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. …
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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?
OR
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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.
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.
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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1. God is Pro-life, and Anti-Death(sin)
A Holy Life is one that is Focused on
Wholeness and is Free from Sin.
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 AntiDeath(sin)
Chapter 15:
Genital Discharges – Seminal Fluid and Menstrual
flow
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1. God is Pro-life (wholeness), and AntiDeath(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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HOLY
Sacred, Godly
Consecrate
Profane
COMMON
Secular, Good
CLEAN
Cleanse
Pollute
UNCLEAN
Sinful, Bad
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HOLY
Sacred, Godly
LIFE
Consecrate
SIN
Profane
COMMON
Secular, Good
CLEAN
Cleanse
SACRIFICE
Pollute
UNCLEAN
DEATH
Sinful, Bad
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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.
HOLY
LIFE
SIN
Sacred, Godly
Consecrate
Profane
COMMON
Secular, Good
CLEAN
Cleanse
Pollute
UNCLEAN
SACRIFICE
Sinful, Bad
DEATH
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1. Are we pro-life and anti-sin (are we willing
to move away from things which are sinful)?
1. 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 ?
1. 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.”
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