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RESTORATION AFTER PURIFICATION

22^ND ,APRIL 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 119:1-56

TEXT: Leviticus 14:10-20
10 “And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil. 

11 Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 

12 And the priest shall take one male lamb and offer it as a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. 

13 Then he shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy. 

14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 

15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand. 

16 Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 

17 And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering. 

18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.

19 “Then the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. 

20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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KEY VERSE: Leviticus 14:20

“And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Grateful souls become graceful servants of the Master.

THE MESSAGE:

The preceding verses in this chapter talk about cleansing rituals for the leper. They state the procedure to take to ensure that a person afflicted with the disease of leprosy is healed and fit for communal living once again.

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Our reading today states the steps of purification that the leper must undertake on the eighth day after he has been certified healed of leprosy. He is to make sacrifices with three animals inside the tabernacle. The same high priest that certified him healed will supervise his restoration rituals using flour and oil along with the animals to be used for the sacrifices.

Restoration of the cleansed leper was to be an open ceremony, not one done in secret. It was to be done before the Lord. Definitely, we can all relate to and learn from this narrative. Every human was born in sin. We need cleansing through the precious blood of Jesus, not by the rigorous and expensive ceremonial sacrifices of the Old Testament nor the works of our hands. As you become born anew, cleansed by the blood of Jesus, the joy of salvation drives you to publicly proclaim your newfound faith.

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Like the lepers of old, when we receive forgiveness of sins, we must show our appreciation to the Lord by consecrating our bodies unto Him like Paul counselled. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1). A grateful heart is always useful in saving others for the Lord.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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