Leprosy, mold and mildew! What sort of great revelation can you get out of Leviticus 12, 13 and 14? Sounds like you could catch a major disease or have an allergic reaction if you spend too much time reading these highly contagious and infectious chapters! Although at first glance you may not get "immediate revelation" just soak a little longer....read a little slower and you'll discover some amazing things!
OK....ready? How about leprosy! A terrible disease. A dreaded disease. A "see you in the next life" disease. If you were unfortunate enough to get leprosy you were...pretty unfortunate! Imagine your life coming to a complete stop! Imagine getting an eviction letter in the mailbox with directions to relocate to the nearest leper colony...pretty miserable! Hopeless! In fact, as a leper you were required to wear grave clothes and cry out, "Unclean, Unclean!" to keep others at a safe distance. Imagine living with leprosy...it was no life at all! In fact, to be healed of leprosy was considered to be an act of God! (which happened only a few times in the Bible...)
Luke 17:15-19 records an incredible act of healing from the Son of God who decided that leprosy had seen its day! In walks Jesus...literally passing through town when he was met by 10 lepers.
(Most of us would have run in the opposite direction at this point.) Not Jesus! These lepers weren't saying "UNCLEAN!" they were shouting "HAVE MERCY!" Jesus stopped and gave them something that they thought they'd never get back....their lives! In one moment they were transformed from death into life. Read it! An incurable disease....cured in the blink of an eye! A consuming disease...reversed with one word!
So much drama packed in such a little place! Focus on the facts. The leper who realized his supernatural healing had manifested, returned to the "mercy-giver"! In a loud voice he glorified God, fell on his face and gave thanks! I can only imagine what he must have experienced!
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever! He is still giving out mercy! He is still healing the sick! Touching the untouchables! Restoring lives! It's his specialty!
Shalom 09,
Pastor Tad
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