how long you were considered unclean and had to stay in isolation. Males had to be circumcised on the 8th day after birth…so a woman’s time was shorter for them.

It was the presence of blood during this process that made them unclean…and gave them reason to isolate themselves for a period. And when their time was finished…it was important for them to offer both a burnt offering and a sin offering as a sacrifice. These two things would complete the purification and allow her to share her joy of a child with the rest of the family.

Times sure have changed since these days of Old Testament law. Jesus’ great sacrifice on the cross did away with the need to purify ourselves from each small issue that was considered unclean. We enjoy a great bond of family with the birth of children…some even getting to witness the event.

Perhaps the reminder is to thank God for the fulfilling of his law…so that we can concentrate more on how to share it with others. Blood no longer makes us unclean…but simple belief in the blood that Christ shed purifies our soul for all eternity. It washes all the sin from our heart and makes room for what God needs to put there.


Father…thank you for the reminder that you shed your precious blood for all so that we no longer have to sacrifice animals to cleanse our souls.  Forgive me for the times that I take that for granted.  Help me to ponder the cost to you of the freedom I enjoy… and let that drive a passion in my heart to share you with others. Amen. 

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