Holiness as separation from the worldly
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· 88 viewsGod’s people are called to holiness, which involves being distinct from other people. In the OT, this is seen in the command to separate from other nations and from everything that can compromise commitment to the Lord. In the NT believers are called to distance themselves from the ways and values of the world, which can be dishonouring to God and destructive to obedience to him.
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Israel is to be set apart from other nations
Israel is to be set apart from other nations
You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
“ ‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
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Common things are designated clean or unclean by ritual law
Common things are designated clean or unclean by ritual law
Clean and unclean animals
Clean and unclean animals
“ ‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.’ ”
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Infectious skin diseases
Infectious skin diseases
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Mildew
Mildew
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Bodily discharges
Bodily discharges
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Corpses
Corpses
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What is holy must be kept separate
What is holy must be kept separate
The Israelites must distinguish between the holy and the common
The Israelites must distinguish between the holy and the common
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Contact with the profane desecrates the holy
Contact with the profane desecrates the holy
shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
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Unclean people and things must be removed
Unclean people and things must be removed
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Unclean people are not to approach what is sacred
Unclean people are not to approach what is sacred
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The holy must be treated with respect
The holy must be treated with respect
Unintentional defilement of the holy carries a penalty
Unintentional defilement of the holy carries a penalty
The Lord said to Moses: “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering. They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.
Warnings against contempt for the holy
Warnings against contempt for the holy
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.
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Examples of contempt for the holy
Examples of contempt for the holy
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Christians are called to be separate from the ways of the world
Christians are called to be separate from the ways of the world
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