LEVITICUS 33

     In the last few lessons, we have been studying about leprosy and
its spiritual meaning {sin}. We will pick up the lesson now in
Leviticus 13:35 "But if the scall spread much in the skin after his
cleansing;" Leviticus 13:36 "Then the priest shall look on him: and,
behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek
for yellow hair; he [is] unclean."

     We decided, in a previous lesson, that this is a leader of the
church {male or female} under accusation. The spreading in the skin
means that whatever sin this is, it has become a habit. When sin takes
a person over to the extent that the sin becomes a habit, the sinner's
heart gets hardened, and they soon do not count anything they do sin.
This would be pretty bad. I Timothy 4:2 "Speaking lies in hypocrisy;
having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"  This is the first
step to total destruction.

     Leviticus 13:37 "But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and
[that] there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he
[is] clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean."

     This person has really repented and turned away from sin. Just as
new life {black Hair} has come up inside of this sore, new life has
been rekindled in this sinner's heart. The fact that this sore is not
spreading shows that this person is no longer practicing this sin. The
sin is not spreading. The church leader, in this case would say, He is
forgiven. Let us take him back into the fold.

     Leviticus 13:38  "If a man also or a woman have in the skin of
their flesh bright spots, [even] white bright spots;" Leviticus 13:39
"Then the priest shall look: and, behold, [if] the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh [be] darkish white; it [is] a freckled spot [that]
groweth in the skin; he [is] clean."

     Since the people are more likely to have leprosy, who live in a
desert area, where there is much sunshine, it is not unusual for
someone to be freckled. Again, in this, the person may appear to sin,
but on closer examination, they are not sinning.

     Leviticus 13:40 "And the man whose hair is fallen off his head,
he [is] bald; [yet is] he clean."  Leviticus 13:41 " And he that hath
his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is]
forehead bald: [yet is] he clean."

     Baldness is not a sign of leprosy. Baldness on a man's head is
hereditary. If your father was bald, then you will be bald in all
probability. Baldness was not common among the Israelites, and for a
man to be bald, would make himself suspect. II Kings 2:23  "And he
went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way,
there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and
said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head."  We see
from this Scripture in Kings, that it was certainly not something
someone wanted. He was laughed at for having a bald head.
From the spiritual sense, we could say that the person this symbolizes
perhaps, has some superficial habit that is not pleasing to others,
but yet is not sin. Perhaps, this person thinks about things that are
not in his best interest. More than sin, we would call these blemishes
in their character.

     Leviticus 13:42 "And if there be in the bald head, or bald
forehead, a white reddish sore; it [is] a leprosy sprung up in his
bald head, or his bald forehead." Leviticus 13:43 "Then the priest
shall look upon it: and, behold, [if] the rising of the sore [be]
white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;" Leviticus 13:44 "He is a
leprous man, he [is] unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly
unclean; his plague [is] in his head."

     The beginning of sin is in the mind. Evil thoughts bring evil
deeds. A person who looks at pornography, will eventually do some of
the things they fantasize while reading this filthy literature. This
pronouncing this man unclean, it seems, is even more serious. He is
pronounced not just unclean, but utterly unclean. To me, this sin
would be some sort of perversion. Our society is sick in their minds.
They have watched X-rated, R-rated, and even P. G.-rated movies and
television, until it has perverted their thinking. The horrible rock
music has planted down deep all sorts of lyrics that encourage sin.
This person can see no wrong in any of these things. Remember,
anything your eyes see, and anything your ears hear, becomes a part of
you. It is recorded in that little thing we call a brain. Look at the
following Scripture that lets us know we are in control of what goes
into our mind. I Peter 1:13 "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;" My suggestion to all is, to
guard your mind carefully. Turn off any movie or T.V. program that has
bad language, or has explicit sex scenes, or, in fact, any of them
that do not teach good moral character. Read 2nd Timothy chapter 3 to
tell what time element we are living in now. This person with this
sickness, is so sick, that they call good evil and evil good. I really
believe Matthew says it the best. Matthew 6:23  "But if thine eye be
evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light
that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!"  This then
is a sin that began in the imagination of man, and became a horrible
sin. The following tells how God feels about perverted minds. Romans
1:28 "And even as they did not like to retain God in [their]
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things
which are not convenient;"

     Leviticus 13:46 "All the days wherein the plague [shall be] in
him he shall be defiled; he [is] unclean: he shall dwell alone;
without the camp [shall] his habitation [be]."

     It would really be dangerous to associate with a person
practicing this perversion. We become like those we are around and
this would be a terrible thing to catch. Perversion produces
perversion. The best thing to do, is to have nothing to do with that
person. Even in our liberal society, perversion is against the law.
You could get arrested and sent to jail. Certainly in the eternal
realm, God will not look the other way at this sort of sin. This will
separate you from God and from true believers who want no part of this
terrible sin.

     Leviticus 13:47  "The garment also that the plague of leprosy is
in, [whether it be] a woollen garment, or a linen garment;" Leviticus
13:48 "Whether [it be] in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;" Leviticus 13:49 "And
if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it [is] a
plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:"

     We know, that when we are free from sin, we wear a robe of linen,
washed in the blood of the Lamb. Jude 1:23 "And others save with fear,
pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh." The Scripture in Jude here, shows what soils the garment. It
is the flesh. The flesh of man causes him to sin. In the Scriptures
above from Leviticus, and this one from Jude, we see that it does not
matter how fine and expensive the clothing is, it can be contaminated
by the evil person wearing it. All of the materials mentioned above
are materials of some sort or the other, but the only garment that
makes you and me acceptable before God, is the white linen garment of
the righteous. This white linen garment has been washed in the blood
of the Lord Jesus Christ {the Lamb} and has become whiter than snow.

     To sum up this lesson today, we would see the importance of the
cleansing of our thoughts. The mind is evil, before it is cleansed by
Jesus. In fact, the mind is spoken of as the enemy of God. Romans 8:7
"Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be."  The carnal mind is
a mind that is constantly thinking of things of the earth. To be what
Jesus would have us to be, we must crucify the desires of the flesh
and the carnal mind, and let Jesus come inside of us and live through
us. Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself for me."  The final statement is to have the mind of
Christ. I Corinthians 2:16 " For who hath known the mind of the Lord,
that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."  The we,
that have the mind of Christ, are the Christians.













                             Questions 33

1.  What is the spiritual meaning of leprosy?
2.  What type of person are verses 35 and 36 telling about?
3.  The spreading in the skin means what spiritually?
4.  Where do we find the Scripture that says "Having their conscience
    seared with a hot iron"?
5.  What is a sign that the man is clean in verse 37?
6.  What is meant spiritually by the black hair growing?
7.  The fact that the sore is not spreading shows what spiritually?
8.  Describe a freckle spot.
9.  Baldness is not a sign of _______.
10. In 2nd Kings chapter 2 verse 23, how was this bald headed man
    treated?
11. More than sin, we would call baldness where there is no sore,
    what?
12. The beginning of sin is in the ____.
13. If a person watches pornography, what will happen to him?
14. The uncleaness of the bald man, who has a sore, is called one more
    word that shows perversion of the mind is terrible, what is it?
15. What are some of the things modern society is doing that causes a
    sick mind?
16. Anything you see, and anything you hear, becomes a ____ of ___.
17. Wherefore gird up the loins of your ____.
18. Where do we find the Scriptures that warn of the evil day we are
    living in?
19. Quote Matthew chapter 6 verse 23.
20. We read that God turned them over to a __________ mind, who did
    not retain God in their knowledge.
21. What would happen to a person who fellowshiped with some one who
    had a perverted mind?
22. What one word describes our society today?
23. When we are free from sin, what will our robe be made of?
24. What makes it white?
25. What soils the garment?
26. Besides our deeds, what must we clean up to please God?
27. The carnal mind is enmity against ___.
28. Who has the mind of Christ in them?