Fri.’s Devo - Kingdom Thinking

Read: Leviticus 14:1-59; Mark 6:1-29; Psalm 39:1-13; Proverbs 10:10
The answer to our sin problem is the cross, so the answer to their fleshly diseases was a ceremony that depicted the cross. They were to take two clean birds, wood, red thread and hyssop. The priest was to kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot. The other bird and all the props were to be dipped in the blood of the slain bird. The person to the cleansed was then sprinkled seven times with the blood of the dead bird. Then the live bird was released into a field.
The person was to wash his clothes, shave off his hair and bathe with water then he would be “ceremonially” clean. He was to stay seven days outside his tent and on the seventh day he was to totally shave every hair from his body, wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he would be clean.
This is the perfect picture of salvation. Jesus is both birds. The first bird was Jesus the sacrificial lamb. All the props were seen at the scene of his crucifixion. The sinner must first come to the cross and apply the blood of Jesus to their sins. Then they can witness the resurrection power of Jesus which is demonstrated in the live bird that goes free. This man is now ceremonially clean which means he is saved by faith. He will not be eternally saved until he dies, after living his “seven days”. Then, he will be completely clean of all his sins and enter into heaven.
On the eighth day, he must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb with 3/10ths of an ephath of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering and one log of oil. The priest who pronounces him clean will present both the man and his offerings before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
The eighth day represents our first day of heaven. We enter heaven by the blood of Jesus (Hebrews 10:19) that is represented by the lambs. The flour represents the Word and the oil is the Holy Spirit. These are our tickets in. Jesus, himself, received our sacrifices and welcomes us in.
Leprosy in the house is a sin or curse in your family. You are to remove the stones that had the leprosy and replace them with new ones. In other words, you must rewrite your covenant. We make covenants with our words, so we must proclaim what we want to have and renounce what we don’t. Our words have power and move mountains.
In Mark we have the first feeding of the multitudes. Jesus was trying to get them to think and see into his kingdom which always has enough and never runs out. Their hearts were hard so they couldn’t use what they had learned when they came to the storm. If we don’t glean the lesson in the times of plenty, we will not be able to stand in the storm.
Lord, help us to see into your kingdom and live from that kingdom instead of living in the natural. Remind us that we are supernatural.