Necessary Ritual After Childbirth
Without holiness, nobody can please God.
By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze
Introduction
The messages coming down form heaven complain of disregard of holiness in the worship of God. Religious leaders and members do not differentiate between clean and unclean things, between holy and unholy things. Everything is being messed up. Every religion, and church, has to learn the ways of God and do things according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit.
After child birth, a mother should not step into a church or holy place, until after forty (40) days. That is if the child is a baby boy. Where the child is a girl, the mother has to stay away from the church and holy place, for eighty (80) days.
Always remember that obedience is better than sacrifice.
1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child , then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean. 3 And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
5' But if she bears a female child , then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
6 'When the days of her purification are fulfilled, whether for a son or a daughter, she shall bring to the priest a lamb of the first year as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 7 Then he shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.
8 'And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she may bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons — one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"
Leviticus 12:1-13:1(Luke 2:22-24)
The Example Of Jesus
Majority of the Christians have read about laws of holiness in the life and times of Jesus Christ. Yet, even the religious leaders do not understand the meaning and implications. The Bible reference below shows that the laws of Moses was relevant even in the life of Jesus. And Jesus made it clearly known that He did not come to abolish the law and the prophets, but to fulfill (perform, do, execute) them.
22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD"), 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."
Luke 2:22-24