2019 July Training Message Five – Prophesying Reference

Crystallization-Study of Numbers (2)

Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting

Message Five　

The Water for Impurity

Reading the verses in each day.

Reading the main points in the outlines.

Pray-reading the verses:

……Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which is no blemish and upon which a yoke has never come. -Num.19:2.

And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet strands, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. -6.

And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and place them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel as water for impurity; it is a sin offering. -9.

Word of Appetizer

Numbers 19 is a record concerning the water for impurity. What is the purpose?

From the sin of rebellion in Numbers 11 through 14 and in chapter 16, death became prevailing among the children of Israel; there was the need for the water for impurity. The impurity in Numbers 19 does not refer to sin but to death. Death issues from sin, and sin is the root of death (Rom5:12) In chapter 19 God told them to prepare the water for impurity with the ashes of a red heifer so that they might use the water to remove the filthiness of death with which they had been affected.

Spiritual Burden

Because death was prevailing among the children of Israel, there was the need for the water for impurity; whenever we are defiled by death, we need Christ as the reality of the red heifer for the water for impurity；Only the working of Christ’s redemption, through His dignified and humbled humanity, with His death and the Spirit of His resurrection, could heal and cleanse the situation from the uncleanness of death.

Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting

The Revelation of the Truth

Numbers 19, a very special chapter in the Old Testament, is a record concerning the water for impurity. The impurity in this chapter does not refer to sin but to death.

The red heifer, the principal component of the water for impurity, signifies the redeeming Christ.

The slain red heifer was burned, and the priest took “cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet strands, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer”.

The ashes of the heifer were gathered up and placed outside the camp in a clean place to be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel as water for impurity.

Numbers 19:17 speaks of the burning of the red heifer and the running water that was added to the ashes in a vessel. whenever we are defiled by death, we need Christ as the reality of the red heifer for the water for impurity.

The Experience of Life

The ashes of the red heifer tell us that the past work of the cross is applicable for our use today; The red heifer has been burned once for all, and its ashes are enough to cover our entire life; We thank the Lord that His redemption is sufficient for our whole life.

Practice and Application

Whenever we, the people of God, are defiled, we need to allow the Holy Spirit, who is compounded with the eternal efficacy of the Lord’s redemption, to be applied to us in order to remove our uncleanness.

whenever we are defiled by death, we need Christ as the reality of the red heifer for the water for impurity;if we realize that we have sinned,we should take the blood of the Lord Jesus in order to wash away our sins for the purpose of restoring the fellowship between God and us.

Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over the Whole Outline

Key Verses (1)

Whoever touches a dead person, …………and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Jehovah; ………Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean…………. -Num.19:13.

……Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which is no blemish and upon which a yoke has never come. -2.

……God, sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh. -Rom.8:3.

I. Numbers 19 is a record concerning the water for impurity.

II. The impurity in this chapter does not refer to sin but to death

III. The red heifer, the principal component of the water for impurity, signifies the redeeming Christ

Death issues from sin, and sin is the root of death；Death is more defiling in the eyes of God than sin；The death that we need to avoid is spiritual death.
From the sin of rebellion in Numbers 11 through 14 and in chapter 16, death became prevailing among the children of Israel God told them to prepare the water for impurity with the ashes of a red heifer so that they might use the water to remove the filthiness of death with which they had been affected.
The color red signifies the likeness of the flesh of sin, which is for the bearing of man’s sin outwardly.
The red heifer was without defect; this signifies that although Christ was in the likeness of the flesh of sin, He did not have the sinful nature; That the heifer was without blemish indicates that Christ was perfect.
The heifer having never been under a yoke signifies that Christ was never used by anyone, especially by or for God’s enemy, Satan.
The red heifer was brought outside the camp and slaughtered; Christ was crucified outside the camp, on Calvary, a small mount outside the city of Jerusalem.

Key Verses (2)

And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet strands, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. -Num.19:6.

But emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming in the likeness of men. -Phil.2:7.

IV.The slain red heifer was burned, and the priest took “cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet strands, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer”

Cedar wood signifies the honorable and uplifted humanity of the Lord, which enables Him to be our Savior.
Hyssop, which is among the smallest of plants, signifies that the Lord was willing to be lowly, becoming in the likeness of men, so that He might be near to man and become man’s Savior.
On the one hand, the Lord has the highest standard of humanity, as typified by cedar wood; on the other hand, He was willing to become lowly so that He might be available to us, as typified by hyssop.
Scarlet, a dark red color, implies much in typology；The color scarlet signifies the shedding of blood, referring to the redeeming work of the cross；Scarlet signifies the blood of Christ shed for our redemption in its highest significance.
The high and dignified Christ and the lowly and humbled Christ in His redemption were elements for the composition of the water for impurity.

Key Verses (3)

……And how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be counted as nothing? -Luke.9:12.

……but through His own blood, entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, obtaining an eternal redemption. -Heb.9:12.

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin . -1John.1:7.

V. The ashes of the heifer were gathered up and placed outside the camp in a clean place to be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel as water for impurity

VI. Numbers 19:17 speaks of the burning of the red heifer and the running water that was added to the ashes in a vessel

Ashes signify the result of Christ’s death; In the Bible ashes signify something in its final form; ashes signify Christ reduced to nothing.
The eternal efficacy of Christ’s redemption can be seen in the type of the ashes of the red heifer that was slaughtered and burned.
These ashes were kept for the water for impurity; it was a purification of sin, or a sin offering.
One aspect of the work of the Lord Jesus is like that of the ashes of the red heifer；The Lord’s redemption has accomplished everything; He made provision for all our future uncleanness and future sins.
The running (literally, living) water in Numbers 19:17 signifies the Holy Spirit in the resurrection of Christ; In the water for impurity, there is the efficacy of Christ’s redemption with the washing power of the Spirit of His resurrection.
Because death was prevailing among the children of Israel, there was the need for the water for impurity, and whenever we are defiled by death, we need Christ as the reality of the red heifer for the water for impurity.

Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week

TI Death issues from sin, and sin is the root of death (Num. 19:13; Rom. 5:12)

(Please illustrate that the impurity in chapter 19 of Numbers does not refer to sin but to death.)

T2 The most hateful thing in the eyes of God is death (Num. 6:6-7; Rev. 3:1)

(Please illustrate that the death that we need to avoid is spiritual death.)

TI The red heifer, signifies the redeeming Christ (Rom. 8:3; Heb. 4:15)

(Please illustrate the significance of the color red, that the red heifer was without defect, that the heifer was without blemish.)

T2 The heifer having never been under a yoke signifies that Christ was never used by anyone, especially by or for God’s enemy, Satan (Num. 19:3; Heb. 12:12)

(Please illustrate the significance of the heifer having never been under a yoke, the red heifer was brought outside the camp and slaughtered.)

TI The high and dignified Christ and the lowly and humbled Christ (Num. 19:6; Phil. 2:7)

(Please illustrate the significance of cedar wood and hyssop.)

T2 Scarlet, a dark red color, implies much in typology (Num. 19:6)

(Please illustrate what are the three meanings in typology.)

TI The ashes of the heifer were gathered up and placed outside the camp in a clean place (Num. 19:9)

(Please illustrate the character of the red heifer.)

T2 These ashes were kept for the water for impurity; it was a purification of sin (Num. 19:2, 4)

(Please illustrate that the ashes were used to remove uncleanness.)

TI The ashes of the red heifer signify the eternal and unchanging efficacy of the Lord’s redemption (Num. 19:9; Heb. 9:12)

(Please illustrate that which aspects of the work of the Lord Jesus is like that of the ashes of the red heifer.)

T2 Continually allowing the Holy Spirit to apply the efficacy of Christ’s redemption to us so that we may be purified (1 John 1:7)

(Please illustrate that what chapter 19 of Numbers reveals to us.)

TI The ashes put into the living water (Num. 19:17) and become the water for impurity (Num. 19:17; John 7:38-39)

(Please illustrate the significance of the living water.)

T2 The water for impurity cleansed away and annulled the effect of death that came from the great rebellion in chapter 16 (1 John 1:7; Rom. 3:24)

(Please illustrate that the efficacy of Christ’s redemption, which continually cleanses us by the living water of life in order to restore our fellowship with God.)