Daily Manna 4 September
KEY VERSE: “And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.” – (Leviticus 11:40)
TEXT: Leviticus 11:24-45
24 ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27 And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28 Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
29 ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32 Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. 33 Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: 34 in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. 35 And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. 37 And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. 38 But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you.
39 ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening. 40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42 Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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Did you know that the sense of the word “fellowship” is simply a relationship among fellows? The idea of a fellowship means that two or more people have been bonded together in some significant way. The Christian community is unlke any other community because of the unique bond that exists between the deeply-cleansed believers and Christ.
God is holy, and it cannot be expected that those He calls into fellowship with Him will not be holy. He declares concisely: “ye shall be holy; for I am holy”. His abode in heaven is holy. It is the home of the holy angels. If mortal man is to be a citizen there, he must be cleansed of all things that defile.
As the Lord prepares His people to enter the Promised Land, a type of heaven, He presents a ‘handbook’ of the “dos and don’ts” of His kingdom. In the old covenant, there are creatures that defile when eaten; others are safe. Consumption of carcasses of permitted animals is contamination. But, graciously, the Lord provides room for cleansing for those who get corrupted through touching or eating the forbidden flesh. The Lord does not want anyone to remain in his polluted state if he is to be in His fold.
As followers of the Lord, we are pilgrims on earth heading for our eternal home in heaven, the fountain of holiness. The deep call of the Lord is from the depths of His holiness to those He has visited with salvation, sanctification and Holy Ghost baptism. Just as God prepared the Israelites on the way to the Promised Land through the path of holiness, so He desires believers to be clothed in holiness even here in this world of sin.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Holiness links us to heaven and its illimitable power.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 85-88
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Daily Manna 4 September 2021
