Jesus Heals a Leper

 1 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.

It's worth the while here to look at the gift that Moses commanded.. Keep in mind that leprosy represents sin when we read the bible.

In Leviticus 14:1-8 we read... 1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest. 3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the leprosy is healed in the leper, 4 then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water. 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. 7 And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose in the open field. 8 He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, and shall stay outside his tent seven days.

This ritual is performed after the healing has taken place. God has healed the leper. The leper has done nothing except to trust in God. The priest seeks out the leper. The cleansing ritual points to death of Christ which is the bird killed. The resurrection of Christ is seen in the bird dipped in blood and let loose. We see a picture of the Lord here being delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification. The blood sprinkled with hyssop on the healed leper is symbolic of faith in the atoning work of Christ. We see the fully man aspect of Christ in the earthen vessel in which the bird was slain. We see symbolism in the running water also. This would picture the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life.

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