Illness

Born from our mother’s womb we enter the world in three phases – or by two stages with the Holy Spirit in mind; one being born, and the other one having come to life. Entering the world in three phases we will be delivered from our mother’s body to the comfort of our family, and thereafter from the comfort of our family to the world. And so the three phases are within our mother’s body, within her reach, and in the world. These three phases, or two stages with the Holy Spirit in mind, I have shown to be lovely in my explanation of the Ten Commandments by the Ten Words. See my web page.

In the Law of Moses these three phases, or two stages with the Holy Spirit in mind, is referred to explicitly in the rules for skin deceases, mould on wear, and mildew in houses (Leviticus 13-14). The Law is very detailed on how to react upon these illnesses making the person, the wear, or the house, unclean – in this case infected. The priests, the sons of Aron, are in the Law given the authority to decide upon if an infection has taken place, and if getting rid of the illness one is to make prescribed offerings unto The Lord. The offerings were among the Children of Israel effectuated by the priests who thereby made atonement for the person’s sin.

Skin deceases, thoroughly described what to be in The Law, make man unclean for the time the skin decease rules, and so the one infected were made to move outside the camp until he became clean from the illness.

In summoning up The Law Moses stressed the importance of the rules he had given on this illness of the casing, on the clothing, and on the building, by reminding the Children of Israel of the woman Miriam (Deuteronomy 24:8-9). Miriam, who was Aron’s sister and a highly respected woman, was hit with leprosy after she together with Aron had complained about a marriage Moses did, and after The Lord had corrected them telling them Moses was unique. Leprosy, in other words, is given by The Lord as a warning of that something is terribly wrong with one’s cover. But the story also is that Miriam, prayed for by Moses, was said to become clean after spending seven days outside the camp. And she did. This illness is not considered to be chronic.

There are in The Law no references to other illnesses than this one on the skin, on the wear, or on the house.