From Texas to Israel: Red heifers needed for Temple arrive

[Ivan Hlavanda]

Five perfectly red heifers, required for the ritual purification of those who have touched a dead body, arrived in Israel from a ranch in Texas on Thursday, as the Temple Institute continues preparations to lay the ground for the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

The heifers are all under one year old and if they remain 100% red and avoid any blemishes which would disqualify them, they will each be eligible to be used to create the ashes required by Jewish law to purify those who have been in contact with a dead body, explained the Temple Institute on Monday. This level of purification would be needed in order to allow the kohanim (priests) to carry out their work in a future Temple.

The prized cattle were immediately transported to Haifa where they will sit in quarantine for no less than seven days, in accordance with the regulations of the Israel Veterinary Authority. After the quarantine, they will be released to two separate locations in Israel, one of which will eventually be opened to the public. The heifers will be fed and cared for at these locations until they can be slaughtered and rendered into ashes from their third year onwards.

The heifers were located and brought to Israel with the help of the Boneh Israel organization, which involves both Jews and Christians. Byron Stinson, a Texas rancher and a fundraiser and adviser for the organization, raised the cattle.

The heifers were greeted by a ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport. Temple Institute officials Rabbi Chanan Kupietzky, Rabbi Tzachi Mamo, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel and Rabbi Azaria Ariel participated in the ceremony, alongside Stinson and Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry director-general Netanel Isaac.

From Texas to Israel: Red heifers needed for Temple arrive

 

[Desk trauma]

Oi vey.

 

[littleangelone]

this is the 2nd time i've heard about this, this makes me wonder if there will be a 3rd temple in Isreal

 

[Desk trauma]

this is the 2nd time i've heard about this, this makes me wonder if there will be a 3rd temple in Isreal

One group or another give it a go every so often, I recall one group driving up with a new corner stone on a flatbed, usually incite a riot and get moved on by authorities.

 

[IceJad]

Five perfectly red heifers, required for the ritual purification of those who have touched a dead body, arrived in Israel from a ranch in Texas on Thursday, as the Temple Institute continues preparations to lay the ground for the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

The heifers are all under one year old and if they remain 100% red and avoid any blemishes which would disqualify them, they will each be eligible to be used to create the ashes required by Jewish law to purify those who have been in contact with a dead body, explained the Temple Institute on Monday. This level of purification would be needed in order to allow the kohanim (priests) to carry out their work in a future Temple.

The prized cattle were immediately transported to Haifa where they will sit in quarantine for no less than seven days, in accordance with the regulations of the Israel Veterinary Authority. After the quarantine, they will be released to two separate locations in Israel, one of which will eventually be opened to the public. The heifers will be fed and cared for at these locations until they can be slaughtered and rendered into ashes from their third year onwards.

The heifers were located and brought to Israel with the help of the Boneh Israel organization, which involves both Jews and Christians. Byron Stinson, a Texas rancher and a fundraiser and adviser for the organization, raised the cattle.

The heifers were greeted by a ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport. Temple Institute officials Rabbi Chanan Kupietzky, Rabbi Tzachi Mamo, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel and Rabbi Azaria Ariel participated in the ceremony, alongside Stinson and Jerusalem and Heritage Ministry director-general Netanel Isaac.

From Texas to Israel: Red heifers needed for Temple arrive

Great and all but I don't get the importance of this to a Christian. We are saved by grace through Jesus shading of His blood for our sins and the overcoming of death in His resurrection.

 

[Lost4words]

Jesus was the last sacrifice. Nothing else matters.

 

[Nithavela]

Great and all but I don't get the importance of this to a Christian. We are saved by grace through Jesus shading of His blood for our sins and the overcoming of death in His resurrection.

Many christians believe that the rebuilding of the third temple is a neccessary step towards ushering in the apocalypse, so this is really exciting news for them.

 

[public hermit]

Here's a Bible believer who believes his Bible and is contributing to the cause; although, he has no idea what it means.

“I didn’t set out to do this, but right now, I am probably the best red heifer hunter in Texas,” Stinson told Israel365 news. “The Bible says to bring a red cow to purify Israel, and I may not understand it, but I am just doing what the Bible said.”

You've got to love the literacy of literalists.

From Texas to Israel: Red heifers needed for Temple arrive

 

[Semper-Fi]

Jesus was the last sacrifice. Nothing else matters.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

 

[Lost4words]

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

No need for any animal sacrifices.

Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[Semper-Fi]

No need for any animal sacrifices.

Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice.

The bible verse I posted had nothing to do with animal sacrifices.

 

[Lost4words]

The bible verse I posted had nothing to do with animal sacrifices.

And?

 

[Semper-Fi]

Nothing else matters.

So you can live your life any way you want as a Christion ?
What is your "reasonable service" , the bible says to present
your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5).

Christ is the High Priest of the spiritual temple, the Church.

 

[Lost4words]

So you can live your life any way you want as a Christion ?
What is your "reasonable service" , the bible says to present
your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5).

Christ is the High Priest of the spiritual temple, the Church.

No need for animal sacrifices.

 

[Semper-Fi]

No need for animal sacrifices.

So, I never said there was.
You have heard of spiritual sacrifices have you not.

 

[Lost4words]

So, I never said there was.
You have heard of spiritual sacrifices have you not.

Totally different to what this thread is about my friend.

 

[Semper-Fi]

Totally different to what this thread is about my friend.

I think they are totally connected.

Some say the 3rd physical temple, and the physical sacrifices soon.
You say Jesus was the last sacrifice. "Nothing else matters"
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Animal sacrifices cannot pay for our sins. But they pointed to the
sacrifice of Christ. When He came, the sacrifices were discontinued.
The bible says Jesus was the last sacrifice for people's sins.

Those sacrifices are only a type of the spiritual sacrifices God
wants. The bible also explains now we [our body] are a temple,
and we are to give spiritual sacrifices, acceptable unto God.
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“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in every place incense
shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall
be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts”. Malachi 1:11

Incense is a type of our prayers (Revelation 8:3). Here God is saying
prayers should be offered to God in every place—all over the world.
Isaiah 56:7, Mark 11:17, Ezekiel’s temple is also called a house of prayer.

Christ will be responsible for building the Ezekiel temple (Ezekiel 40 :1, 3, 14).
He does the measuring physically and spiritually (verses 19, 23, 28, 32).
Christ is measuring the spiritual temple today (Revelation 11:1).

So they are totally connected, first physical, now spiritual in nature.

 

[Semper-Fi]

Five perfectly red heifers, required for the ritual purification
of those who have touched a dead body,

Recipe was to be used to wash any person who had touched a dead body.

"At first glance, the water of purification sounds like a
hodge-podge of superstitious potion-making that included the
ashes of a red heifer, hyssop, cedar wood, and scarlet wool.

But this formula was the farthest thing from a symbolic
potion intended to “ward off evil spirits.”

On the contrary, the recipe for the water of purification
stands today as a wonderful example of God’s brilliance,
since the recipe is nothing less than a procedure to
produce an antibacterial soap."
God’s Soap Recipe - Apologetics Press