"This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, 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, the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. 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. 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. " - Leviticus 14:3-7
The leper could do nothing to achieve his healing just as we sinners could do nothing to cleanse our hearts from the dirt and grime and disease of sin.
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness. - Romans 4:5
The priest sought out the leper to pronounce him clean.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. - Luke 19:10
The priest commanded blood to be shed. The live bird was dipped in blood and set free.
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. - Hebrews 9:22
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. - Romans 4:25
No comments:
Post a Comment