THE SACRIFICE OF THE RED HEIFER A TYPE OF CHRIST
Nu 19.
I. THE colour of this beast was red. As other Sacrifices of beasts prefigured Christ; so this, saith Ainsworth, in special figured him. Red signified his human nature, and participation of our afflictions, and the bloodiness of his agony, and grievous passion.
II. She must be without blemish, and upon whom never yoke came. This signified the perfect holiness of Christ, who never bore the yoke of sinfulness, nor was subject to the laws or precepts of man.
III. The Heifer was burned without the host, and her blood sprinkled seven times before the tabernacle of the congregation, which signified Christ's suffering without the gates of Jerusalem, Heb 13:11-12.
Extracted from Types and Metaphors of Scripture by Benjamin Keach. Download the complete book.
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