Leviticus 15:31 - ‘Thus
you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die
in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that is among
them.
God gave Moses even more rules for dealing with the
discharges that would make the children of Israel unclean….and cause death if
they did not cleanse themselves before entering the tabernacle of God. Men and
women alike who had discharges…especially those that contained blood or semen…were
unclean and had to follow the set rules for cleansing themselves before God.
And anyone who touched them or touched anything they had touched while they were
unclean were also unclean. They had to wash their clothes...bathe themselves…and
wait for evening to join the others.
How blessed I feel that Christ fulfilled these rules that must
have burdened so many during the Old Testament times. No wonder the woman with
the issue of blood for 12 years sought out Jesus for healing. She risked breaking all these rules…so she
could get close enough to Jesus…her faith so strong that she knew he alone
could cleanse her in a way none of the old rules could ever have done.
Sin rears itself constantly in our lives…. and only Christ…who
sacrificed his own blood to atone for all sin can use its power to wash us
clean of it. If I fail to repent of the sin that creeps into my heart…then I risk
the same death these unclean Israelites did. It may not be immediate…or happen
when I enter whatever church I worship in…but it will bring eternal death when
my earthly body dies.
Father…thank you for the reminder that sin makes me unclean…and
separates me from your love. Forgive me
for the times that I fail you…and let sin remain in my heart and make me
unclean. Help me to see the need to repent of all sin… so your love can cleanse
me each morning to a new start. Make my
faith as strong as that woman who was unclean for 12 hears…. not afraid to risk
seeking you out no matter what the cost. Amen.
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