The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Numbers 19:22a,
"Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean..."
The law God gave Moses included a number of regulations regarding "clean" and "unclean" things. These clean and unclean things (and people) appear to be either of a health/hygiene nature or a ceremonial nature, and sometimes both. Failure to follow through on the regulations regarding an unclean man who had touched "a human bone or a grave or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death", verse 18, defiled the sanctuary of the Lord, verse 20, and were to be cut off from the community. That which is unclean and not dealt with properly results in a sinful condition.
The observation that "Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean...", brings to my mind the realization that the touch of sin taints, the touch of sin corrupts, the touch of sin propagates through casual contact.
We are all born in sin. We live in a lost and fallen world and we find ourselves in this life to be controlled by a sinful nature.
What excites me about Jesus Christ is that he provides us freedom from sin. In Romans 6 we are told that believers are no longer enslaved to sin but have been set free.
And, not just that!! When we embrace Jesus Christ in faith, his embrace of us makes us holy. "Jesus also suffered... to make the people holy through his own blood." Hebrews 13:12. "... we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." Hebrews 10:10.
What this means is that where sin once corrupted us, now, by the touch of our Lord, we are found holy and blameless! "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." Ephesians 1:4. As a result, on the day we all appear before God, we will be presented without fault and with great joy! Jude 24.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean..."
The law God gave Moses included a number of regulations regarding "clean" and "unclean" things. These clean and unclean things (and people) appear to be either of a health/hygiene nature or a ceremonial nature, and sometimes both. Failure to follow through on the regulations regarding an unclean man who had touched "a human bone or a grave or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death", verse 18, defiled the sanctuary of the Lord, verse 20, and were to be cut off from the community. That which is unclean and not dealt with properly results in a sinful condition.
The observation that "Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean...", brings to my mind the realization that the touch of sin taints, the touch of sin corrupts, the touch of sin propagates through casual contact.
We are all born in sin. We live in a lost and fallen world and we find ourselves in this life to be controlled by a sinful nature.
What excites me about Jesus Christ is that he provides us freedom from sin. In Romans 6 we are told that believers are no longer enslaved to sin but have been set free.
And, not just that!! When we embrace Jesus Christ in faith, his embrace of us makes us holy. "Jesus also suffered... to make the people holy through his own blood." Hebrews 13:12. "... we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." Hebrews 10:10.
What this means is that where sin once corrupted us, now, by the touch of our Lord, we are found holy and blameless! "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." Ephesians 1:4. As a result, on the day we all appear before God, we will be presented without fault and with great joy! Jude 24.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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