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RETURN TO THE LORD FIRST!
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Leviticus 14

John 10:1-6

 

“This is the law for all manner of plague…
To teach when it is unclean, and when

it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.”

 

RETURN TO THE LORD FIRST!

 

After the leper was permitted to return to the camp, i.e. to society, he had to first sanctify himself before the LORD. Returning to family and loved ones would follow. The significance was to always put the LORD first, especially after such a hopeless, harrowing and painful experience as having leprosy!
 
We know that the leper was stricken with leprosy by the LORD because of sin in his life. He had to bring offerings before the LORD to make right his relationship with God in Christ. He needed to bring a trespass offering, sin offering, burnt offering and a wave offering to the LORD. The place for the offerings was the altar of burnt offering where the burnt and sin offerings were offered. Then the blood of the trespass offering would be dabbed onto the right ear, thumb and great toe of the recovered leper to be cleansed. The oil that was used for the wave offering would be sprinkled onto him seven times. Then the oil would be used to dab onto his right ear, thumb and great toe. The balance of the oil would be poured onto his head. Then the sin offering and burnt offering would be offered before the LORD. After all these procedures were completed by the priest, then only would the cleansed leper be allowed to return to society and his family.
 
The well-to-do would have to prepare two he lambs and one ewe lamb, whereas the poor would bring one lamb and two turtledoves or two young pigeons for the trespass offering, sin offering and burnt offering. The items for the wave offering were the same. No one was exempted from the cleansing process, even those who could not afford it. All could come to the LORD and be made clean again. To have a right relationship with people we need to have the right relationship with God. This is not just a leper’s unforgettable spiritual experience but also that of the sinner who has experienced the forgiveness of God in Christ.
 
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 14:11
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, that I am always able to return to Thee in and through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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