Introduction: Red heifers have arrived in Israel as of the first of September 2022. Could one be the one Israel is looking for? Time will tell. But what does this mean not only for Israel but for the Church? When the next RED HEIFER is found what will be next? This devotion will discuss this biblical prophecy.

1. What does the next RED HEIFER mean for Israel? (Num 19:2) 

“This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.”

According to history, Israel has only had 9 RED HEIFERS. The significance of finding the next RED HEIFER is huge. Finally a temple can be rebuilt and purified. Moses wrote further:

“And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. 10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever” (Num. 19:3-10).

This means that the next temple can be rebuilt. The last one was destroyed in 70AD by the Romans. However, not only will the ANTICHRIST inhabit the next temple, but Jesus Christ will build His Millennium temple according to Ezekiel 40-47. Just how close are we?

2. What does the next RED HEIFER mean for the Church? (1Thess 4:16-18)

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

The next event on God’s calendar is called the RAPTURE of the CHURCH! It appears that “catching away” will take place before the confirmation of the JEWISH COVENANT made with the ANTICHRIST. This all fits together with the finding of the next RED HEIFER and the rebuilding of the next Temple.