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"SHE BEARS SEED"
(Weekly Reading>>Leviticus 12:1 to 13:59 - 2 Kings 4:42 to 5:19 - Matthew 8:1-4 - Mark 1:40-45; 5:1-43)
Review: With the teaching of the offerings and the office of the priesthood in Leviticus chapters 1 through 10, God began to introduce the teaching of clean and unclean, holy and unholy through the food laws in Leviticus 11. If the temple of God resides in us, we are the caretakers and responsible for its upkeep. We are to eat clean foods, avoiding the unclean and not consume any fat or blood. Uncleanness will contaminate our bodies and pollute the dwelling place of God. This is not a salvation issue; it is a heart issue. It is the difference between His instructions over our preference. What we put in our bodies reflects and affects our mindset. Uncleanness comes from within.
If our hearts are unclean we need to make things right before God for us to move on. If not, the condition of our spiritual walk and relationship with God will remain unchanged and become stagnant. The sin of dishonor separates us from God. If we continue to disobey Him we walk in deceptive self-righteousness and will incur the fruit of our choice and defile ourselves (Deuteronomy 28).
Jerusalem's Fall Explained
The history of the children of Israel is a lesson for us today. We are not to repeat the mistakes our ancestors made. Their lives are prophetic examples that teach us the walk of redemption through obedience(1 Cor. 10:6). It all starts in our hearts first, as this is the walk of faith and holiness.
If there are any contaminants in us God is faithful to expose in our heart what the root causes are. Contamination can enter through our eyes by what we look at, through our thoughts and speech, or by associations and what we attracted ourselves to. By our ears, "faith comes by hearing" The Holy Place in the tabernacle is symbolic of our mind, while the Most Holy Place symbolizes our heart. "For as he thinks within himself, so he is." (Proverbs 23:7 NAS) God shows us how to approach Him with a clean heart and mind in the first chapters of Leviticus taught to us through the offerings. As we are a holy vessel prepared in the image of Yahweh and likened to a bride/priest in His Kingdom, we are also responsible for keeping a healthy home and dwelling place for the Spirit of Yahweh (Ruach Ha Kodesh). We are seen as righteous in the Father's sight, nevertheless we sometimes sow/do unrighteous things that bring a harvest of contamination. We are learning to walk in the redemption He has given us through progressive revelation. Learning to walk a redemptive lifestyle will keep our hearts and minds free of contamination. This study in Tazria looks at the spiritual side of what can bring infections and molds into our body.
Purification after Childbirth
(Leviticus 12)
The birth of a child is very exciting. In His Word, God gives mother and child a special separation after the birthing for healing and bonding purposes. If the woman has a male child she is to be separate or in niddah for seven days plus thirty-three days for her purification, for a total of forty days. During the time of her purification she is not to enter into marital relations. The male child is circumcised on the eighth day. Medically the eighth day is proven to be the least painful and with the least loss of blood for the child. The mother completes her purification at the end of forty days by presenting an elevation offering/olah and a sin offering/chatas to Yahweh as a sign that ends her niddah and for a change of status back to marital relations. For the birth of a female child the length of the days of separation is double, fourteen days for her purification and sixty-six for her separation, a total of eighty days. In the New Testament(Brit Chadashah) we witness Mary obeying these principles of separation (called purification) after the birth of Jesus(Yeshua).
This niddah time is not only for healing the body after the birthing process but also allows the mother to enjoy her baby without all the added responsibilities imposed on her like serving in the congregation, working, or having other outside influences interrupt her focus on the baby and home life. God sets aside the forty or eighty-day separation periods to bring complete health to both mother and child. By obeying this commandment, including no marital relations during this healing time, the Scriptures say blessed will be your womb, your possessions and your land.
continued tomorrow...
"SHE BEARS SEED"
(Weekly Reading>>Leviticus 12:1 to 13:59 - 2 Kings 4:42 to 5:19 - Matthew 8:1-4 - Mark 1:40-45; 5:1-43)
Review: With the teaching of the offerings and the office of the priesthood in Leviticus chapters 1 through 10, God began to introduce the teaching of clean and unclean, holy and unholy through the food laws in Leviticus 11. If the temple of God resides in us, we are the caretakers and responsible for its upkeep. We are to eat clean foods, avoiding the unclean and not consume any fat or blood. Uncleanness will contaminate our bodies and pollute the dwelling place of God. This is not a salvation issue; it is a heart issue. It is the difference between His instructions over our preference. What we put in our bodies reflects and affects our mindset. Uncleanness comes from within.
Mark 7:18-23 "So He said to them, 'Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?' And He said, 'What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within and defile a man.'"
If our hearts are unclean we need to make things right before God for us to move on. If not, the condition of our spiritual walk and relationship with God will remain unchanged and become stagnant. The sin of dishonor separates us from God. If we continue to disobey Him we walk in deceptive self-righteousness and will incur the fruit of our choice and defile ourselves (Deuteronomy 28).
Jerusalem's Fall Explained
Ezekiel 33:23-26 "Then the word of God came to me, saying: 'Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.' Therefore say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh: You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another's wives. Should you then possess the land?"
The history of the children of Israel is a lesson for us today. We are not to repeat the mistakes our ancestors made. Their lives are prophetic examples that teach us the walk of redemption through obedience(1 Cor. 10:6). It all starts in our hearts first, as this is the walk of faith and holiness.
If there are any contaminants in us God is faithful to expose in our heart what the root causes are. Contamination can enter through our eyes by what we look at, through our thoughts and speech, or by associations and what we attracted ourselves to. By our ears, "faith comes by hearing" The Holy Place in the tabernacle is symbolic of our mind, while the Most Holy Place symbolizes our heart. "For as he thinks within himself, so he is." (Proverbs 23:7 NAS) God shows us how to approach Him with a clean heart and mind in the first chapters of Leviticus taught to us through the offerings. As we are a holy vessel prepared in the image of Yahweh and likened to a bride/priest in His Kingdom, we are also responsible for keeping a healthy home and dwelling place for the Spirit of Yahweh (Ruach Ha Kodesh). We are seen as righteous in the Father's sight, nevertheless we sometimes sow/do unrighteous things that bring a harvest of contamination. We are learning to walk in the redemption He has given us through progressive revelation. Learning to walk a redemptive lifestyle will keep our hearts and minds free of contamination. This study in Tazria looks at the spiritual side of what can bring infections and molds into our body.
Purification after Childbirth
(Leviticus 12)
The birth of a child is very exciting. In His Word, God gives mother and child a special separation after the birthing for healing and bonding purposes. If the woman has a male child she is to be separate or in niddah for seven days plus thirty-three days for her purification, for a total of forty days. During the time of her purification she is not to enter into marital relations. The male child is circumcised on the eighth day. Medically the eighth day is proven to be the least painful and with the least loss of blood for the child. The mother completes her purification at the end of forty days by presenting an elevation offering/olah and a sin offering/chatas to Yahweh as a sign that ends her niddah and for a change of status back to marital relations. For the birth of a female child the length of the days of separation is double, fourteen days for her purification and sixty-six for her separation, a total of eighty days. In the New Testament(Brit Chadashah) we witness Mary obeying these principles of separation (called purification) after the birth of Jesus(Yeshua).
Luke 2:22-24 "Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, 'Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to Yahweh'), and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, 'A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons'" (Leviticus 12).
This niddah time is not only for healing the body after the birthing process but also allows the mother to enjoy her baby without all the added responsibilities imposed on her like serving in the congregation, working, or having other outside influences interrupt her focus on the baby and home life. God sets aside the forty or eighty-day separation periods to bring complete health to both mother and child. By obeying this commandment, including no marital relations during this healing time, the Scriptures say blessed will be your womb, your possessions and your land.
Deuteronomy 28:9-11 "Yahweh will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of Yahweh your God and walk in his ways. Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will fear you. Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity - in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground - in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you."
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