Jesus and the Leper

Jesus the healer touched a leper. No one is to touch a leper because they would become unclean. Lepers were isolated from society and we need to pay attention that Jesus was outside the city as well, The leper was outside because of his illness; Jesus was outside the city to get rest away from the crowds. What are the modern day equivalents to Leprosy? Aids perhaps or mental illness? What about sex offenders? Sex offenders have to live in certain places away from schools and have to tell everyone that they to are "unclean." An 18 year-old-male who has sex with a 15 year-old female is treated the same as predatory pedophile or a rapist. These people are treated the same way as Lepers were in the First Century--ostracizing them from society. Just like today there is a fear of illness. Don't forget about mental illness. There are mentally ill people who are in prison because State Hospitals don't have the funding to help them anymore. Jesus us wondering around outside of towns because he can't sleep or rest when he is in town. The sacred canopy is the imaginary dwelling where members of society feel they belong. The Sacred Canopy can be seen as the synagogue where the Galileans gathered together and there within their sacred canopy dwelt a demon, which Jesus cast out. The fear today is that we will fall outside of this sacred canopy as we suffer income loss and job loss. There are people who have lost their homes or losing their homes and the feel that they are falling outside the sacred canopy. We, who follow Jesus, can bring those who feel outside the social canopy and bring them into the true sacred canopy. The leper was following the rules which Jesus breaks by touching him and restoring him. Jesus is now made "unclean" but rather than becoming a leper himself he heals and restores the leper.