What's In Your Water? Part 6 Of 9

Numbers 19: 9-16

“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 THRID 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."    

 

In this part of the law of the ashes of the red heifer are two more cryptic phrases.

Just like in part 5 where we discussed the phrase "unclean until evening," these two phrases:  "ON THE THIRD DAY" and "ON THE SEVENTH DAY" appear in many places. 

What do they mean?  Simply this:  Jesus rose from the dead ON THE THIRD DAY.  Anyone who puts their trust in Him as their Savior and Lord is born again and will be ready when He returns ON THE SEVENTH DAY--the second coming--to set up His visible kingdom, His millennial rule.  Those who have not accepted Jesus as Savior will be unclean, meaning UNsaved, on the SEVENTH DAY and be cut off.  Judgment at that time will be pronounced and they will face an eternity cut off from God.
 

(Jesus returns with ten thousands of His saints.]

Before Jesus returns to earth He will rapture those who have washed themselves on the 3rd day. But after we are gone, many others will come to faith in Christ during the seven year period of tribulation.  Life will be very hard for them, however.  They also will be ready on the 7th day when Jesus returns.....with us in tow I might add!

Please proceed to part 7.

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