RPG Adults
PRONOUNCEMENT OF CLEANSING
TUESDAY, MAY 14
Leviticus 13
Luke 7:22
“…the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean;
his plague is in his head.”
PRONOUNCEMENT OF CLEANSING
The priests, representing the LORD, decided on behalf of the LORD whether an Israelite had leprosy and when he was healed. The responsibility was very weighty. They decided whether an Israelite would lose his freedom and die a lonely death, or was declared clean and had his relationship with society, family and the LORD restored.
Leprosy was a deadly disease. The disease would kill a person slowly. His body parts would die as the disease attacked the nerves. The nose could fall off, and when he was burned he would feel nothing. His voice box would change and he would begin to croak. His facial features would become unrecognisable when the disease attacked the facial nerves. His flesh would rot and people would smell him before they saw him. He was contagious and had to be avoided at all costs. That was why he needed to cry “Unclean, unclean” for the well-being of others. He was obviously ostracised by all, including his family. The leper would probably not want his family, like his wife or children or parents, to come near him and be afflicted by leprosy! The emotional trauma was worse than the physical disease. It killed everything in the leper’s life.
The LORD alone could heal him. It was usually due to sin in the person’s life that he was afflicted with leprosy. The nation of Israel had been promised health and wealth if they obeyed the LORD. When they returned to the LORD and turned their backs on idolatry, the LORD would heal and restore them back to Himself.
The priests had to teach this to God’s people. There is no sin that the blood of Christ cannot cleanse and forgive. Sin in our lives bars us from being with God’s family. This separation will be forever if we die in our sin. To hell we will go! We need to believe in Christ and repent of our sins to be healed. God will know and so will God’s people who see our new life in Christ.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 13:34
PRAYER: Save me, O Father, from my sins. I repent of all my sins and receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.