Can the Ashes of a Red Heifer sprinkling
the unclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh either now or in the future?
Under the First
Covenant's sacrificial
and ceremonial system, was not the slaughtering of the animals and the sprinkling
of the blood
and the ashes
of a red heifer
only temporary?
How then does one take from the following scripture that it will be done again
in the future?
Hebrews 9 (13) For if the
blood
of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (14)
How much more shall the blood of Messiah, Who
through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to YAHWEH,
purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the Living Elohim?
In several ways, the red heifer and the
use of her ashes very uniquely represented the spotless sinless YAHshua Messiah
Who was to be sacrificed
without the
camp for the sins of the world.
Numbers 19 (I) And YAHWEH
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) This is the ordinance of the law which YAHWEH
hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the Children of Israel, that they bring thee
a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: (3) And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth
without the
camp, and one shall slay her
before his face: (4) And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood
with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle
of the congregation seven times:
As stated in verse five,
six and nine, The
ashes of the red heifer (consisting of the red heifer's skin, her flesh, her blood,
her dung, along with cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet mixed with running water) are to be used for the water of separation: it is
a purification for sin.
Numbers 19 (5) And one shall
burn the heifer
in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
(6) And the priest shall take cedar wood, and
hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into
the midst of the burning of the heifer. (7) Then the priest
shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he
shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. (8) And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes
in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. (9) And a man that
is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean
place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the Children of Israel for a water of
separation: it is a purification for sin. (10) And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the Children
of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for
ever.
That water of separation
is to be used on anyone that touches a dead body, anyone who is in or comes
into a tent when a man dies, anyone who touches one that is slain in the open
fields, a man's bone or a grave.
Numbers 19 (11) He that
toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. (12) He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day
he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day
he shall not be clean. (13) Whosoever toucheth the
dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of YAHWEH;
and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled
upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. (14) This is the
law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. (15) And every open vessel, which hath no covering
bound upon it, is unclean. (16) And whosoever
toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a
grave, shall be unclean seven days. (17) And for
an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin,
and running water
shall be put thereto in a vessel: (18) And a
clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it
in the water, and sprinkle it upon
the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and
upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: (19) And the
clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the
third day, and on the seventh day:
and on the
seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and shall be clean at even. (20)
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be
cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of YAHWEH:
the water of
separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. (21) And it shall be a *perpetual
statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his
clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. (22) And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
*Strongs #
5769. 'owlam, olawm';
or 'olam, olawm'; from H5956; prop. **concealed, i.e.
the vanishing point;
gen. time out of mind (past or fut.), i.e. (practically) eternity; freq. adv.
(espec. with prep. pref.) always:--always
(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever
(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at
any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Comp. H5331, H5703.
**Strongs #
5956. 'alam, aw-lam'; a prim. root; to veil from
sight, i.e. conceal (lit. or
fig.):-- X any ways, blind, dissembler,
hide (self), secret (thing).
(The
anti-type of the sacrificial system itself was veiled or concealed from Israel until its vanishing point i.e.- when the Ultimate Supreme Sacrifice of YAHshua Messiah became YAHWEH's Sacrificial Lamb.)
(Hebrews 10 (8) Above when He
said, Sacrifice
and offering
and burnt offerings
and offering
for sin THOU wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein; which
are offered
by the law; (9) Then said He,
Lo, I come to do THY will, O Elohim.
[Psalm 40:6-8] HE taketh away the first, that HE
may establish the second. (10) By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of YAHshua
Messiah once for all.)
Now, let us see what the author of the Book of Hebrews,
the Apostle Peter, the Apostle John, and the Apostle Paul says about sprinkling of blood, cleansing, purging, purifying, sanctifying, making holy, and venerating them that
are called.
Hebrews 9 (11) But Messiah being come a High Priest of good things to come,
by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say,
not of this building; (12) Neither by the blood
of goats and calves, but by His
Own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us. (13) For if the
blood
of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, *sanctifieth to the **purifying of the flesh:
(14) How much more shall the blood of Messiah, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to YAHWEH,
purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the Living Elohim?
*G37. hagiazo, hag-ee-ad'-zo; from G40; to make holy, i.e. (cer. ) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate:--hallow, be holy,
sanctify.
**G2514. katharotes, kath-ar-ot'-ace; from G2513; cleanness
(ceremonially.):--purification.
I Peter 1 (I) Peter, an apostle of YAHshua
Messiah,
to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia, (2) Elect according to the foreknowledge of YAHWEH
the FATHER,
through sanctification
of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood
of YAHshua
Messiah:
Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
I Corinthians 6 (11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified
in the name of the Sovereign YAHshua, and by the Spirit of our Elohim.
Ephesians 5 (24) Therefore as the Assembly is subject unto Messiah,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. (25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah
also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself
for it; (26) That He
might sanctify
and cleanse
it with the washing
of water
by the word, (27) That He
might present it to Himself a
glorious Assembly, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy
and without blemish.
Hebrews 10 (19) Having therefore, Brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of YAHshua, (20) By a New
and Living Way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, His flesh; (21) And having
a High Priest over the House of YAHWEH;
(22) Let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed
with pure water.
Revelation 1 (4) John to the seven Assemblies which are in Asia:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which
is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before HIS throne; (5) And from YAHshua
Messiah,
Who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and
the Prince
of the kings of the earth. Unto Him
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own blood,
(6) And hath made us kings and priests unto YAHWEH
and His FATHER; to Him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 7 (13) And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence
came they? (14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he
said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood
of the Lamb.
Conclusion: Once all the
above is understood, why would YAHshua and His Royal Priesthood who are YAHWEH's
Temple and Habitation want to serve
the tabernacle in a literal Temple
sacrificing
animals for either sin or the purifying of the flesh as was done under the
First Covenant? Read what the author of the Book of Hebrews said about serving the tabernacle.
Hebrews 13 (10) We have an altar, whereof they have no
right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
(11) For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is
brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the
camp. (12) Wherefore YAHshua also, that He might sanctify the people with His Own blood,
suffered without
the gate. (13) Let us go forth
therefore unto Him without the
camp, bearing His
reproach. (14) For here have we no continuing city, but we seek
one to come. (15) By Him
therefore let us offer the sacrifice of
praise to YAHWEH
continually, that is, the fruit
of our lips giving thanks to HIS name.
(16) But to do good and to communicate forget not:
for with such sacrifices YAHWEH is well pleased.
It appears that YAHshua was teaching us by example that it was
time to leave the Temple and its sacrificial system when He made His supreme
sacrifice without the camp. Therefore,
let us follow YAHshua's
example and take our sacrifice of Praise and
Thanksgiving without the camp
so we can continue to eat at the proper altar in the New and Living Way.
[6-25-19] Brother Arkie