When you hear red heifer is born it might be the sign that the temple will soon be rebuilt
According to the Bible, the red heifer—a reddish-brown
cow, probably no more than two years old which had never had a yoke on it—was
to be sacrificed as part of the purification rites of the Mosaic Law. The
slaughtering of a red heifer was a ceremonial ritual in the Old Testament
sacrificial system, as described in Numbers 19:1-10. The purpose of the red
heifer sacrifice was to provide for the water of cleansing (Numbers 19:9),
another term for purification from sin. After the red heifer was sacrificed,
her blood was sprinkled at the door of the tabernacle.
The imagery of the blood of the heifer without blemish
being sacrificed and its blood cleansing from sin is a foreshadowing of the
blood of Christ shed on the cross for believers’ sin. He was “without blemish”
just as the red heifer was to be. As the heifer was sacrificed “outside the
camp” (Numbers 19:30), in the same way Jesus was crucified outside of
Jerusalem: “And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people
holy through his own blood” (Hebrews 13:11-12).
The Bible does teach that one day there will be again
be a temple of God in Jerusalem (Ezekiel chapters 41-45). Jesus prophesied that
the antichrist would desecrate the temple (Matthew 24:15), and for that to
occur, there obviously would have to be a temple in Jerusalem once again. Many
anticipate the birth of a red heifer because in order for a new temple to
function according to the Old Testament law, a red heifer would have to be
sacrificed for the water of cleansing used in the temple. So, when a red heifer
is born (which is quite unusual) it might be a sign that the temple will soon
be rebuilt.
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