“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Romans 7: 21, 22 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 

For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should cleanse ourselves so that we will not be cut off from Israel, the church.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, if our Lord Jesus Christ has to do the work of priesthood within us, the bride, the church we must not desire in the wealth of the world and only if we live as God is our portion and God is our inheritance; only then God can be glorified as our priest, high priest and eternal priest in our soul and we meditated regarding this.

Next, the facts that we are going to meditate upon are Numbers 19: 1 – 22 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 

“This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come. 

You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him; 

and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting. 

Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned. 

And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer. 

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening. 

And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 

Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin. 

And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It shall be a statute forever to the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them.

‘He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. 

He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. 

Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him.

‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; 

and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. 

Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

‘And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and running water shall be put on them in a vessel. 

A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. 

The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.

‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 

It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. 

Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’”

In the above-mentioned verses the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and the ordinance of the law that he is commanding is that speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come and that you shall give it to Eleazar the priest and that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered there; and then he shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.

Then the heifer shall be burned: that is, its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned. And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer. Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until evening. Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin.

My dear people, when we think regarding the previous things, when we submit ourselves for the Lord leaving all the pleasures, enjoyment, wealth and everything and when we come to him as sinners saying that the Lord is only our refuge, he is our portion, and he is our inheritance for the purification of our sin God is showing the red heifer as a pattern. It should be without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come. That is a pattern of our Lord Jesus Christ. He, for us, for our sins suffered outside the camp outside the gate.

Regarding that, Hebrews 13: 11 – 13 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 

Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 

Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

In this manner, our Christ does purification of sin for us, and when we receive baptism by water, he purifies our sin, and he puts on the garment of salvation for us.  Also, for whomever it may be even for the stranger that dwells among us these will be a statue forever says the Lord. In this manner, when the purification of sin is done and he is made clean, he is washing his garments in the blood of the Lamb and making it white. In this manner, if our Christ makes us clean whatever circumstances may come for us, we must safeguard ourselves so that we do not get defiled.

Next, he who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; If he does not purify himself in this manner, he will not be clean. Whoever does not purify himself in this manner, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. That is, the meaning of this signifies that he does not have a portion in Israel, the church. This is because he has not been made clean by the water of purification, he will be unclean.

Also, when a man dies in a tent: all who are in the tent and all who come into the tent shall be unclean. Also, whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. And for such people they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and put it in a vessel and running water shall be put on it. 

That is, we must be cleansed by the word of Christ. Also, the word of the Lord says that a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there. He shall sprinkle on the third day and on the seventh day. The one who sprinkled should also purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean. 

But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly. He who sprinkles the water of purification and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. He should wash his garments. Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean. He is saying that this is a perpetual statue for us. 

My dear people, because God has given all these things as a perpetual statue for us, each one of us should keep these things in mind and we must be careful and we should be washed and cleansed by the word of God and by the Spirit and if we safeguard the tabernacle of the Lord in holiness, the Lord will make us to stand as a blessing in Israel. Let us all submit in this manner.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly.

- To be continued