Chapter 15 deals with regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen, for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean. These private matters were brought to the priest and were regulated in regards to being clean or unclean. From God's point of view, these conditions are normal and temporary, but not sinful. Yet they make a person unclean because they carry elements of death. God who is Holy and represents life cannot be in the same presence with death. Thus, they needed to be cleansed before they could live near him.

The ceremonial cleansing revealed the need for forgiveness and atonement to be holy and acceptable to God. We are blessed that we don't need to follow these regulations for being cleansed of these discharges. We are blessed because we are cleansed by Jesus' blood from elements of death around us to be holy and acceptable.


Application: Father, thank you for Jesus who cleanses us of all elements of death. Help us to be sanctified and live holy, disciplined lives.
One Word: Be holy and acceptable before God