“Washing” in the Bible represents purification - unsurprisingly! Washing dirt from the skin symbolizes using true ideas from the Lord to remove evil desires and false ideas from our minds. This is the reason that washing was such an integral part of ritual; cleaning the body to perform physical acts of worship - something with no actual spiritual value - is symbolic of repenting our evils and falsities as part of worshiping the Lord.

Title: The First Day of the First Month

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The Bible speaks of new beginnings in connection with the first day of the first month. No matter how far off course our lives in this world may get, there is always an opportunity to repent and start again. (Note the striking invisibility of the reader at minutes 2 and 4 ;-). She reappears at minute 16.)

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 8:4, 12-14; 9:13
Exodus 40:1-2, 34
2 Chronicles 29:3, 10, 17, 35
Ezra 7:6
Ezekiel 45:18-20
Philippians 3:12, 15
Psalms 39:4-5; 90