Sun.’s Devo - The Day of Atonement

Read: Lev. 14:33-16
Once again, leprosy represents a sin of the flesh. The house can represent a person (Matt. 12:24) or a family (Gen. 12:1). It is the Lord that allows the leprosy to become manifest so the person can do something about it just as it is the Holy Spirit that convicts us and causes circumstances to show us our sin. The priest is to close up the house for seven days and come back to see if the leprosy has spread. It is like an offense. When someone offends us God waits to see what we will do with it. If we spread the story to others then it will cause them to be offended also. This is the spread of leprosy. The priest is commanded to take away the stones where the plague is and replace them with other stones. Stones represent our words. We need to replace our negative words with blessings. This is how to stop the leprosy from spreading. Then the same process for cleansing had to take place. It had to be brought under the blood and cleansed through the blood.
The bodily discharge was a discharge from their body that they couldn’t control. We call this besetting sins or addictions. If it is gambling, alcohol, sexual addictions, whatever the addiction - it always affects more than the person with the addiction. They must be bathed in pure water. Many times this issue is settled when the person is baptized.
The Day of Atonement is the most holy day for the Jew, even today. It is the only day in the year where the High Priest can enter into the Holy of Holies. He takes with him incense and offered prayers of repentance for him and his family first then for the people for the next year. During this ceremony two goats are chosen. One is sacrificed for the sins of the people. The priest lays his hands on the live goat’s head and transfers all the sins of the people to the goat. It is then sent to the wilderness. This one is like the bird that is set free. He is the sin-bearer. Blood is sprinkled on the priests, the altar and the people to make them clean. This all happens between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Lord, thank you for the cross. Thank your for shedding your powerful blood. May we rightly appropriate your blood in our lives.