Jesus in Command

1
Jesus in Command

• Mark 140-45

2
Jesus in Command

• Leviticus 1345-46
• "The person with such an infectious disease
  must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt,
  cover the lower part of his face and cry out,
  'Unclean! Unclean!' 46 As long as he has the
  infection he remains unclean. He must live alone
  he must live outside the camp.

3
Jesus in Command

• 2 Chron. 2621
• King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he
  died. He lived in a separate house --leprous, and
  excluded from the temple of the Lord.

4
Jesus in Command

• Jesus responds to a double-minded request
  (40-42)

5
Jesus in Command

• Jesus responds to a double-minded request
  (40-42)
• The man is ambivalent.

6
Jesus in Command

• Jesus responds to a double-minded request
  (40-42)
• The man is ambivalent.
• He begs.

7
Jesus in Command

• Jesus responds to a double-minded request
  (40-42)
• The man is ambivalent.
• He begs.
• Yet he doubts.

8
Jesus in Command

• Translation notes on verse 4
• EITHER filled with compassion OR angry

9

• Translation notes on verse 4
• EITHER filled with compassion OR angry
• Luke 1316
• Then should not this woman, a daughter of
  Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen
  long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from
  what bound her?"

10
Jesus in Command

• Jesus demands a dutiful response (43-44)

11
Jesus in Command

• Jesus demands a dutiful response (43-44)
• Jesus not keen on ritual.

12
Jesus in Command

• Jesus demands a dutiful response (43-44)
• Jesus not keen on ritual.
• BUT

13
Jesus in Command

• Leviticus 141-7
• The Lord said to Moses, 2 "These are the
  regulations for the diseased person at the time
  of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought
  to the priest 3 The priest is to go outside
  the camp and examine him. If the person has been
  healed of his infectious skin disease, 4 the
  priest shall order that two live clean birds and
  some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be
  brought for the one to be cleansed. 5 Then the
  priest shall order that one of the birds be
  killed over fresh water in a clay pot. 6 He is
  then to take the live bird and dip it, together
  with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the
  hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was
  killed over the fresh water. 7 Seven times he
  shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the
  infectious disease and pronounce him clean. Then
  he is to release the live bird in the open
  fields.

14
Jesus in Command

• It was in the mans best interests.

15
Jesus in Command

• It was in the mans best interests.
• It would make him acceptable in society.

16
Jesus in Command

• It was in the mans best interests.
• It would make him acceptable in society.
• It would help him overcome his doubts.

17
Jesus in Command

• Jesus has his movements hindered (45)

18
Jesus in Command

• Jesus is surrounded by people from everywhere
  (45)