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I think this
chapter runs far more deep than it originally appears. On the surface level, this simply seems to be
a chapter talking about male and female emissions and how bad they make us
unclean. It is far too easy to make this
chapter about sex and how sex is bad while we completely miss the point of what
God is truly saying.
Remember
that God created man and woman. He
created us different. He created us with
the intention that humankind would continue through the very act of sex. If God created humanity with the very intention
of having sex, how can we walk away from a passage thinking that this chapter
is about how sex makes us unclean?
Perhaps even more importantly, do you notice none of the uncleanliness
in this chapter requires a sacrifice to remove the uncleanliness except for the
one case where blood is involved? This tells
us that there is something different at work here in this chapter.
While God
did create us with sex in mind, He also knows that the act of sex is temptingly
dangerous for us. Yes, sex done outside
of marriage can get us into all sorts of trouble. I think there is still a far deeper point
than this, though. When two human beings
conceive life through the act of sex, we are temptingly close to an act of
God. It is quite easy for us to feel
like a creator in the act of sex. I
think God’s point in this chapter is to remind us that sex is not an act of
creation for us, sex is an act of creation for God. We conceive the life, but God creates
it. Because we draw so close to the role
of God in our human sexuality, God wants us to be mindful of our place and how
our role is fundamentally different than His.
I believe that is the deep point in this chapter.
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