It takes time to Get Clean | Numbers 19:11-16

Scripture: “‘He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him. ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭19:11-16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/114/num.19.11-16.NKJV Observations: • We have a need for propitiation (for the covering of our sin). • The specific situation does not seem to be one’s own sin but the contact with the result of sin, namely, death. • 3rd and 7th days… Application: We have need of going back to the same source for cleansing as well. We go back to Christ, the incarnate Word. “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭2:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:19-22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Prayer: pray the passage and how the Holy