Episode notes
By Pastor Jason Lim
Leviticus 12-15 seem rather bizarre to some.
Why is menstruation, or childbirth or bodily discharge considered unclean?
But just like Leviticus 11 about kosher and non-kosher food, these are instructional tools from God to teach Israel about being clean and unclean, and how the clean can draw near to God, whilst the unclean cannot.
This passage also speaks about leprosy- an infections skin disease.
Leprosy renders a man unclean, turns him into an untouchable, and pretty much condemns him to lifelong misery and alienation.
It is often used as a symbol of sin or the judgment of God against sin, as seen in the cases of Miriam, Gehazi & King Uzziah.
But the narrative arcs of leprosy and even excessive menstruation find their solution in the Lord J ...
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