Living in a Bubble; Deuteronomy 23
Living in a Bubble
On September 21, 1971 in Texas, a child was born. "It's a boy!". The parents were overjoyed. Then their world was shattered. After this brief exposure to the outside world the child was placed in a plastic bubble. His immune system could not be contaminated by the germs of the outside world. The doctors thought that the child might outgrow the disease, now known as SCID, by his second or third year of life. He did not. The child, David Vetter, lived out his life of 12 years in a bubble in an effort to keep him alive.
God cannot be in relationship with sin. He is Holy.When His own son was suffering and dying on the cross, he turned his back on him. Not because he stopped loving Him, but because His sinless son had taken on the sins of the world. God is holy.
To have a relationship with God we must be uncontaminated by sin. We must have pure hearts. This is something we can't do on our own. The blood that was shed that day on the cross is the only way to have a sinless heart and know God. God accomplished for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Psalm 51:10Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Deuteronomy 23 is a an outward picture of what God will do in our hearts under the New Covenant.
In Deuteronomy 23:9-14 God give the Israelites instructions on how and why they need to keep their camp clean of impurities.
Deut. 23:14 For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you
God want us to live in the world and share what we have been given through suffering and sacrifice of Jesus. Our "bubble" is he blood of Christ. This keeps us clean of all impurities that would stand in the way of our relationship with God. We are pure because of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Dig Deeper:
- verses3-5 are interesting verses to take note of.
- They speak back to the incident with the Prophet Balaam and shed some light on that story. (see Number 22)
- They also give the reasons that the Israelites are not to have any dealing with he Moabites. This will come back in to play when we reach the book of Ruth.
- verses 15-24 are reminders to not take advantage of others, especially the poor, fellow Israelites and the oppressed.
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