Community is Critical

When one of the people had a potentially communicable disease they were isolated from the camp (Lev 13:45-46). This was not because of any sin they had committed. God was protecting the community at large from the disease. Diseases are known to ravage and even exterminate communities (small pox, plague, influenza, etc.) Living in fellowship was important for God’s people, but a disease that threatened the entire community required isolation. That did not mean that one could not outside the camp to visit the isolated ones. Jesus accepted the risk and ministered to the outcasts because they also needed fellowship, ministry, love and acceptance. Do I have the courage to join Jesus outside the camp?