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Devotional: August 30th

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Numbers 19:1-10

The sacrifice of the red heifer occupies a special place, in the middle of the book of the wilderness, simply because it is only visualised in type as for the needs of the wilderness. Like the other sacrifices, this one represents certain aspects of the person and work of Christ. This red heifer, without spot and in which was no blemish, and upon which no yoke ever came calls to mind Him who was the spotless Victim who did not know the terrible yoke of sin like we do.

When the victim had been slain outside the camp, its blood was sprinkled before the tabernacle. Then it was totally burnt. The fat was not offered to the LORD, and the priest did not eat any part of it. On the contrary the ashes were gathered up, and an abundant supply of water of purification was thereby procured, sufficient to wash away all the defilement of all the Israelites, all through their wilderness journey. This sacrifice does not correspond any more than those of Leviticus 4 to the needs of the unconverted, but to those of believers when they have failed. The work of Jesus, performed once, is a resource sufficient to cleanse from their sins and to maintain in communion His redeemed ones who are exposed to defilement. The Holy Spirit applies by the Word (the water) the remembrance of Christ’s sufferings (the ashes) to the heart and conscience of the believer who has fallen into defilement.

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