Mon.’s Devo - Life From Death

Read: Leviticus 11:1-12:8; Mark 5:21-43; Psalm 38:1-22; Proverbs 10:8-9 God gave Moses instructions about which animals and living creatures they could eat and which ones were unholy for them to ingest. They were not to eat animals that didn’t both chew the cud and have split hooves. Every law had a spiritual meaning to us now. (Romans 7:14) To chew the cud would mean to meditate on the things you were bringing into your life before you decided to swallow it and believe it. To have split hooves means to be standing on the Word which is rightly divided. It means to have stability and know right from wrong. They were not to eat anything that a dead unclean carcass touched. If an unclean dead animal fell into a clay pot everything in the pot would be defiled. The pot must be smashed. Anything that was in the pot would be considered unclean. The clay pot is humanity. Anything that is dead is anything not of God. God is life. Sin corrupts the whole body. Paul said it well when he said, “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Corinthians 15:33. If death contaminates the clay pot, the pot must be smashed. Paul explained this in 1 Corinthians 15. He said that what we sow doesn’t come to life until the seed dies. All flesh is not the same and every body is give its own seed. Those who have nourished God’s seed in them will be raised to incorruption, glory and power. All small animals that scurried along the ground were detestable and were not to be eaten. These represented people that were earthly and not spiritual. They walked according to the world. We are to avoid consuming their doctrine. Chapter 12 deals with a woman giving birth to a son or a daughter. If it is a son, then she is clean after 33 days. If she bears a daughter she continues in the blood of her purification 66 days. This reminds me of the woman who came to Jesus who had been bleeding for 12 years which is two 6’s. She was instantly healed. The woman was to then offer a lamb as a burnt offering and one for purification so she would be clean. This is nothing other than applying the salvation of the cross and the cleansing power of the blood to make a person righteous before God. In Mark, we read of this very woman who had been bleeding for 12 years and of a girl who was 12 years old and dying. They all point to the same thing. There is no hope for anyone without the blood of Jesus. Jarius’ daughter had to die so the seed in her could live. She was a picture of how salvation works. When Jesus spoke to her she rose and walked. The first thing Jesus told them to do for her was to feed her. Isn’t that what Jesus told Peter… “feed my sheep”? Lord, thank you for the principles of life. We have to die to our sin to bring forth your righteousness. We have been crucified with you so that we might be raised with you. Thank you for your resurrection life that we can walk in. Give us your overcoming grace for today.