Amazing Prophecies in Leprosy The Glories of Cleansing

Amazing Prophecies in Leprosy: The Glories of Cleansing Grace (Lev. 13 -14) 對痲瘋病的奇妙預言: 潔淨之恩典的榮耀 (利 13 -14章) • Over 90% of Leviticus is dictated by God Himself. (Lev. 1: 1; 4: 1; 5: 14; 6: 1; etc. ) • 利未記 90%的內容都是上帝自己的口授. • Leviticus seems to be an enigma of strange laws & mysterious ceremonies. What’s it all about? • 利未記好像是奇怪的律法和神秘儀式組成 的一團謎. 它到底在講述什麼?

One key to understand Leviticus is to look for truth about Jesus 一個明瞭利未記的鑰匙, 是尋找有關耶穌的真理 • (Lk. 24: 27) And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, Jesus expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. • 路 24: 27 -於是從摩西和眾先知起，凡經 上所指著自己的話都給他們講解明白了。

Life Changing Lessons from Leprosy: The Glories of Cleansing Grace (Lev. 13 -14) 從痲瘋病學習改變生命的功課: 潔淨之恩典的榮耀 (利 13, 14章) • One of the infallible concrete proofs of the Divine inspiration of the Bible is Prophesy • 聖經是上帝所默示的一項具體無誤的證據, 就 是預言. • A Type is “a prophetic shadow, cast by Divine design, of good things to come” (Heb. 10: 1): • 而預表是 「經由上帝設計所投射的一個預言 的影子, 指向將要來的美事. 」

A Prophetic Type can be: 一個具有預言式的預表可能是: • A person, thing, or event in the O. T. designed to represent or prefigure some person, thing, or event in the New Testament. • 舊約的一個人, 物, 或事件, 被設計用以代表或 預表新約的某些人, 物, 或事件.

• The resemblance between the types & their fulfillment are so many & striking as to preclude the possibility of coincidence or accident. • 預表與他們未來的實現之間的類似處眾多且驚 人, 幾乎完全排除了巧合或意外發生的可能性.

Leviticus is a Revelation from God so it contains amazing Prophetic Types 利未記是來自上帝的啟示, 所以 包含了奇妙的預言式的預表 Prophecy & Prophetic Types are an irrefutable proof of the Divine Inspiration of the Bible. 預言和預言式的預表, 是聖經是上帝默示的無 法駁斥的證據. Once you discover Prophetic Types you will never doubt the Inspiration of the Bible. You will have to believe it! 一旦你發現了預言式的預表, 你就不會再懷疑 聖經是上帝所默示的. 你不得不相信!

Leprosy: The Glories of Cleansing Grace 痲瘋: 潔淨之恩典的榮耀 • In Leviticus 13 -14 we have a scientific marvel. How to diagnose & quarantine contagious diseases written in 1445 B. C. • 利未記 13 -14章中具有一個科學的奇觀 – 紀元 前1445年就已記下如何診斷並隔離傳染病. • Mankind didn’t figure it out until the 1870’s • 人類直到紀元後1870年代才弄清楚.

We gain great insight into our N. T. salvation experience from the Leper 我們從痲瘋患者更深看見新約所描述的救恩經驗 Leprosy was one of the most loathsome and feared diseases of the ancient world. 痲瘋是古代最令人作嘔, 也最害怕的疾病之一.

I. ) LEPROSY is a vivid Type of SIN: (Isa 賽. 1: 5 -6; Jer 耶. 30: 12 -14) 痲瘋鮮明地預表罪 • 1. Leprosy reveals how repulsive & loathsome sin really is. It results in putrid rotting flesh (Rom. 7: 18, 24). • 痲瘋顯示罪如何地醜惡, 另人作嘔. 它造成腐 爛的肉 (羅7: 18, 24).

Leprosy destroys the nerves of feeling 痲瘋摧毀感覺神經 Sin numbs us & makes us insensitive to its life threatening dangers & deadly consequences 罪使我們麻木, 並讓我們對威脅生命的危險和 導致死亡的後果失去知覺. “Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness…” (Eph. 4: 19) 弗 4: 19 -良心既然喪盡，就放縱私慾，貪行種 種的污穢。

Leprosy portrays the hopelessness of sin 痲瘋描繪罪的無可救藥 • (Rom 7: 24) “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? ” • 羅7: 24 -我真是苦啊！誰能救我脫離這取 死的身體呢？ • Illus: A Roman judgment • Leprosy, like sin, leaves scars & deformities • 痲瘋就像罪一樣, 留下疤痕和畸形.

There was no cure; considered a living death 痲瘋沒有救法; 活著就是行屍走肉 (Eph. 2: 1) “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses & sins” (Rom. 6: 23) 弗 2: 1 -你們死在過犯罪惡之中，他叫你們活 過來。(羅6: 23)

Leprosy is a plague of the flesh (Lev. 13: 2 -6) sin is a plague of the heart (I Kings 8: 38) 痲瘋是肉體的瘟疫 (利 13: 2 -6); 罪是心的瘟疫 (王上8: 38) • The proof it was Leprosy was that it went below the surface of the skin (Lev. 13: 3, 20, 25 -6) • 痲瘋的證據, 就是它侵入到皮膚下面 (利 13: 3, 20, 25 -26). • Once it can be seen it can be judged according to the word of God (Matt. 7: 16 -20) • 一旦它被看見, 就可根據上帝的話語來斷定它 ( 太 7: 16 -20). Illus: a boil (Lev. 13: 18 -23)

Leprosy as a disease is healed (Lev 14: 3) 痲瘋病得醫治 (利 14: 3) As a type of sin it makes us “unclean” (Lev. 13: 45; Zech. 13: 1; Eph. 4: 19) 痲瘋預表罪, 罪使我們「不潔淨」(利 13: 45; 撒 13: 1; 弗 4: 19). And must be cleansed (Matt. 8: 2 -4; 11: 5; etc. ) 所以我們必須被潔淨 (太 8: 2 -4; 11: 5).

Only the Priest can pronounce a leper clean (Lev. 14: 1 -7) 只有祭司可以宣告痲瘋患者蒙潔淨 (利 14: 1 -7) (Heb 4: 14) “…we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God 來4: 14 - 我們既然有一位已經升入高天尊榮的 大祭司，就是神的兒子耶穌… (Heb 4: 16) Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. ” 來4: 16 - 所以，我們只管坦然無懼的來到施恩 的寶座前，為要得憐恤，蒙恩惠，作隨時的幫 助。

Leprosy like sin, is incurable 痲瘋像罪一樣, 無法救治 • It takes a miracle of God’s grace to cleanse leprosy & sin (2 King 5: 6 -7; Lk. 4: 27; I John 1: 7). • 需要上帝恩典的奇蹟, 來潔淨痲瘋和罪 ( 王上5: 6 -7; 路 4: 27; 約一1: 7). • The Leper must be presented “before the LORD” to be pronounced clean (Lev. 14: 11, 16) • 痲瘋患者必須帶到「耶和華的面前」, 才被宣 告蒙潔淨 (利 14: 11, 16).

How does someone find out they’re a leper? 人如何發現自己患了痲瘋? The priest pronounces the leper unclean by comparing his skin problem with God’s Word. 祭司拿那人的皮膚問題與上帝的話語對照後, 才宣告痲瘋患者不潔淨. The Priest is a type of Christ & the Christian believer today (Rev. 1: 6) 祭司預表基督和今天的基督徒 (啟 1: 6).

EVERY ONE OF US IS LIKE A LEPER IN GOD’S SIGHT: 我們每人在上帝眼中都好似痲瘋患者 • “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isa. 64: 6 -7) • 賽 64: 6 -7 我們都像不潔淨的人；所有的義都像污穢的 衣服…. … • The leper is a living parable of every one of us, dead in trespasses & sins (Eph. 2: 1 -5) • 痲瘋病患是我們每一個人活生生的比喻 – 死在 過犯罪惡中 (弗 2: 1 -5).

The Importance of the Law 律法的重要性 It is only through the Law of God that we become convinced that we are a leprous sinner in the eyes of a holy God. 只有藉著上帝的律法, 我們才確知在聖潔上帝 的眼中, 我們如同患了痲瘋的罪人. Illus : The law like a dentist’s mirror

II. A Lepers Reconciliation with man & God Pictures our Salvation in Christ 痲瘋患者與人和上帝的和好 – 描繪我們在基督裡的救恩 In Leviticus 14: 1 -9 the Leper is restored to fellowship with his fellowman 利 14: 1 -9 記述痲瘋患者返回營中與人團聚. In Leviticus 14: 10 -32 the Leper is reconciled with God 利 14: 10 -32 記述痲瘋患者與上帝重新和好.

The Leper has nothing to do with his miraculous cleansing. 痲瘋患者沒有參與自己奇蹟式的潔淨 The ceremonies were performed only on one who had already been miraculously cleansed (Lev. 14: 3; Psalm 30: 11). 儀式只為那些已經奇蹟式地蒙潔淨的人舉行 (利 14: 3; 詩 30: 11).

Titus. 3: 5 提多書 3: 5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy God saved us, by the washing of regeneration & renewing of the Holy Ghost” 他便救了我們，並不是因我們自己所行的義， 乃是照他的憐憫，藉著重生的洗和聖靈的更 新。

The Priest looks for the leper, not the leper for the Priest 祭司尋找痲瘋病患, 不是痲瘋病患尋找祭司 The priest shall go forth out of the camp” & look “to see if the plague of leprosy is healed” (Lev. 14: 3; Heb. 13: 12) 利 14: 3 - 祭司要出到營外察看，若見他的大痲 瘋痊愈了…(來13: 12).

Who is this Priest? (Col. 2: 16 -17; Heb. 9: 11) 誰是這位祭司? (西 2: 16 -１ 7; 來9: 11) Our Lord Jesus Christ is: “such an high priest. . . who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens” (Heb. 7: 26). 我們的主耶穌基督是: 像這樣聖潔、無邪惡、無 玷污、遠離罪人、高過諸天的大祭司，原是與 我們合宜的 (來7: 26)。

THE PRIEST OFFERS BLOOD SACRIFICE FOR THE LEPER 祭司為痲瘋患者獻上血祭 • “Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins” (Heb. 9: 22). • 來9: 22 -若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。 • Sacrifices 1 bird & 2 lambs (Lev. 14: 5, 10). • 獻上一只鳥, 兩只羊羔 (利 14: 5, 10)

Leviticus 利未記 14: 4 -7 (4) “Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed 2 birds alive & clean, & cedar wood, & scarlet, & hyssop: 14: 4 - 就要吩咐人為那求潔淨的拿兩隻潔淨的 活鳥和香柏木、朱紅色線，並牛膝草來。 (5) & the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 14: 5 - 祭司要吩咐用瓦器盛活水，把一隻鳥宰 在上面。

(6) He shall take “the living bird, & the cedar wood, & the scarlet, & the hyssop, & shall dip them & the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running (living) water: 14: 6 - 至於那隻活鳥，祭司要把他和香柏木、 朱紅色線並牛膝草一同蘸於宰在活水上的鳥血 中， (7) And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy 7 times, & pronounce him clean, & shall let the living bird loose into the open field” 14: 7 - 用以在那長大痲瘋求潔淨的人身上灑七次，就 定他為潔淨，又把活鳥放在田野裡.

Observe the Incredible Prophetic Details 觀察這些難以置信的細節

Observe the Incredible Prophetic Details 觀察這些難以置信的細節

2 Birds portray the Death & Resurrection of Christ 兩只鳥描繪基督的死亡與復活 “He was delivered for our offences & was raised again for our Justification” (Rom. 4: 25) 羅4: 25 - 耶穌被交給人，是為我們的過犯；復活， 是為叫我們稱義.

Christ’s humanity symbolized in the earthen vessel (Heb. 2: 14 -17). 基督的人性藉瓦器來象徵 (來2: 14 -17) The N. T. likens our bodies to earthen vessels (2 Cor. 4: 7; Jer. 18: 1 -6). 新約將我們的身體比作瓦 器 (林後4: 7; 耶 18: 1 -6).

The running [living] water Typifies the Holy Spirit (Isa. 44: 3; John 7: 38 -39) 活水預表聖靈 (賽 44: 3; 約7: 38 -39) • (Isa 44: 3) “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty… I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed” • 賽 44: 3 - 因為我要將水澆 灌口渴的人…我要將我的 靈澆灌你的後裔…。

Killing 1 Bird over living Water: An amazing prophetic picture of I Peter 3: 18 將一只鳥在活水上殺死: 是彼前3: 18 奇妙的預表畫面 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, 因基督也曾一次為罪受苦（有古卷：受死）， 就是義的代替不義的，為要引我們到神面前。 being put to death in the flesh but quickened [made alive] by the Spirit. ” 按著肉體說，他被治死；按著靈性說，他復活 了。

THE AGONY OF SIN & THE ECSTASY OF SALVATON: 罪的痛苦與救恩的狂喜 • One Lamb is a sin offering; One is a burnt offering (Lev. 14: 13, 19 -20). • 一只羊羔是贖罪祭, 另一只羊羔是燔祭 ( 利 14: 13, 19 -20). • Illus: 2 Lambs • Blood put on his right ear, right thumb, & right toe (Lev. 14: 14). • 將血點在他的右耳, 右拇指, 和右腳趾 (利 14: 14).

The Leper Becomes a “Living Sacrifice” 痲瘋患者成為「活祭」 (Rom 12: 1) I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 羅12: 1 - 所以弟兄們，我以神的慈悲勸你們， 將身體獻上，當作活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜 悅的；你們如此事奉乃是理所當然的。 Then the blood is sealed with the oil & the Leper is anointed with the oil (Lev. 14: 17 -18). 然後用油將血封住, 痲瘋患者也被油膏抹 (利 14: 17 -8)

A life changing portrayal of our Sealing with the Holy Spirit 描繪我們被聖靈封印, 生命改變 (Eph 1: 13) “… after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise 弗 1: 13 - …. 信了基督，既然信他，就受了所應 許的聖靈為印記。 (Eph. 4: 30) “grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” 弗 4: 30 -不要叫神的聖靈擔憂；你們原是受了 他的印記，等候得贖的日子來到。

A life changing portrayal of our Anointing 描繪改變我們生命的膏抹 (Isa 61: 1) The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; 賽 61: 1 -主耶和華的靈在我身上；因為耶和華 用膏膏我，叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人… to bind up the brokenhearted, 差遣我醫好傷心的人, to proclaim liberty to the captives 報告被擄的得釋放,

THE PROPHETIC TYPE CULMINATES IN BAPTISM 預表的高潮是浸禮 “He that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes… (the gifted white robe of the Priest) 求潔淨的人當洗衣服 (祭司賜給的白袍), and wash himself in water [a mikveh], that he may be clean…” (Lev 14: 8 -9) 又要洗衣服，用水洗身，就潔淨了(利 14: 8 -9)

THE MIRACLE OF THE LEPER, THE LAW, & THE CHRIST 痲瘋病患, 律法, 與基督的奇蹟 • Never in Israel’s history did the Priests have the privilege of performing this ceremony on a cleansed leper • 以色列歷史中, 從未有祭司行使過這宣告痲 瘋患者得潔淨的儀式. • Until Jesus came (Matt. 8: 4; Mk. 1: 40 -44; ) • 直到耶穌到來 (太 8: 4; 可 1: 40 -44).

Practical Applications 實際的應用 • God wants us to look into this “law of the leper” and see ourselves! (James 1: 22 -25) • 上帝要我們查看「痲瘋患者的律法」, 並看到 自己(雅1: 22 -25). • Gives me a profound understanding of being a sinner in the eyes of a Holy God. • 讓我們更深入明白, 我們在 聖潔上帝的眼中, 是罪人.

Practical Applications 實際的應用 • Gives me a profound understanding of God’s saving Grace & my miraculous salvation • 讓我們更深入明白上帝拯救的恩典, 以及我所 獲得的奇妙的救恩. • I will offer myself to God as a living sacrifice out of gratitude for what He’s done for me. • 出於感謝上帝的恩典, 我要將自己獻給上帝作 活祭.

Practical Applications 實際的應用 • Realizing Prophesy is an irrefutable evidence for the Inspiration of God’s Word I will never doubt it but obey it. • 明瞭預言是聖經是上帝所默示的無可反駁的 證據, 我不再懷疑它, 而要順服它. • I will live an upright & godly life by the power of the Holy Spirit. • 我要靠著聖靈的力量, 活出正直, 聖潔的生活.