M’tzora
– Person Afflicted with T’zara’at
When reading about the ceremony of
the two birds with the lens of looking forward to the sacrifice of our Lord
Jesus the Messiah, the comparison is quite remarkable. It is interesting that
the death of the sacrificed bird was associated with blood and water. So was
the death of Jesus. We are told in John 19:33 that when the soldiers came to
Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs but one of
the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, “and at once there came out blood
and water.” It is also interesting that in the Leviticus passage, the live bird
was dipped in the blood of the sacrificed bird and then set free. This seems
incredibly symbolic for believers in Jesus, for we are only set free from the
bondage of sin by the blood of Jesus (Ephesians 1:7) and we only have life
because our Savior was raised and lifted up to heaven and His Spirit now lives
in us (1 John 5:11-12). “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the
heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for
adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of
His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in
the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:3-6).
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