Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we see that for those who have been made clean they bring an offering to God.

It's an act of gratitude, but it's also more than that.

I know these laws may seem super detailed and frustrating to read through, but don't lose sight of the point of it all.

God is perfect and holy. We are not.

And there are many ways we are not.

Some are sinful, and some are just because we live in a fallen world and some are not. Some are sinful and some are just because we live in a

fallen world and sometimes you get mold in your house when the world is broken.

But even that mold served as a reminder of the fall and it has to be atoned for.

It has to be covered. There are lots of offerings

required. The lepers person brings an offering when they're healed, but people also bring an offering

for their houses when the house is purified. With any of the various discharges there's an

offering. But again, these things don't indicate sin, but they serve as

reminders to God of the fall. Reproduction and all its affiliated fluids are not gross or sinful.

God ordained them.

But even the best parts of God's plan have a kind of brokenness attached to them now.

You may remember this from when God laid out the curses for

Adam and Eve. Man's work, which brings him joy, would have new levels of struggle

attached to it. Women's childbearing and relationships with their husbands, which are often a source of joy for them as well,

but have new challenges.

These things we try to find our identities in prove less than perfect, forcing us to look back to God our Creator for acceptance and love and joy.

In 1434, God is clear on the fact that He's the one in charge of putting leprosy where it shows up.

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