Leviticus 13:4-5 (ESV Strong's)
4 But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days. 5 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up for another seven days.
Quarantine!
As I write this devotional (July, 2020) most of the USA is coming off quarantine due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Because of a virus most of the country was sent to their rooms and to allowed to come out. We now know what this passage in Leviticus was speaking out in regard to being locked up for seven days. In Leviticus it was not COVID 19. The disease facing the nation of Israel the leprous disease. God wanted to preserve the national of Israel. He had to create a method that would prevent infectious diseases from destroying the nation. Israel was God’s chosen nation. He had to protect them. Isolation was God’s method. Perhaps the lesson in this is to remember that one way to prevent evil from impacting you is to separate you from that evil. Holiness is like that. To become holy you have to have righteousness imparted and evil to be avoided. Leprousy was a picture of sin for the nation of Israel. They were to separate from sin because it would destroy the nation. Leprous disease could destroy the physical life of the nation. Sin can and did destroy the spiritual life of the nation. Separation is hard ... but necessary!
No comments:
Post a Comment