The Holy Bread
Leviticus 11:24-47
4 “‘You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. 25 Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. 26 “‘Every animal that does not have a divided hoof or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean. 27 Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. 28 Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. These animals are unclean for you. 29 “‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. 31 Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening. 32 When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean. 33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot. 34 Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean. 35 Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean. 36 A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean. 37 If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean. 38 But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 “‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening. 40 Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. 41 “‘Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. 42 You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean. 43 Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. 44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. 46 “‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.’”
Now, I am wondering about the word, 'Holy' and I searched the words of the bible, except the Holy Spirit, and I found it many times, starting from Genesis 2:3, 'God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.', to these following sentences: "You are the holy nation. Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship. You ought to live holy and godly lives. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
God seems to want many things to be holy, naming the day, body, nation, lives, and here in Leviticus, the animals and food and even pots and hands, etc. Likewise, we have tried to make everything clean and sanitized in this Corona pandemic. It looks like a similar situation, but in a way, it's totally different from what God says, 'Holy'. He himself is holy, and His essential nature is holy, so if we are to dwell with Him and live in His kingdom, we should be holy. What a good sense of it!
Then, what is the holiness itself? Holiness is cleanness without any defect and flaw, like the pure water or air, though I can't imagine cleanness in this corrupt age, because almost everything on earth, under the sea, and in the air are unclean. Then where should I find it?
How could I be holy and clean before Him who is holy, holy, holy. There is only one thing. Eating the Food of holy Jesus who was, and is, and is to come. As Jesus said, I am the bread and eat it; this is my body. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world(John 6:33). I am the bread that came down from heaven(John 6:41).
As a sinful man, it's not easy to understand the word, holy, as my concept is limited, and my thought and mind have been corrupt and unclean in many ways. However, I think that I have one key to be holy. That is not to drink pure water or get fresh air, but to eat the holy bread that is God, the Father, Jesus, the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit, the three trinity itself. The Holy Bible shines on my thought and mind and makes me notice the uncleanness and help me get them away from my heart. When the light shines on me, there is no darkness, and then I can be holy with sincere confession and His generous forgiveness.
