The Saciafice of the Red Heifer
The
purpose of the sacrifice of the Red Heifer was to purify any Israelite who came
into contact with death. Here we have an interesting parallel to the sacrifice
of our Lord Jesus Christ who gave His life to conquer death.
The
Heifer was to be without spot or blemish, no yoke ever placed on it and
sacrificed outside the camp. Jesus was without sin, not under the control of
man and was sacrificed outside the city.
The
Heifer was to be burned on cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material cast into
the burning fire. Just as our Lord was tortured, nailed to a cedar cross,
offered vinegar to deaden the pain on a pole of hyssop and shed scarlet blood
for you and for me.
This
sacrifice, reached ahead through the centuries, presenting
Christ, the Messiah, who would be born of a virgin and become the
Representative of God to mankind and mankind to God, dying for the sins of the
world.
The Truth
“I lay down
My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of
Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
command I have received from My Father.” (John 10:17-18)
