The Chosen Discussion 6_11_2023
Teachers
Lesson Summary
The class began by revisiting The Chosen’s Episode 5, focusing on the theme of “Unclean.” The teacher guided participants through Leviticus 5 and Leviticus 15, emphasizing the ancient purity regulations concerning contact with dead bodies and chronic bodily discharge. By reading verses such as Leviticus 15:19‑24, the teacher highlighted how these laws set the stage for two pivotal New Testament events: Jesus’ interaction with the woman suffering from a bleeding disorder and the miracle of raising Jairus’ daughter. The discussion then shifted to the series’ subplot of Eden’s miscarriage, using it as a modern parallel to illustrate the pain and secrecy that can strain relationships. Participants reflected on how Jesus’ compassion toward the marginalized—both the ceremonially “unclean” woman and the grieving father—offers a model for dealing with personal suffering and feelings of being overlooked. The class concluded with heartfelt testimonies about the impact of these stories on personal faith, emphasizing that the gospel’s power extends beyond physical healing to emotional restoration and relational honesty.
Key Scriptures
If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond that purity, all the days of her impure discharge, she shall continue as though in her menstrual impurity she is unclean. And any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be like her bed at menstruation. And everything on which she sits shall be unclean like her uncleanliness at that time. Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in the water and be unclean until evening.
If a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass or an unclean beast or the carcass of an unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty.