Excuse me!  Where’s the bathroom?

escrito por: Andrew Friesen en 6/24/2009

It shocked me as I read it.  God gave instructions about how to go to the bathroom? 

 “Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. (Deuteronomy 23:12-13)

Now this might surprise you, but I’m going to share a beautiful truth about Jesus from this scripture.  

First of all, they were commanded to go outside the camp to relieve themselves.  Let me ask you a question.  Where was Jesus crucified?  Hebrews 13:10-12 says that Jesus was crucified outside the camp.   

Next, they were supposed to use an instrument called an “implement” or “paddle” to cover their excrement (thank God I don’t have to explain all these details).  It’s facinating that the hebrew word for  paddle is “yathed” which also means "stake".  Jesus was crucified on a cross or "stauros" which means stake.  

And lastly, they were commanded dig a hole in order to barry their business once and for all.  Colossians 2:12 says that your old sinful nature was burried with Jesus Christ. Romans 6:3-4 says, “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”  

Dear friend, this seemingly odd scripture verse is actually a wonderful picture of the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  That when Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, God literally took ALL of your sins (or crap) and buried them with Jesus never to be remembered against you again. Hallelujah!  This is how you can live a holy life.  Identify with what Christ has done for you!  Let Jesus live BIG in you!  And you will live the life God wants you to live.  God bless you!  Your thoughts? -Andrew