Leviticus 12:1-2; 13:41-46; 14:1-7; 15:31-33

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Leviticus 12:1-2; 13:41-46; 14:1-7; 15:31-33

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Leviticus 12:1-2

1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.’”

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Leviticus 13:41-46 41If he (a man) has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean. 42But if he has a reddish-white sore on his bald head or forehead, it is a defiling disease breaking out on his head or forehead.43The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease, 44the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head. …45“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.

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Leviticus 13:41-46 45“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.”

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Leviticus 14:1-7 1The Lord said to Moses, 2“These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest: 3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease, 4the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the person to be cleansed. …

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Leviticus 14:1-7 5Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot. 6 He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. 7 Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean.

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Leviticus 15:31-33 31" You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean; so that they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them. 32These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen, 33 for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who lies with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”

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Chapter 12: Ritual Purification is required after Childbirth

Chapter 13: Regulations about skin diseases (sores, rashes, swellings, raw flesh, boils, burns, itch, white spots) and mouldy clothing

Chapter 14: Cleansing from skin diseases, and ritual purification/solution of houses with mildew (a type of fungus)

Chapter 15: Ritual Purification is required after Genital Discharges

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Hygiene Laws for an ancient civilization?

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Cultural Laws pertaining only to a specific people group, namely

the Israelites?

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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)

A Holy Life is one that is Focused on Wholeness and is Free from Sin.

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Chapter 13: Seems to be that “those with skin diseases (sores, rashes, swellings, raw flesh, boils, burns, itch, white spots) are unclean. Mouldy clothing are also unclean.

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But why be so specific in zooming in onto skin diseases only ?

Because the symptoms of skin diseases show the devastating, death-causing effects of diseases.

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What is it that God hates, and its properties are similar to the skin disease symptoms in Chapter 13, that it is infectious, ie, it spreads, and it brings death-ness to certain parts of its host, and will eventually even bring total death to the subject it is infecting ?

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What is it that God hates, and its properties are similar to the skin disease symptoms in Chapter 13, that it is infectious, ie, it spreads, and it brings death-ness to certain parts of its host, and will eventually even bring total death to the subject it is infecting ?

Chapter 13 is warning us about sin.

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Chapter 13 is warning us about sin.

Are there sins in our lives which we know are not pleasing to God, which we must let go ?

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Leviticus 13 talks about skin diseases, but theologically it is a call for us to beware of sin, because sin will spread in our lives and it will bring death, at the very least, spiritual death – which is separation from God.

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Leviticus 13 talks about skin diseases, but theologically it is a call for us to beware of sin, because sin will spread in our lives and it will bring death, at the very least, spiritual death – which is separation from God.

The second picture is a picture of clothing that has turned mouldy – that has corruption and death spreading on it.

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The second picture is a picture of clothing that has turned mouldy – that has corruption and death spreading on it.

Indulge too long in sin, and it will eventually kill us.

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Indulge too long in sin, and it will eventually kill us.

3rd picture: a house with mouldy walls.

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3rd picture: a house with mouldy walls.

Grace is extended – first the examination, and if the mould persists, then the stones are to be scraped.

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Chapter 14: Cleansing from skin diseases, and ritual purification/solution of houses with mildew (mould).

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Grain and Guilt offerings –

It means God is willing for us to enter His presence again, for He has taken away our guilt, and He is more than ready to bless us abundantly again.

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Leviticus 14:3-7 3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease, 4the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the person to be cleansed.5Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot. 6 He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. 7 Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean.

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Numbers 21:8-9 “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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Chapter 15: Genital Discharges – Seminal Fluid and Menstrual flow

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The Duggars Family – 17 Children

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1. God is Pro-life (wholeness), and Anti- Death(sin)

Chapter 15: Genital Discharges – Seminal Fluid and Menstrual flow

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1. God is Pro-life (wholeness), and Anti- Death(sin)

God is Pro-life to other lives.

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What is being pro-life ? • Pro your own life – spiritual, physical,

psychological, emotional, relational• Pro your family’s life• Pro your colleagues’ and neighbors’ lives• Pro the lives of those oppressed

Anti-death(sin) • Recognize our sins• Pray to God – ask Him to give us strength to give

up our sins• Confess to the Lord and seek His forgiveness• Receive new life and faith from Jesus to overcome

our sins – it can be done – for millions of people have done it

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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin) A Holy Life is one that is Focused on

Wholeness and is Free from Sin.

2. We are to be Holy, and we can be Holy in EVERY aspect of our lives.

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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin) A Holy Life is one that is Focused on

Wholeness and is Free from Sin.

2. We are to be Holy, and we can be Holy in EVERY aspect of our lives.

Chapters 1 – 10 : Holiness inside the Sanctuary

Chapters 11 – 15 : Holiness outside the Sanctuary, that is, in everyday life and experiences (food, child-birth, sickness, concerning clothing and homes, having genital discharges)

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HOLYSacred, Godly

COMMONSecular, Good

UNCLEANSinful, Bad

Consecrate

Cleanse

Profane

Pollute

CLEAN

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HOLYSacred, Godly

COMMONSecular, Good

UNCLEANSinful, Bad

Consecrate

Cleanse

Profane

Pollute

CLEAN

LIFE

SACRIFICE

SIN

DEATH

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HOLYSacred, Godly

COMMONSecular, Good

UNCLEANSinful, Bad

Consecrate

Cleanse

Profane

PolluteCLEAN

LIFE

SACRIFICE

SIN

DEATH

Through cleansing and consecration, through sacrifice, we can bring holiness into every significant area of our lives, such as our family, our relationships with others, the use of our money, and especially our work.

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1. Are we pro-life and anti-sin (are we willing to move away from things which are sinful)?

2. Are we holy in every aspect of our life, whether in church or in the world – at home, at work, in school, at the club, etc ?

3. Are we are willing to consecrate important aspects of our lives to God, such that they become holy unto the Lord ?

And we know that consecration always calls for sacrifice.

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Memory verse – Leviticus 10:10

“… so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean.”

Documents

Leviticus 12:1-2; 13:41-46; 14:1-7; 15:31-33