Read: Leviticus 15:1-16:28; Mark 7:1-23; Psalm 40:11-17; Proverbs 10:13-14
A running issue of the flesh has to do with unchecked issues of the soul. A man’s seed of copulation has to do with fruit that comes from a root of unholiness. A woman’s issue has to do with her issues that bring death. A woman’s menstural period is caused from the dead cell that is thrown off that doesn’t not produce a baby or fruit. To try to have sex when there is no hope of bringing life is non-productive. All of this has to do with the sin within the body. It is issues of our soul that we need to deal with and get rid of . We do that by recognizing them for what they are and repenting of them and putting them under the blood, then declaring them to leave. Then, we replace them with holy things. If we allow them to stay they will defile our temple within us.
God warned Aaron that he could not enter into the Holy of Holies whenever he wanted to but had to go through the pattern God had set up. He had to bring the offering God commanded and wear the garments that God had provided. He had to do this on the day of Atonement once a year. The priest was to offer up a sacrifice first to take his own sin away and be sanctified in the water. Then he was to take two goats for the people. One was to be sacrificed as the goat to die for the sins of the people. The other was to be released into the wilderness as the Azazel to take the sins away. This goat would live as a picture of the resurrection power of righteousness.
The priest would take the blood of the sacrificed lamb and sprinkle it on all the pieces of worship and on the people. This was to be a picture of the power of Jesus’ blood to cleanse from sin. Then he would take the live goat and place his hands on its head and transfer all the sin of the people as he spoke their sins and repellence out loud. A designated man, who represented Jesus, would take this goat away from the city into the wilderness to take the sins away. The High Priest was then to change his clothes, wash his body and put on new clothes to signify that the people were now clean. Jesus did this for us on the cross and proclaimed us forgiven and clean.
Jesus explained everything we read today about issues of the body. He explained that it wasn’t the food or the man-made rituals that were making them unclean, but the things they had allowed into their hearts. Rituals and acts would not cleanse their hearts. Only the blood of Jesus could do that.
Lord, thank you for the power of your blood that takes our sins as far as the east is from the west. May we walk in your righteousness.
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