I would be more inclined to just say that all of the different kinds of sacrifices pointed to Jesus; but not all of them "were Jesus."

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"As they departed from God, the Jews in a great degree lost sight of the teaching of the ritual service. That service had been instituted by Christ Himself. In every part it was a symbol of Him; and it had been full of vitality and spiritual beauty. But the Jews lost the spiritual life from their ceremonies, and clung to the dead forms. They trusted to the sacrifices and ordinances themselves, instead of resting upon Him to whom they pointed. In order to supply the place of that which they had lost, the priests and rabbis multiplied requirements of their own; and the more rigid they grew, the less of the love of God was manifested. They measured their holiness by the multitude of their ceremonies, while their hearts were filled with pride and hypocrisy."

As the Scriptures further explain it: Psalms 77:13 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?"

The topic of the red heifer is used as an example of methods used to uncover what the Prophets explained about the Sanctuary service.

First : praying for God’s Spirit & guidance, and tutorship, and directions in which way to go, locate & compile direct Bible Texts upon the topic.
Second : locate & compile indirect Bible Texts and references upon the topic.
Third : locate & compile direct SOP quotes & references upon the topic.
Fourth : locate & compile indirect SOP quotes & references upon the topic.

Then comes the work of reading over the compiled materials, mentally digesting, praying & meditating, and asking God to reveal how to use this information to help and bless and minister to others with.

Remember: The Sea of Galilee has inlets and outlets and supports live in it & around it, the Dead Sea only has an inlet and no outlet and so concentrates it's treasures of minerals as to become fatal to all life. All Learning from the God of Scripture & SOP,is built for sharing. If it is not worth sharing, it's not worth learning. In fact it might not come from the God of Scripture & SOP.

Religious talk about talk, that does the speaker & hearer no good, probably wasn't inspired for that purpose, or from that source.

I compiled 18 & 1/2 pages of Bible & SOP relating to the red heifer - directly & indirectly & applications for modern Israel (The Remnant). I won't promise to post it, I'll have to think about first. Context takes up lots of those pages, and no new understandings are uncovered, but it does explain why's and wherefores. if I post it I will have to add all the ubb codes & seperate it into much smaller parts.

[ March 16, 2002: Message edited by: Edward F Sutton ]

So we have found that God has given the directive "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them." Exodus 25:8. In addition He gives al the instructions about how to do this. Then the people have to have enough of a converted heart to want to give, then they have to receive the spiritual gifts in order to make and prepare. The next step is to build the sanctuary. The sanctuary is a symbol of a place(s), an event,a process, and a body. John 1:14; Hebrews 10:5-9

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Here's an idea, how about putting the study in finished form in the Library as a resource. Then abridging the study with comments added, to post here & a link added to easily access the original from this thread. What do folks think of the idea ?

[ March 17, 2002: Message edited by: Edward F Sutton ]

In Exodus 40 it appears that Moses set the sanctuary up and then God came and blessed this device. He came in, covered the tent and then filled the tabernacle with His glory. Exodus 40:34-35

Somewhere in the sequence Moses dedicated Aaron and his sons. In Exodus 40 and Leviticus 8 we have a discription of the initial rites of the sanctuary. The priests came in were washed (baptism) were anointed (baptism of the Holy Spirit) and covered with garments (acceptance of the righteousness of Christ.)