"1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come. 3 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him. 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. 5 And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned. 6 And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening. 8 The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening. 9 And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place. And they shall be kept for the water for impurity for the congregation of the people of Israel; it is a sin offering. 10 And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And this shall be a perpetual statute for the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them." - Numbers 19:1-10
The requirements for a cow to meet the qualifications to be a "red heifer without defect" are nearly impossible to meet. In fact, the last time one was sacrificed was nearly 2,000 years ago! There have been a total of only 9 red heifers sacrificed since Moses' day. These animals are extremely rare. What is remarkable is this...there are, as we speak, I believe 4 qualified red heifers in Israel, waiting to be sacrificed! (These heifers were discovered at a red angus farm in Texas, rigorously inspected and approved by Jewish rabbis, and flown to Israel. God bless Texas!)
Among the Jews, it is believed that temple worship cannot resume until a red heifer is sacrificed for the purification of the temple worshippers according to the Numbers 19 specifications. What we do know is this, not only are there qualified heifers in Israel, but a priest has been qualified, land atop the Mount of Olives facing the Temple Mount has been purchased and prepared and an altar has been constructed on site. These are facts and have even been reported in major news outlets, though sparsely.
Further, on January 14, 2024, when Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida spoke publicly (via recorded video message) marking 100 days of the Hamas-Israel war and regarding the reasons for the Muslim organization's October 7, 2024 attack on Israel, he stated that the bringing of red cows to the Holy Land was Jewish Zionism and reason for such an attack. I have to admit, after living in the U.S. and trying to sort out the lies and hidden agendas of literally every politician in our land, this clarity from Hamas is refreshing, while at the same time, staggering. Hamas is admitting that this war is religious (which few in the western world are reporting).
You see, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem currently houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a Muslim holy site which was constructed in around the year 700. Today, this area is an Islamic stronghold only accessed by Muslims for the purpose of worship. Muslims know that when a red heifer is offered on the Mount of Olives, looking directly across from the Dome of the Rock, it means only one thing...Israel plans to resume worship on this site one day. To the Muslim, likely every Muslim in the world, that is worth fighting for. To quote Mustafa Abu Sway, Imam at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, from his recent interview with CBS Saturday Morning, the sacrifice of a red heifer would be "opening a Pandora's box that nobody can close."
(FYI - 2024's Sabbath of the Red Heifer or Shabbat Parah begins sundown Friday, March 29th and ends sundown Saturday, March 30th and Passover is April 22nd-30th)
Church, is it sinking in to you the weight of the times in which we live? This is not a game. I pray to God that we will be awakened and remain so as the Day of the Lord draws near.
"11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light." - Romans 13:11-12
Pastor Jeremy
