Leprosy

Lev 12:5-13:4         8/5/2017

Uncleanness and the community.

It’s hard in the post-Christian age to think of what it must have been like to have a medical condition in ancient days.   Even something routine in our time was the cause of stress and anxiety, both for the individual and the community.

Death was always lurking. Community was the only consolation and hope for security. Community was everything. God created man for community. The needs of the community before the needs of the individual.

A system that erases stigma and suspicion allows the community to heal and overcome.

Priest, sacrifice, community.