Leviticus 13:29-37 Isolate!

 29If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin, 30the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.

31But if the priest examines the scaly infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. 32On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, 33then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days. 34On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.

35If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing, 36the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.

37If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.

Sound familiar?

For most persons with COVID-19 illness, isolation and precautions can generally be discontinued 10 days after symptom onset1 and resolution of fever for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and with improvement of other symptoms.

• A limited number of persons with severe illness may produce replication-competent virus beyond 10 days that may warrant extending duration of isolation and precautions for up to 20 days after symptom onset; consider consultation with infection control experts.

When the outbreak happened in our area we self isolated from the outside world for weeks, while people (fudgies) traveled to our area and took a vacation because their employers and schools closed. They come north with their campers, boats and ATV’s. The local population was upset because of their disregard for health and safety.

We found it necessary to lock our gates to keep them out because they were driving all around on their ATV’s, dirt bikes and hiking through the woods with disregard for private property.

From Urban Dictionary. (I didn’t provide link because of inappropriate language)

“A tourist to the northern lower, or eastern upper peninsula of Michigan, especially the Mackinac area. Often these tourist are from lower parts of Michigan, and are usually on vacation "up north". The name fudgie comes from the fact that many of these tourist like to spend lots of time in the many fudge shops in northern Michigan. Locals are generally not fond of fudgies, as they seem to have no small town driving abilities, and can sometimes be snobby or annoying. fudgies are identifiable by bright clothes, and the presence of cameras around their necks and the use of fanny packs. also, the use of shoes and sock at wholly inappropriate times, such as on the beach and the pronunciation "Mack-in-ack" are dead giveaways.”

Are you a fudgie? 😇

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 13:24-28 Burns and Scars!

 24When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white, 25the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

26But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. 27On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection. 28But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.

Have you ever had burned yourself badly? My older brother burned his hand and arm with a grease fire 🔥 as a young adult. He was cooking bacon and fell asleep and awoken to a fire. He tried putting it out with water causing it to splatter on his hand and arm. The hospital used a new therapy at that time, a special salve and inserted his hand and arm in a bag. He was lucky and didn’t require skin grafts or scar from the burns.

Grease fires are best put out by smothering with a lid, never use water.

I’ve burned myself welding and by the sun (burned) working outdoors. I’ve found fresh aloe works best by cutting a piece off the plant, skinning and applying over the burn. 

I have several burn scars and the pigmentation of my arms have changed because of exposure to welding.

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 13:18-23 Boil!

 18When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals, 19and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest. 20The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

21But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. 22If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. 23But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Did the Israelites have a hospital or doctors office they could go to for medical attention? Years later we read about Luke in the New Testament. We also read about all the miracles of Jesus curing the sick and the lame.

Luke 4: 14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

Luke 5:14 Then Jesus instructed him not to tell anyone what had happened. He said, “Go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”

When I was a child I had a boil. My parents examined it, lanced it, washed it with hydrogen peroxide and bandaged it. It was very painful.

Have you ever had a boil?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 13:14-17 Then he is clean!

 14But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean. 15When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease. 16But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest. 17The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.

Have you ever had poison ivy? Once you get it the worse it gets every time you are exposed, (come in contact with it).

It itches, turns your skin red and then blisters. The blisters eventually burst and then it subsides. The only thing that controls the outbreak is a steroid cream. 

Once it subsides, the infected area that blistered turns white.

Then he is clean!

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 13:12-13 Turned White!

 12But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see, 13the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.

“When leprosy first appears on a victim’s skin, it begins as small, red spots. Before too long they get bigger, and start to turn white, with a shiny or scaly appearance. Pretty soon the spots spread over the entire body and the hair begins to fall out - first from the head, then even from the eyebrows. As things get worse, the finger nails and toenails become loose; they start to rot and eventually fall off. Then the joints of fingers and toes begin to rot and start to fall off piece by piece. The gums start shrinking and can’t hold teeth anymore, so each of them is lost. Leprosy keeps eating away at the face until the nose is literally lost, and the palate and even eyes rot - and the victim wastes away until death.” (Guzik)

“Since it has all turned white, he is clean.” 

White like fresh skin of a baby.

Thank the Lord for your blessings.

This morning I’m sitting in the ER with my wife waiting on test results for strep and Covid (7-10 days).

Please keep us in prayer.

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 13:7-11 Unclean!

 7But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest. 8The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.

9When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest. 10The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, 11it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.

NLT 11” it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.”

“He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.” The end of verse 11 seemed at odds to me until I understood they were removed from the priests supervision and completely separated (excluded) from the community.

“The only thing that the priest could do, was to discover whether or not the disease was actual leprosy. If it were not, then there might be a period of separation, and presently a restoration to the community. If it were leprosy, nothing could be done other than to separate the sufferer completely from others.” (Morgan)

“In light of these considerations, we remember that there came in the fulness of time One Who could not only look at, but touch the leper – One Who could cure. That is also the story of His dealing with sin.” (Morgan)

His dealing with sin will be like leprosy at the final judgment, we will be examined and those found without the washing of Christ’s blood will be isolated, excluded from the Lord forever!

Isaiah 1:18 NLT “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

When you are examined, will you be like scarlet or white as snow?

Blessings, David  

Leviticus 13:1-6 Infectious or contagious diseases!

 1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease,a he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.

3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

4If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. 5On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days. 6The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.

“The Hebrew priest-physicians appear to have been the first in the ancient world to isolate persons suspected of infectious or contagious diseases.” (Harrison)

Recently we had a virus that was suspected to have been developed in a lab in Wuhan China that spread around the whole world infecting people of all races and religions without mercy.

What was the difference between this infectious and contagious disease and other infectious or contagious diseases? Man made and media frenzy.

All life is precious in the eyes of the Lord and that is why we need to put our faith in Jesus Christ. He is the only one, the only way, the only path to salvation and eternal life.

You can either stay afraid and worry about your future in this life or put your faith in Christ and inherit eternal life in heaven.

Joshua 24:........ But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”

Who do you and your family serve?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 12:6-8 And she will be clean!

 6When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. 7And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

8But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”

Luke 2: 21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

22And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”c), 24and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

We’ve all seen the manger scenes and probably grown up believing the three wise men were at Jesus’ birth. But in reality they weren’t because study of the scriptures tell us His parents presented a pair of birds as it is written in the Law of the Lord.

With the expensive gifts received from the wise men, Mary and Joseph could have purchased a lamb but instead used a pair of birds reserved for the poor.

“8But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons,”... and she will be clean.

Blessings, David

Leviticus 12:5 Double Maternity Leave!

 5If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

The time for each phase was double of that when giving birth to a son. The mother was unclean for 14 days followed by 66 days. This means she had double the maternity leave to care for her daughter. (Guzik, paraphrased)

Even though the Lord doesn’t give His reasons for this some believe it’s because the daughter will eventually give birth to more sinners. Some say it was because daughters are usually smaller and needed more care while others believe the culture at the time, sons were more revered (prized) and the longer unclean period of time allowed the family more bonding time.

Whatever His reasons remember, Father knows best!

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 12:1-4 Purification and Circumcision!

 1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation. 3And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

4The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.

“Because life is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11), the loss of blood required some purification to acknowledge the sanctity of life.” (Rooker)

“Circumcision was to every man a constant, evident sign of the covenant into which he had entered with God, and of the moral obligations under which he was thereby laid.” (Clarke)

The Lord gave the laws of purification and Moses who wrote them down. 

Father knows best!

Blessings, David

Leviticus 11:41-47 Distinguish!

 41Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten. 42Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

43Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them. 44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy.e You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. 45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

46This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground. 47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’ ”

Predators, scavengers and poisonous creatures, the Lord was protecting His chosen people. 

45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

Be holy, because I am holy.

47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean....

What are you eating on a daily basis, is it healthy or junk food?

But also in a spiritual sense, we too must distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 

Associations affect our spiritual lives. 

Are you associating with the unclean? 

How does it impact your relationship with the Lord? “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 11:39-40 Touches a Carcass!

 39If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening. 40Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

NASB 39 Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

Have you ever hunted for food? Field dressing isn’t very pleasant and then you have to skin and butcher the carcass. Butchering is an art form that many don’t achieve perfection. A couple of years ago I found a YouTube video of a scientist that demonstrates and explains how to butcher a deer by muscle groups. I now use his video when we are successful during hunting season.

Animal fur can carry ticks and unseen parasites.

“the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.”

Father knows best!

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 11:31-38 Health and Welfare!

 31These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. 33If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot. 34Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you. 36Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean. 37If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean; 38but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Health and welfare, Father knows best! Rodents carry disease, remember the bubonic plague? 

We’ve all seen the commercial of a big hole in the wall and they slap a putty knife full of white goo over the hole and a rat walks up to it, sniffs and scurries away.

In reality, rodents enter you home in clever ways. When we purchased our current home, my inspection revealed mice in the attic. I set traps with peanut butter and investigated their entrances. I found they were coming in the corner trim of the vinyl siding outside at the bottom and scurrying up to the eves (overhang) and chewed through the foam insulation and entered the attic. I spray foamed the void at the bottom of the corner trim and continued to trap them until they were eliminated! Owens Corning made my siding but who would design a vinyl siding corner trim with a void, gateway to the attic?

Our house was unclean but is now clean!

Is your home biblically clean?

Blessings, David

Leviticus 11:24-30 Unclean!

 24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 25and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26Every animal with hooves not completely dividedd or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 28and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

Are you noticing a reoccurring theme? The Lord is handing down these laws to keep His chosen people healthy and holy. 

When I was a young man I purchased a piece of property with a cabin on a lake in a wilderness area. When I started cleaning the cabin I soon realized it was laden with mice and the bedroom was the source. The owner had been using poison to kill them. I had to remove that room and rebuild another. In the walls between the studs, were skeletons and carcasses of mice that were from the floor halfway up to the ceiling!

Turns out he had moved an old small cabin across the frozen lake in the winter and joined the two together, making it a two room cabin. That room was disgusting!

From these verses I was unclean during the tear down and cleanup stage!

Father know best!

Have you ever handled any unclean creatures?

Blessings, David

Leviticus 11:20-23 Locust!

 20All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. 22Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. 23All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

Mark 1: 6John (Baptist) was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

How much honey and how many locusts must a man eat to sustain himself?

We are blessed because we live in the horn of plenty, the richest nation in the world.

Have you ever eaten the locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper?

I probably would if I was starving.

I thank the Lord daily for my food. Do you?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 11:13-19 Detestable!

  13Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable:

the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14the kite, any kind of falcon,

15any kind of raven,

16the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19the stork, any kind of heron,

the hoopoe, and the bat.

Some of these birds 🦅 are birds of prey but some are also scavengers that eat detestable carcasses of dead animals. Father knows best!

Years ago there was a joke circulating, about a man that killed a spotted owl and was standing before a judge because it was on the endangered species list. The judge asked him why he had killed it and he replied that he was starving, so the judge dismissed the case. As he was exiting the courtroom the judge asked, what did it taste like? He said it tasted like the bald eagle. 😂

The Lord is setting up boundaries for His children to keep them healthy and holy. It’s not much different than our parents setting up boundaries when we were growing up. 

Did you obey your parents or did you stretch the boundaries that were given to you?

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 11:9-12 Father Knows Best!

 9Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales. 11They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

Father knows best! The Lord had His reasons for kosher food.

Any water creature having both fins and scales was kosher and could be eaten.

On this principle, most fishes were considered clean - except a fish like the catfish, which has no scales. Shellfish would be unclean, because clams, crabs, oysters, and lobster all do not have fins and scales. (Guzik)

Do you remember the television series, Father Knows Best?

His family came first!

http://fatherknowsbest.us

 The same is true with our Father God! He loves ❤️ you so much He sent His Son on a 33 year mission trip to earth! He was the perfect sinless lamb that took our punishment for our sins and died on the cross, rose from the dead on the third day.

John 3: 16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

What must you do to be saved and have eternal life? Believe and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. It’s call being “born again”!

John 3: 3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

You’re spirit (soul) must be born again to enter the kingdom of God!

Are you “born again”?

Blessings, David

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJjudY7BTqY

Leviticus 11:1-8 Unclean!

 1The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: 3You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following:a

The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

5The rock badger,b though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

6The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

Unclean animals were considered unkosher and were forbidden to be eaten.

“It is now known that the pig is the intermediate host for several parasitic organisms, some of which can result in tapeworm infestation. One of these worms, the Taenia solium, grows to about 2.5 m in length, and is found in poorly cooked pork.” (Harrison)

Jesus completed the Law and in Acts 10 we see the Lord lifting the ban on unkosher animals.

Acts 10: Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. 13Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

16This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

Have you ever eaten blood sausage, head cheese or liverwurst?

Years ago people raised their own animals for food and every part of the animal was used. If you were raised on a farm you were educated on food production but if you were raised in a city or the suburbs you may be ignorant on the how and where animals are raised for food. 

I recall years ago in the news seeing a anti hunting note left for a hunter telling him to stop killing poor defenseless animals and to buy his meat at a store!

13Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

If the Lord told Peter it was ok to kill and eat, it’s ok to kill an animal for food.

If you are a vegetarian, I respect your food preference but you also need to respect mine.

Blessings, David 

Leviticus 10:16-20 Mourning Privately

 16Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked, 17“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD. 18Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”

19But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

20And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

Read Aaron’s answer to Moses carefully!

“”Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?””

Aaron was mourning the loss of his sons and fasting so his remaining sons fasted and burned up the sin offering. Aaron’s mourning was private, on his mind and in his heart ❤️ which I believe was acceptable to the Lord.

Have you ever mourned privately? 

I have over the death of a parent. About two weeks after it hit me, like a ton of bricks 🧱 fell on me.

I am reminded of this verse written by David;

Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

But I am also reminded of this verse and look forward to this promise!

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

I can’t wait, can you?

Blessings, David

As the blood of His saints and their deaths are precious in the sight on the Lord, so are their tears—not one of them shall fall to the ground.

Matthew Henry