In
Leviticus 11-15, attention is turned to a whole series of regulations regarding
what made an Israelite ‘unclean’, and how they could become ‘clean’ again. A
lot of it sounds wildly irrelevant to us, but 12:8 actually gives us an insight
into Jesus’ home situation. Luke 2:22 says, “When the time of their
purification according to the law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary
took [Jesus] to Jerusalem
How often
in our mostly comfortable, largely middle-class world, do we remember that
Jesus was poor? That he had no-where to lay his head (Mt 8:20) - was he even
homeless? How often do we ponder on “the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his
poverty might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9)?
Even as
we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection today, praise God that he became poor … so
that we might become rich. And pray that we would have God’s compassion for the
poor in our society.
(member of ordained
staff)