Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey, hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

This is Stephanie. Again, you're host through the book of Leviticus.

Today we are covering chapters 13 through 15.

The Jew read this portion of scripture and think, what is going on? Why is this included?

This is so strange. If you did, you're not alone.

On the surface, chapters 13 to 15 can seem a bit out there.

Chapter 13 talks about skin diseases and contaminated fabrics, and then chapter 14 goes into the

cleansing of those things, and then chapter 15 talks about bodily discharge.

Outside of the broader context, these details can feel like too much, but instead of rushing

these details off as strange or irrelevant, let's grab a hold of the overarching takeaway.

Number Leviticus 1144, God said, I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves

and be holy because I am holy. Our God is relational, and he desires relationship with his

people. God not only set his people apart, he graciously went into the details of how they

could remain their holiness and cleanliness in order to approach him. That's what these

chapters are about.

Think about it this way. Those of us in Christ today are positionally holy. We are justified,

clothed with the righteousness of Christ. But on this side of eternity, we are in the process

of being sanctified. We are called to grow in grace, to be conformed to the image of Christ.

This is our sanctification, and it is God's will for us. So rather than being put off by

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