“Speak
to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily
discharge, such a discharge is unclean. Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make
him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness…” Leviticus 15:2-3
“When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with
water, and he will be unclean till evening. Any clothing or leather that has semen on it
must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. When a man has sexual relations with a woman
and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they
will be unclean till evening.
“‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her
monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean
till evening. Leviticus 15:16-19
This is unpleasant, yucky stuff but God deals with the
unpleasant, yucky stuff in our lives, especially sin. God speaks about discharges, semen and
women’s periods because they all signify the sin in our lives. God cleans up our messes and makes us clean
again.
We don’t like to talk about this stuff but God does. Why?
He loves us and wants us to be sin-free.