Pastor_Bob
Well-Known Member
This probably should be in a fellowship forum rather than a debate forum, but I couldn't find an appropriate forum for this topic.
I am doing a study of typology in the Old Testament. I am amazed at the types that I am finding in the book of Leviticus. I can say assuredly that I will never read the book of Leviticus the same way after this study.
I want to share a type (could be called an application) that I read recently, and then would like to hear of any types that you particularly enjoy. I am in Leviticus now, but your types certainly do not have to be limited to Leviticus.
Leviticus 14:40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
This is a type of cleansing our homes of sin. We are to discover the sins that try to creep into our homes and remove those areas (vs. 40). We are to do a total home inventory to see what we have allowed to enter our homes (books, movies, music, friends, hobbies, rebellion, etc.) that may be a negative or sinful influence (vs. 41). Once we determine what needs to be removed, we take steps to remove them and we replace them with good, godly things (vs. 42).
If the problem of sin is spread all through our home, we must take whatever steps necessary to remove to sin or sinful influences (vs. 45). This may mean moving to a new town, getting a new job, changing the school that our kids attend, finding a new church, etc.
Sadly, I have known families that refused to get extreme with sin in the home and it eventually cost them their marriage, their family, or both.
I am learning every day that the Bible is indeed an amazing Book!
I am doing a study of typology in the Old Testament. I am amazed at the types that I am finding in the book of Leviticus. I can say assuredly that I will never read the book of Leviticus the same way after this study.
I want to share a type (could be called an application) that I read recently, and then would like to hear of any types that you particularly enjoy. I am in Leviticus now, but your types certainly do not have to be limited to Leviticus.
Leviticus 14:40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
This is a type of cleansing our homes of sin. We are to discover the sins that try to creep into our homes and remove those areas (vs. 40). We are to do a total home inventory to see what we have allowed to enter our homes (books, movies, music, friends, hobbies, rebellion, etc.) that may be a negative or sinful influence (vs. 41). Once we determine what needs to be removed, we take steps to remove them and we replace them with good, godly things (vs. 42).
If the problem of sin is spread all through our home, we must take whatever steps necessary to remove to sin or sinful influences (vs. 45). This may mean moving to a new town, getting a new job, changing the school that our kids attend, finding a new church, etc.
Sadly, I have known families that refused to get extreme with sin in the home and it eventually cost them their marriage, their family, or both.
I am learning every day that the Bible is indeed an amazing Book!