Subject: Sanctification - Leviticaus 10-12

Leviticus 12:6-7 (ESV Strong's)
“And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, and he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female.

Subject:  Sanctification

In chapter 12 of Leviticus we have a brief chapter with instructions to the nation of Israel about the purification of a mother, after childbirth.   In our day, giving birth to a child is as special as their day, but extremely more safe and with less jeopardy.   There were no hospitals in this community.  The priest and the midwives were to oversee the birth of a child.   Because of the loss of blood during the deliver process this was a very dangerous time for mother and for child.  This is not, however, the emphasis in this chapter.   The focus here is how to bring the mother back into the spiritual community.  The discharge of blood separated her from the communion of the worship service.  The offering brought her back.   The same sacrifice (a lamb and a pigeon or a turtledove) was required for her restoration into worship, weather she gave birth to a boy or a girl.  The sacrifice was not for the child, but for the mother.   The emphasis here is her restoration.  The cycle of life put her in jeopardy of being out of fellowship and the sacrifice brought her back.  The lesson here is that God is concerned about our fellowship with Him, even in the most precious time of life: The birth of a child.   God does not want anything to separate us from worship and communion with Him.  We all know that a new born child gets all the attention.   We hover over him/her and see the beauty of new life.  But, God wants to make sure the mother is right back in fellowship with Him, despite the excitement of the birth.   Our purification physically is important (to prevent death); our purification spiritual is vital (to prevent spiritual death).