We have all heard that the Law of Moses is a lesser law, designed to prepare people for Christ's teachings. So when I read Leviticus 14: 33-48; and it talked about healing a plagued house, I wondered how that applied to us. I remembered something C.S. Lewis said in Mere Christianity.
"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right, and stopping the leaks in the roof, and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably, and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to?
The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of– throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."
In Leviticus, it talks only of replacing the bad, of restoring the home to its former state. This is the lower law of Moses, preparing the people of Israel to understand Christ's teachings. As C.S. Lewis points out - Christ doesn't just want to make us normal. He wants to make us better. But unless we let Him work, He cannot make us into the palace He wants us to be.
"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right, and stopping the leaks in the roof, and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably, and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to?
The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of– throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."
In Leviticus, it talks only of replacing the bad, of restoring the home to its former state. This is the lower law of Moses, preparing the people of Israel to understand Christ's teachings. As C.S. Lewis points out - Christ doesn't just want to make us normal. He wants to make us better. But unless we let Him work, He cannot make us into the palace He wants us to be.
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