Leviticus 15 teaches us that before Jesus, bodily discharges made a person ceremonially unclean and unable to approach God’s presence until they were cleansed. This chapter reminds us that uncleanness is part of living in a fallen world and that people need purification before coming near a holy God. The deeper message is that humanity has a problem we cannot fix on our own. Just as an unclean person needed cleansing before worship, sinners need cleansing before they can have fellowship with God. The repeated washing, waiting, and sacrifices in this chapter point to the need for a greater and permanent cleansing. Jesus is the fulfillment of what Leviticus 15 foreshadows. Under the Law, uncleanness spread from the unclean person to others. But when Jesus came, the opposite happened. Instead of uncleanness defiling Him, His holiness cleansed the unclean. An example of this is found in Mark 5:25-34. A woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years would have been considered ceremonially unclean according to Leviticus 15. When she touched Jesus, she was immediately healed. Rather than becoming unclean Himself, Jesus made her clean. Leviticus 15 ultimately points to Jesus as our perfect cleanser from sin and impurity, the one who removes what separates us from God the final sacrifice who accomplishes what animal sacrifices could only symbolize, the source of living water that washes us spiritually clean and the High Priest who allows us to enter God’s presence with confidence. Leviticus 15 teaches that God’s holiness requires purification before we can approach Him. The chapter uses ceremonial uncleanness to illustrate a greater spiritual reality. As humans we need cleansing from our sin. The washings and sacrifices point forward to Jesus Christ, who permanently cleans us who trust in Him. Through His death and resurrection, we are made clean before God. Not through rituals, but through faith in the finished work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:7
“If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”
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