Holiness, Nearness, and Human Limitation

Why Uncleanness Did Not Affect God but Transformed the People

By: Mike Mazzalongo     Posted: Sun. Apr 12th

Discussion Questions
  1. Why did Israel need to learn holiness through lived experience rather than explanation alone?
  2. How does this framework change the way you read Leviticus 11-15?
  3. Where might modern Christians still treat access to God too casually?

Sources
  • Gordon J. Wenham, The Book of Leviticus.
  • Jacob Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16.
  • John E. Hartley, Leviticus.
  • ChatGPT collaborative article with Mike Mazzalongo, January 2026.
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