Important In the process of
reading Leviticus this month. God's book for Levi Tribe, a rule book rather of
how Israelites should perform sacrifices for atonement. The book really puzzles
me, for the ceremonial killings of animals or birds for human sins, is something
that really cannot comprehend well, and something that even hurts me, i should
say! However, in respect of the Lord who commanded these rules, i choose to
humbly read it, knowing He is just and that He has a reason for all that he
gave as laws to Israel.
2. Mark 5: 14-15: And they
that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they
went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Jesus, and see
him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and
clothed, and in his right mind.
Today, however, i did get a new enlightment. It was as if the
Verses from various parts of the bible co-related together to help me
understand one of the reasons behind Spiritual Sacrifices.
1. Leviticus 14: 2-8: “This shall be the law of the leprous person for
the day of his cleansing. He shall be
brought to the priest, 3 and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest
shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous
person, 4 the priest shall command them to
take for him who is to be cleansed two live1 clean birds
and cedarwood and vscarlet yarn and hyssop. 5 And the priest
shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh2 water. 6 He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the
scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the
bird that was killed over the fresh water.7 And he shall sprinkle
it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he
shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the
open field. 8 And he who is
to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe
himself in water, and he shall be clean."
2. Mark 5: 14-15: And they
that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they
went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Jesus, and see
him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and
clothed, and in his right mind.
3. This is why Jesus came and why He died, to become the ultimate and final sacrifice, the perfect (without blemish) sacrifice for our sins (Colossians 1:22;1 Peter 1:19). Through Him, the promise of life eternal with God becomes effective through faith to those who believe in Jesus. “So that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe” (Galatians 3:22)
Here is how these Verses
Co-orelate. First the Levite Priest was instructed to make a sacrifice for Sin,
Atonement or cleansing. The Verse 14 relates to the cleansing of a leprous
person. Two Turtle Doves, one to be killed in earthen vessel over fresh water
(Death of unclean Leprosy) another to be let free in open air (Deliverance).
Relate this to the man who was possessed with Legion. Legion means a greek word
which means an army of 3000 – 6000 men. This was the plight of the man
possessed with legion. He has over 3000 devil spirits inside of him and for him
to be cleansed and be of right mind, the legion begged Jesus to let them loose
into the Swine. Here we see that Evil, Sin, Curse or uncleanliness needs transfer
of bodies, for the victim to be clean. The demon entered the swine and at that moment
the victim was healed! So the Levite priest symbolically performed the ritual
of cleansing, transferring the Human uncleanliness (Sin or disease or Curse) to
the Animal or Bird, being instructed. This would mean
bloodshed for atonement of human sins and diseases. Finally, in this generation, we are no longer
to follow the Levite Ceremonial cleansing for healing of our souls. Now, we
have Jesus the Christ, who has paid the atonement for our sins and by his
bloodshed we are made clean. Remember
the bible says, “eli eli lama sabachthani”, where Jesus Christ was so filled with
darkness of our sin that Father could not see himon the cross??? He bore OUR sins and OUR Iniquities. Tough it
may sound as a historical crucifixion, for those who have been cleansed of
sins, sickness and diseases, known the Jesus’s bloodshed for an individual’s
sin is uniquely for that individual to this day. Yet through the Power of God Jesus Resurrected
the Third day and rest goes on……. Somehow I was so excited to get this
revelation from God. For me to be wholly cleansed I need to have a spiritual
sacrifice. My Sins, Diseases, Iniquities, Cruses and bondages are real
spiritual baggages, that pulls down my physical life and it’s happenings. Many
a days, we are alive but soulfully dead. Zombie’s they say, To repeat happenings
for a lifetime and yet have no life within. To have life within is more
important than to stay alive. And for me to have life within, means my soul
needs to be resorted back to where God’s has Started. Psalmist says “He
resotoreth my Soul for His namesake,…” To restore a soul would be to be
delivered from these very spiritual baggage that pull us down. That would need
a Spiritual Sacrifice, which for us is Jesus Christ. “Who the Son sets free is
free indeed” (John 8. 36). So here for us to claim our spiritual sacrifice
(Truly and sincerely with all that is within us): Atonement through Blood of
Jesus Christ and Deliverance through his resurrection!
