Metzora - Infected One
If a house was infected with the plague, the priest was to go in and examine it. If the plague was on the walls of the house with ingrained streaks which appeared to be deep in the wall, the priest would shut up the house seven days. On the seventh day he would come again and look. If the plague had spread on the walls of the house, then the priest would command that the infected stones be cast into an unclean place outside the city, and the rest of the house scraped and plastered. Then, if the plague came back, the house would be declared unclean. The house would be completely broken down; its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the house carried outside the city to an unclean place. Shortly before His crucifixion, Yeshua Himself examined His own Father's house and found it to be unclean, for it was meant to be a house of prayer, but had become a den of thieves. Yeshua drove out the merchants and overturned the tables of the money changers from it. As He was departing from the temple Yeshua condemned it, saying to His disciples that it would be completely destroyed; not one stone would be left there upon another that would not be thrown down. (Matthew 21-24) However, Yeshua said, in three days He would raise the temple back up. (John 2:19-21) He was speaking of the temple of His body in which no uncleanness would be found. Likewise, we are the temple of God if the Spirit of God dwells in us. Therefore, let nothing defile us, for if anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple we are. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Dear Father, cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. (Psalm 51:7-12) May we be holy as You are holy and may in us Your Spirit forever dwell.
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