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Men of Renown

Part xxxii

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A Woman Upon a Scarlet Colored Beast

Part 1

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Mystery, Babylon The Great

The Woman

CONTINUES

in the Third and Last Woman in the book of the Revelation

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Genesis 6:5)

   This series called Men of Renown will begin with these verses in Chapter 6 of the book of Genesis because it is the perfect scene setter for whatever and whoever follows that enables men of renown to act in conflict against God and His Word. Verses 4 and 5 are an accurate definition of men of renown.

   Do NOT read this article IF you have not read the previous article, but just in case you don’t care about following suggestions some of the points covered in the previous article are: the judgment of the Great Whore; who is this great whore; how the number seventeen (17) is connected to judgment; what is Christianity; Babylon, the great whore as a MOTHER and a QUEEN; the difference in scripture between THAT great city and THE great city; what is spiritual fornication; the origin and development of the mystery of iniquity. . . . and more, so much more.

The previous article closed with

Mystery, Babylon the Great

The Mystery of Iniquity

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3) . . . and will continue in the next article with scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

   Hopefully, the game plan is to also cover all six mentions of a woman, and the woman in Revelation Chapter 17 of Revelation.

1.  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)

2.  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)

3.  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Revelation 17:6)

4.  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:7)

5.  And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (Revelation 17:9)

6.  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (Revelation 17:18)

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A Woman Upon a Scarlet Colored Beast

Part 1

A Scarlet Coloured Beast

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)

   Why did the Spirit of God select the color scarlet to describe this beast? Let’s turn to scripture for the answer. We are going to follow this word scarlet every time that it is documented in scripture; consequently, this will neither be a quick nor a simple study. The color scarlet is documented forty-six (46) times in the Old Testament and six (6) times in the New Testament for a total of fifty-two (52) times. There is no such thing as trivia or coincidence in scripture even in the number of times that a word is documented . . . it is all purposed. The Spirit of God supplies His definition of scarlet in the book of Isaiah 1:18, Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Not only are we given a definition, but we also are supplied with a color wheel: scarlet is a brilliant red color with hints of orange as crimson, but the main application is that our sins are as scarlet in the eyes of our Creator God, the Lord Jesus Christ.

   Sometimes I feel as if I have bitten into a hardened piece of petrified jerky, and so it is with the study of the word scarlet and how it relates to sin. We will consider scarlet through the Law of First Mention, through the use of time and numbers, through its placement in scripture, how it relates to the colors of purple and blue in the Tabernacle in the wilderness, through the Law of the Leper, through the red heifer, through a harlot named Rahab, through Saul, through prophecy, and how the word scarlet plays out in the New Testament. In other words, I believe that the Spirit of God has much to teach us if we do not become lazy nor hasty.

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The Scarlet Beast

Sin in the Sanctuary

—-UZZIAH—-

   Let us begin with the element of time as it pertains to the number fifty-two in the total times that the word scarlet is recorded in the entire Bible. In the following study section, we will discover how this number relates to the corruption of worship through sin. No matter how we slice or dice the word scarlet it always remains as sin. I suggest that you read the complete twenty-sixth Chapter of 2nd Chronicles, however, I have selected the following verses as a summary.

    Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. (2nd Chronicles 26:1) Keep in mind that the name of Judah leads into this Chapter because coming up in this article there will be another connection to scarlet and sin because of Judah.

   Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (2nd Chronicles 26:3) This is the only time in all of the Bible that this number is set by itself and not connected with another number. This single documentation definitely draws us to the end of the life of this king as a major event through fifty and two years.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. (2nd Chronicles 26:4)

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. (2nd Chronicles 26:5)

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (2nd Chronicles 26:16) 

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: (2nd Chronicles 26:17)

 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. (2nd Chronicles 26:18) 

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. (2nd Chronicles 26:19) 

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. (2nd Chronicles 26:20) 

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land. (2nd Chronicles 26:21)

   There were seven sins of the sanctuary in scripture, and the sin of Uzziah was his great trespass against God in assuming that as king he had the right to be priest also. This was Lucifer’s miscalculation also: that as a highly appointed and anointed covering cherub serving under the High Priest of God, Melchisedec, that he could usurp Melchisedec’s place as High Priest AND therefore overcome GOD in the process. The office of King, Prophet and Priest belongs only to the Son of God’s love, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. (Zechariah 6:13)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (Hebrews 3:1)

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. (John 18:37)

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The Scarlet Beast

The Bloody Scarlet Thread

—- TAMAR —-

   Next, let us proceed to the Law of First Mention in the word scarlet and its link to sin. How a word is first mentioned in scripture sets the tone of the word through scripture. Read the whole chapter that begins with JUDAH and see the depth and consequences of sin as it unfolds in this following narrative.

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (Genesis 38:1)

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. (Genesis 38:2)

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. (Genesis 38:3)

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. (Genesis 38:4)

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. (Genesis 38:5) Nothing is accidental in the word of God. There is a reason for this seemingly insignificant phrase he was at Chezib, when she bare him. When Judah’s third child was born, he was not where he said he was. Chezib means ‘lying,’ ‘deceitful,’ and ‘falsified.’ Although Judah’s his name means ‘Praise,’ his inherent nature (as all mankind) was one of deception. 

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (Genesis 38:6)

And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (Genesis 38:7)

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (Genesis 38:8)

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. (Genesis 38:9)

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. (Genesis 38:10)

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. (Genesis 38:11)

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Genesis 38:12)

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Genesis 38:13)

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14)

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. (Genesis 38:15)

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?  (Genesis 38:16)

And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? (Genesis 38:17)

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. (Genesis 38:18)

And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. (Genesis 38:19)

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not. (Genesis 38:20)

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. (Genesis 38:21)

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. (Genesis 38:22)

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. (Genesis 38:23)

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (Genesis 38:24)

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. (Genesis 38:25)

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. (Genesis 38:26)

And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. (Genesis 38:27)

And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. (Genesis 38:28)

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. (Genesis 38:29)

And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. (Genesis 38:30)

   Fornication, blatant disregard of God’s commandments, and one deception after another all comes to a culmination in the first mention of the word scarlet and in a scarlet thread because the Holy Spirit of God builds on the concept of sin as a continuous bloody thread of sin throughout the history of man.

   It was no accident of birth that the hand that bore the scarlet thread first appeared to the world from within the womb and then returned to the unseen world to follow the first-born child of the seen world as the second child born. This is a principal in type: The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.(1st Corinthians 15:47) This also shows in type the pre-existence of the Sin Bearer, the Lord Jesus Christ that a body was prepared for Him to take on the sin of the world before His manifestation in that body on the earth. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.(Hebrews 10:5)

   This 38th Chapter prophetically ends with hope through a child with the scarlet thread upon his hand. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. (Genesis 38:30) Zarah means ‘the rising of light,’ and/or ‘as the sun rising;’ thus, CHRIST is prophetically stamped not only as the Sin Bearer, but as the Light Bearer. What a great way to end a chapter of sin and deception through the Rising of the Light bearing the scarlet thread of sin on His body to bring forgiveness of sin to mankind.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2)

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. (Numbers 24:17)

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; (Luke 1:76) To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, (Luke 1:77) Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, (Luke 1:78) To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

   Although Judah leads in both the narratives of Uzziah and in Genesis 38, the mercies of God are seen in Zechariah 8:13.

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. (Malachi 2:11)

And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, [but] let your hands be strong. (Zechariah 8:13)

   Let us back track just a wee bit to Tamar. Man judged and condemned her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (Genesis 38:24) When Judah was shown the evidence of his own sin then he understood Tamar’s actions were caused by his own disregard for God’s decrees (Deuteronomy 25:56; Matthew 22:24) even before the Law of Moses. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. (Genesis 38:26) God’s mercies are sure and just because in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ in the 1st Chapter of the book of Matthew, this same woman who acted as a harlot to assure herself of her rightful position in the tribe of Judah is the first woman mentioned in the line of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. She was marked by God the Holy Spirit to have this spiritual position of biblical importance through His words in Matthew 1:3, And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. (Psalm 13:5)

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. (Psalm 25:7)

For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. (Psalm 86:5)

But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (Psalm 86:15)

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The Scarlet Beast Defeated by God’s Scarlet Blood of Righteousness

   Are we there yet? Have we reached our destination and the end of the study of the word scarlet as it relates to sin? Haaaaaaahaaaaaaa. NO!

   We have covered the word scarlet in the number of times that the word was documented, and we have covered the first mention of scarlet, but we are just beginning. Now, let us look at where this word is mostly found . . . its primary placement is in the 2nd book of the Bible, Exodus. Twenty-six times this word is recorded in Exodus and each time that it is recorded it is ALWAYS connected to the colors of blue and purple. Also, nine times (nine is the number of judgment) the metal GOLD is connected to these three colors. Do not consider this information as unnecessary. It is necessary. Why are these three colors necessary? The Godhead is symbolized through these three colors: purple represents God the Father as Divine Royalty, scarlet represents the righteous Son of God shedding His blood as the Sin Bearer to satisfy God’s righteous claims against the sin of man, and blue represents the power of God as the invisible Spirit through His ministry in the heavenlies and over the earth. Gold presents God’s righteousness as it connects to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. The Godhead is always unfolded to mankind in three’s: as Godhead (Acts 17:29; Romans 1:20; Colossians 2:9)

   God unfolded the GODHEAD to Israel in the curtains, the vail, the hangings, and the curtains of the gate through their colors of purple, blue and scarlet. God unfolded His RIGHTEOUS HIGH PRIEST (Melchisedec) through the priestly garments that the high priest, Aaron, wore with the colors of purple, blue and scarlet intertwined with GOLD. (Most children, at a very young age, become excited when they use the three primary colors (yellow, red, and blue) to create other colors. Of course, God even uses primary colors to teach of His glory and beauty IN Himself.) 

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. (Exodus 28:1)

And thou shalt make  holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2)

And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. (Exodus 28:3)

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. (Exodus 28:4)

And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. (Exodus 28:5)

The Tabernacle in the wilderness depicted a Person because the Tabernacle in the heavens IS Christ.

   The Tabernacle in the wilderness was much more than representative of God, it also revealed the UNSEEN Tabernacle in God’s heavenly realm. Through the holy garments of the High Priest Melchisedec, the Lord Jesus Christ in His role as the Priest of the most high God, proclaimed the Glory and Beauty of the Godhead. The Tabernacle in the wilderness was the SEEN glory and beauty of the UNSEEN glory and beauty in the heavens. The Tabernacle in the wilderness represented THE CHRIST OF GOD in ALL of HIS GLORY AND BEAUTY. 

And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: (Revelation 15:5) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. (Revelation 21:3)

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The Scarlet Beast of Sin Defeated

by The Scarlet Blood of Christ

—- The Law of the Leper—-

   We have followed the word scarlet through the Law of First Mention, through the use of time and numbers, and through placement of the word in scripture. Now let us venture to the Law of the Leper. The Law of the Leper begins in the 13th Chapter of the book of Leviticus, the third book of the Pentateuch.

    Note that it begins in the 13th Chapter . . . ya’ jesst can’t make this stuff up . . . God the Holy Spirit has more than one string on His violin . . . He uses words to form His message, then through numerical headings of chapters and verse locations He then employs an unseen message strengthening and enforcing the thoughts within the words. The Bible can be compared to a great symphony with many underlying themes played behind the main melody where sometimes the violins take the lead while the woodwinds sound in the background, and sometimes the brass and percussion become the primary sound instruments, but all have their time and their place to lead and to sound. In like manner, the Bible has words, numbers, location, placement, the Law of First Mention, the unseen and seen, past and fulfilled prophecy and prophecy in waiting.

    The scarlet thread of SIN is the main thread that holds the book of Leviticus together. How God looks on SIN and what God thinks of SIN and how God overcomes SIN is the focus of the book of Leviticus. As the Tabernacle in the wilderness represented CHRIST in His glory and beauty in the heavens, the book of Leviticus can be seen as the ministry of CHRIST as Melchisedec, the High Priest of the most high God in the sanctuary of God in His heavenly realm. As we continue on it would be helpful to always have this thought in mind that Leviticus is the earthly side of the heavenly ministry of Melchisedec. Remember that the scarlet beast of sin, Lucifer, first contaminated the heavens through SIN. What we see in Leviticus takes in much more than an earthly perspective of SIN in the SEEN, but it is based on the UNSEEN perspective of SIN in the supernatural spiritual realm of God’s throne room, the Holy of Holies. SIN is not a light thing to be quickly set aside and forgotten and the book of Leviticus is given to bring SIN to the forefront in how sin contaminates and to understand how SIN is at the heart of God’s actions both in the heavenlies and in the earth. And God the Holy Spirit through the word scarlet discloses the very essence of SIN. 

   Leviticus is a book of priestly laws and legislation. Within this book we have, the Law of the Burnt Offering, the Law of the Meat Offering, the Law of the Sin Offering, the Law of the Trespass Offering, and the Law of the sacrifice of peace offerings. Besides the law of these offerings and sacrifices, we also have the Law of the Beasts and of the Fowl in Chapter 11, and the Law of the Plague of leprosy, and the last law mentioned is the Law of the Leper. Leviticus begins with the ways in which the earthly priest of Israel was to define sin, recognize sin, treat sin, judge sin, and remove sin because it was the duty of the priest of Israel, as it was the duty of the High Priest Melchisedec, to cleanse the realm from SIN. 

   Although the 13th Chapter of the book of Leviticus begins the Law of the Plague of leprosy, it is, however, the 14th Chapter through the Law of the Leper that our study word scarlet is found five times: Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51 and 52. God sets up the theme of Chapter 14 in the first three verses: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, (Leviticus 14:1) This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: (Leviticus 14:2) And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper. (Leviticus 14:3)

   The method that the priest was instructed to use to recognize and to announce a leper healed is exactly the same method that God uses to heal a sinner from the leprosy of sin. The dreadful disease of leprosy is taught in scripture as representing SIN, and the end of sin is death as the end of leprosy is death. The body of the leper is overtaken and consumed by his sickness, as the body of the sinner is overtaken and consumed by sin. This is not a treatise on the disease of leprosy, but hopefully, the Holy Spirit of God will guide us through the use of the word scarlet to see that it is the blood of Christ that removes sin and cleanses the sinner. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, (Revelation 1:5)

    When reading through the verses with the word scarlet and how it connects to SIN we have numerous connections for example, birds, cedar wood, hyssop, blood, running water, and the house.

   1. The First Mention of scarlet in Leviticus – 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: (Leviticus 14:4) Verse 5 adds more information concerning the bird that is to be killed. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: (Leviticus 14:5) This bird sets before us Christ dying for us (in an earthen vessel, a body of clay) His body made in the likeness of sinful flesh. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (Romans 8:3) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: (Philippians 2:7) Christ was manifested in an earthen vessel, made in the likeness of man (without sin) for man was formed from the dust of the earth. As the bird that was slain, Christ died for us, the just for the unjust, the innocent for the guilty.

   2.  The Second Mention of scarlet in Leviticus – 14:6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: (Leviticus 14:6) This living bird sets forth Christ in resurrection power for our justification. Also, we see cedar wood representing the cross, and the hyssop representing a sweet, scented plant with a bitter taste that was also mentioned in the gospel of John 19:29 describing the scene at Calvary, Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth.

   And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. (Leviticus 14:7) One bird forfeits its life while the other bird is let loose into an open field; thus we have Christ giving His life through His blood, and in resurrection power He ascends into the air, the open field. The one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy is sprinkled seven times and then he is pronounced clean. Does this not describe what transpired at the cross of Christ? It was His blood that He shed at Calvary that has cleansed us and set us free from sin.

    As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird [that was] killed over the running water: (Leviticus 14:6) There is also another interesting phrase in this verse. Three times in Leviticus Chapter 14 the words running water is recorded: 14:6, 51 and 51. This was no accident when God the Holy Spirit dictated these exact words to Moses. Remember the comment about the comparison of a symphony with the Bible, well, I hear a three-note melody in the words running water. This phrase is used six times in Leviticus, and once in Numbers 19:17, and that is for a total of SEVEN times in the Old Testament. This phrase is NOT found in the New Testament, however, the phrase living water is recorded THREE times in the New Testament. Running water is moving, active living water, is it not?

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10) The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? (John 4:11)

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38) (1st Corinthians 10:4; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11; Psalm 78:15-16)

   Through the seven-note melody of running water, God the Holy Spirit connects us to the three-note melody of living water. The fullness of the Godhead is spiritually heard in these seven notes sounding in the background of the Old Testament as the three-note melody plays in the foreground of the New Testament. This all comes together through the climatic finale of God’s great symphony written by the Author and Finisher of faith, the Lord Jesus Christ.

    The Spirit of God profoundly proclaims to the world that HE is  a well of living waters, that He is the fountain of living waters, that He is the hope of Israel as the LORD of the fountain of living waters, and that in THAT DAY [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem that the LORD shall be king over the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. (Zechariah 14:9) Christ will rule over a world washed cleaned by His living waters at the inauguration of His millennial reign. Yet, the greater blessing will be at the end of time, when God defeats Satan at the final battle, and a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (Revelation 22:1)

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. (Song of Songs 4:15)

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:13)

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. (Jeremiah 17:13)

And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Zechariah 14:8)

   3. The Third Mention of scarlet in Leviticus – 14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. It is no longer the individual sinner, or a leper, who God deals with, but now it is THE HOUSE. Here we see the collective, the corporate sin within Israel as a nation, and we also have a secondary application as in the collective gathering of the Church of the New Testament. The scarlet beast of SIN contaminates THE HOUSE.

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? (1st Peter 4:17) And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1st Peter 4:18) Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. (1st Peter 4:19)

 4. The Fourth Mention of scarlet in Leviticus – 14:51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: (Leviticus 14:51) God adds the connection of seven times to the word scarlet because it is ONLY through His divine perfection (the number seven) that SIN is cleansed and removed. It is the BLOOD, the scarlet blood of the crucified Christ that cleanses and removes the scarlet beast called SIN.

   5. The Fifth Mention of scarlet in Leviticus – 14:52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: (Leviticus 14:52) In this last mention of scarlet, God adds another thought to verse 51, that in order for THE HOUSE to be cleansed from SIN the work of cleansing is accomplished WITH the blood of Christ, WITH the running water of the Spirit of God, WITH the resurrected Christ at the right hand of God, WITH the death on the cross, WITH the sweet smelling savour of God’s acceptance of the bitterness of His judgment of SIN as it was placed on His Christ, the living bird. The last documentation of the word scarlet in the book of Leviticus typifies the SINFUL WORLD as A HOUSE, and Israel in particular as THE HOUSE. (In the New Testament through 2nd Timothy 2:19 and 20, there is A GREAT HOUSE speaking of all who profess to be a child of God. But the Lord knoweth them that are his. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.)

   Israel is ‘the house’ in Leviticus 52, The GODHEAD through the ministry of the FULLNESS of the GODHEAD bodily has overcome THE SCARLET BEAST OF SIN: SIN ITSELF. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1st John 2:2)

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (Hosea 13:14)

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1st Corinthians 15:54) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1st Corinthians 15:55) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (1st Corinthians 15:56) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1st Corinthians 15:57)

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (Hebrews 2:14) And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:15)

  This article only connects the Law of the Leper to the word scarlet, and Oh, yes, there is much more about SIN in the book of Leviticus; however, God the Holy Spirit, neatly draws it all together as a summation in the following verses.

But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. (Leviticus 14:53) This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, (Leviticus 14:54) And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, (Leviticus 14:55) And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: (Leviticus 14:56) To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. (Leviticus 14:57)

   No matter how small SIN first appears, or where it is seen, it contaminates. SIN is as leprosy, first it remains dormant maybe for years, then it first reveals itself as a minor inconvenience, then as it spreads it affects everything that it touches. SIN rises as a slight disturbance, then it becomes an obvious bright spot that overtakes its environment; consequently, the Law of Leprosy is to teach man how to define sin, recognize sin, treat sin, judge sin and to understand that the SCARLET BEAST OF SIN is only defeated by the SCARLET blood of the crucified CHRIST.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. (James 1:14) Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:15)

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The Scarlet Beast Subdued

By The Unseen Scarlet Service of Christ

—- A Cloth of Scarlet —-

   After the book of Leviticus and the Law of the Leper we again encounter the word scarlet in the 4th book of the Pentateuch in the book of Numbers in 4:8 and 19:6. However, we are about to see this word in two different aspects.

And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.  (Numbers 4:8)

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Numbers 19:6)

   Within this fourth book practically everything that the tribes of Israel are responsible to God for is numbered by God. There are 113 documentations of the words ‘number’ and ‘numbered,’ thus, showing us the seriousness of being numbered by God. In the first mention of scarlet in this book of numbering God numbers the servants and the service of the sanctuary. Through Numbers 4:49 we see that those who serve the sanctuary are numbered and their burdens are also taken into consideration. According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Side Note: Back to Bible basics: All priests were determined by God to be Levites, however, not all Levites were priests. All who ministered IN the things of the tabernacle were chosen by God from the tribe of Levi. Aaron was made (by Jehovah) to be the high priest over Israel, and his direct line of sons were to serve Aaron in his role as high priest, and at Aaron’s death his eldest son would then become high priest, and in turn his eldest son would become high priest at the death of his father the high priest. The Levitical priesthood was set as a dynasty based on sonship because it was patterned after the Dynastic Divine Design of Sonship in glory. (Melchisedec, the High Priest of God in the heavens, was not only High Priest BUT SON and King. Through Hebrews 7:1 – 4, Melchisedec was High Priest of the most high God, and King of righteousness, and Son of God.)

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; (Hebrews 7:1) To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Hebrews 7:2) Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. (Hebrews 7:3) Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Hebrews 7:4)

   All outside of the direct line of Aaron, such as Aaron’s brothers, and their sons had specific responsibilities and within these responsibilities ALL priests and Levites had to have certain physical and age qualifications. Jehovah left nothing to chance, and He had a purpose for every detail. The Almighty God (through the pen of Moses written by the Holy Spirit of God) took many chapters in the Old Testament setting the rules dealing with the priesthood and the Levites in their responsibilities to the Tabernacle, to the nation of Israel, and to their Creator God. (The reason why God was and is very protective about all that concerns His priesthood can be seen in the summary of His priesthood in the book of Hebrews.) The reason and role of the priesthood are not for this article at this time. ♦ End of Side Note: Back to Bible basics.

   Within the tribe of Levi, there were priests and Levites.  Priests were directly descended from Aaron and the first born of Aaron; however, from the tribe of Levi, each son (Gershon, Merari and Kohath) had a specific service whenever the Tabernacle journeyed and was disassembled and reassembled. The family of Gershon were responsible for the foundation items, such as the bars, pillars and boards; the family of Merari were responsible for the coverings, cords, and curtains and everything that either joined the things of God together or separated the world from the things of God. The family of Kohath were responsible for everything that spoke of the GODHEAD, the heavenly things, and that represented the service and ministry of Melchisedec and the service of the earthly priesthood. All the Holy things which were contained WITHIN the holy place, and WITHIN the holy of holies (even the curtains) were under the care of the sons of Kohath; therefore, our focus will be on the sons of Kohath because the first mention of scarlet comes under their jurisdiction. The moving of the Tabernacle required eight thousand, five hundred and eighty men (8,580) to be actively involved in the journey from camp to camp. (Numbers 4:48) All priests and Levites involved together with each person carrying out their specific assignments very much as the children of God fulfilling their ministry today through different tasks, different gifts, different burdens, but all going in the same direction. Fret not, nor envy what other carry, or do not carry. Look to your own mission and responsibility. 

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (Numbers 4:1) Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, (Numbers 4:2) From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Numbers 4:3) This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: (Numbers 4:4) And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: (Numbers 4:5) And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. (Numbers 4:6)

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: (Numbers 4:7) And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. (Numbers 4:8)

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Numbers 4:15)

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27)

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. (Numbers 3:29)

And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. (Numbers 3:31)

   There is something more that we need to understand about the duties of the family of Kohath before we tackle the word scarlet. In Chapter 7 of Numbers, God notes His provision for the journey in the wilderness by supplying covered wagons and oxen.

And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. (Numbers 7:3) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, (Numbers 7:4) Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. (Numbers 7:5) And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. (Numbers 7:6)

   The sons of Gershon received two (2) wagons and four (4) oxen. The sons of Merari received four (4) wagons and eight (8) oxen. However, the sons of Kohath did not get any wagons, nor oxen . . . they were to bear everything on their shoulders.

Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: (Numbers 7:7) And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (Numbers 7:8) But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. (Numbers 7:9)

   Now, let’s see what the Holy Spirit of God has for our learning in the word scarlet and how it connects to the service of the sons of Kohath.

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: (Numbers 4:7) And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. (Numbers 4:8)

  As the Israelites prepared to travel, every item within the holy place, and the holy of holies were draped with various colored cloths.  Each color symbolized a particular divine attribute of God. The seventh and eighth verse of Chapter 4 deals with the table of shewbread. CLICK HERE for more about the table of shewbread. This specific item of furniture was placed in the same areas where the lampstand and the altar of incense were located. This table represented communion and fellowship IN the Lord Jesus Christ: fellowship WITH Him and fellowship with each other THROUGH His blood. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? (1st Corinthians 10:16) For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. (1st Corinthians 10:17) And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (John 6:35) What covers the articles of furniture and the vessels of service in the colored cloths speaks of God’s attributes and the ministry of Christ. Since our study word is scarlet, what is the application in these verses? And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: (Numbers 4:7) And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. (Numbers 4:8)

   The first cloth was blue; thus, we see the heavenlies (This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. John 6:58), then a cloth of scarlet was spread over the blue, (For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matthew 26:28), then over the scarlet was spread the final cloth, a covering of badgers’ skins veiling the glory (blue) and the suffering (scarlet) of Christ (His blood) as he walked through His earth covered in a mantel in the likeness of man, for mankind has spiritually been a beast of the field since Adam. The badger’s skins imply not only a condition of mankind, but also that there was no beauty in His form that man would desire him. For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isaiah 53:2)

   In Numbers 4:8, the first documentation of the word scarlet in this book not only links together the blood and suffering Christ with fellowship and communion, but it also connects to those who bear upon their shoulders the immensity of their responsibility in their assigned service as servants and ministers of the holy things of God. As He bore in His Body the marks of His service, so also we should present our bodies to God as a reasonable service for His glory. 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. (Romans 12:1)

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The Humbleness of Christ Defeats

the Scarlet Beast of Sin – the Glorification of Man

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Numbers 19:6)

   Consider Numbers 19:6, the second and last mention of the word scarlet in this book of numbering. And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. This verse yields more about the glories of the Lord Jesus Christ in His suffering in His manifestation on earth. And we also have another view in the word scarlet. Scripture adds to our understanding of SIN as being as scarlet, and Christ’s scarlet blood defeating SIN, but we also have scarlet (SIN) being judged, and scarlet as worldly glory. The address numbering in this verse gives us a clue to THIS particular verse:19 and 6. (The number nineteen is the combination of 10 and 9, God’s perfect order and judgment. And 6, the number of unrepentant man.) However, we need to do some background work before we proceed.

    There is not one word, neither one phrase, nor any expression in the entire Bible that does not spiritually teach. This is the beauty of Scripture, and this is the proof that the word of God was written by the Spirit of God directed by the Creator God, the Lord Jesus Christ. No human could EVER have written such a marvelous and wondrous volume dealing with the history of the UNSEEN and the SEEN world. Let’s read the first six verses of Chapter 19. (Numbers 19:1)

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (Numbers 19:1)

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: (Numbers 19:2)

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: (Numbers 19:3)

And 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: (Numbers 19:4)

And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: (Numbers 19:5)

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Numbers 19:6)

   Easy now, don’t get nervous, we will NOT be studying ‘the ordinance of the law’ of the red heifer, but in order to get to verse 6 we need to comprehend the purpose of verse 6 and the word scarlet. 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: (Numbers 19:2) This is not the only time in scripture that the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus is represented by a female subject as a heifer. God’s covenant with Abraham confirming His promise in Genesis Chapter 15 was sealed with the sacrifice of a heifer, and a she goat. And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. (Genesis 15:9) We understand the age being three years old, as that is the length of time of the ministry and service of Christ on earth; but why a heifer and a she goat? It’s not about the subject (the heifer and the she goat) it’s about the attitude of heart of the subject. In this attitude of heart, we see the heart of Christ: His willingness to offer Himself, His obedience in learning suffering, and His affection and His kindness for His creatures. It was the love of willingness of Christ that replied with, Send me, Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. (Isaiah 6:8)

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. (John 12:49) And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. (John 12:50)

   The Spirit of God does not specify what the scarlet is attached to; was it a scarlet cloth, was it a scarlet thread, or a scarlet garment, or a scarlet line or scarlet linen? And because scarlet stands alone it must represent SIN for it was judged in the fires of the burning of the heifer. Again, we have the scarlet SIN of mankind defeated by the scarlet blood of the a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. Does not this red heifer describe Christ. Christ NEVER bore the yoke of sin. The ONE who was without sin, who had no sin, who knew no sin, and who did no sin bore our sins upon His Body to set us free from The Law of Sin and Death.

For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2nd Corinthians 5:21) Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: (1st Peter 2:22) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (1st John 3:5)

   This section of the book of Numbers is but a peek into the spiritual lessons in the word scarlet. (I suggest another avenue to stroll: why is there a difference between the word ‘red’ and the word ‘scarlet’ in scripture?)

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The Scarlet Beast Overpowered

in the Battle and Conflict for Land and Inheritance

by Joshua Then and Our Joshua Now

   The book of warfare is the perfect place to see more about the word scarlet. In case you have a short memory span, this is our study verse.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)

    The woman and the beast that she sits are both SIN. She is the personification of SIN in human form, and the Beast that she sits and rides on is SIN itself and the instigator of INIQUITY: SATAN himself. This is why the book of Joshua is the perfect place to learn of the war between good and evil, between God and Satan, and the inner conflict that sets man against man. Note that Joshua is the 6th book in scripture, the number of man. It is the book of war. It is the book of physical and spiritual conflict against the haters of God and the enemies of Israel. Now how did God plan that this book of military conflict the book of Joshua, (‘Jehovah saves,’ Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshuathe, Jesus) would be the 6th book in the Bible? It was an accident, I am sure. NOT! 

    The phrase scarlet thread is documented three times in scripture. (Genesis 38:28, 30; and Joshua 2:18). Since the number three typifies the Godhead, would not the three mentions of scarlet thread disclose that it was BY the determinate counsels of God (the Godhead) that Christ was DELIVERED into the hands of wicked men to be crucified and slain. Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: (Acts 2:23) Chapter 1 sets the backdrop, the why, the where, and the lay out of the land of the first battle in the land of their promise. It is always a smart thing to understand who you battle against BEFORE wandering into their territory.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, (Joshua 1:1)

Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. (Joshua 1:2)

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. (Joshua 1:3)

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. (Joshua 1:4) This is an immense territory from the Euphrates River (the Eastern coast) to the Mediterranean Sea (the Western coast), and from the wilderness of the south to Lebanon in the north and everything in between was and IS the inheritance of Israel.

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (Joshua 1:5)

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. (Joshua 1:6)

   Remember that the first recorded global war was documented in Genesis 14 during Abraham’s age. This first confederate war was between four kings of the nations against five kings over a lesser region. How things begin is usually how things will end. And his war documented in Genesis 14 shows us more about the battle of Armageddon, the last battle that ushered in the inauguration of the Messiah into His thousand-year reign over the earth. CLICK HERE to read more about this first global war.

    How does the first conflict in the land of promise in the battle of Jericho relate to the last battle? Always remember that there are many battles in a war. Genesis Chapter 14 was the FIRST UNITED GLOBAL CONFEDERACY WAR attempting to hold together a one world government reveals the LAST UNITED GLOBAL CONFEDERACY WAR forming a one world order. Joshua and the battle of Jericho was the FIRST BATTLE in land is also about the LAST BATTLE. This is an ongoing continuous BATTLE, both spiritual and physical, against the children of Israel. The FIRST WAR in Genesis 14 was the four leading nations of the world reasserting their claim over the five kings who stopped their tribute to their overlords. (Four added to five is still nine: JUDGMENT)

   The FIRST WAR was about money, power, and control. The FIRST BATTLE in the land (the battle of Jericho) was about reclaiming what first belonged to the people of Israel. It was about land and inheritance. You see the very first battle in the UNSEEN spiritual universe was about UNSEEN LAND (the realm of the UNSEEN) and about the UNSEEN INHERITANCE (unseen by the race of mankind). What inheritance? There is a scripture principle that all things are first revealed spiritually then it is manifested in the tangible realm. Everything that we battle today first began in the supernatural spiritual realm of God.

    God’s sovereignty, the Person of Christ in His offices as Priest, King, and as God the Son, and the ministry of the Spirit of God is the core of Lucifer’s/ Satan’s war in heaven AND in earth. The first battle in the WAR against the Godhead bodily in the supernatural kingdom can be summarized as the battle against land and inheritance. The land being God’s kingdom, and the inheritance being God’s extension of His divine love to His creation. When the battle flowed over into the tangible world, the ‘land’ was the earth and the ‘inheritance’ became Adam’s as his rightful position to rule over as the Federal Head of the earth. After sin, the ‘land’ and the ‘inheritance’ were both usurped by Lucifer/Satan. After Abraham, the ‘land’ became a specific territory, and the ‘inheritance’ became the land of promise, and the inheritance. After the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, the ‘land’ was and is the unseen promised home for the people of faith, and the ‘inheritance’ is everlasting life, and the righteousness and crown of glory, and being conformed to the image of God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3)

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Romans 8:29) Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8:30)

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, (1st Peter 1:4)

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2nd Peter 4:8)

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. (1st Peter 5:4)

But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1st Peter 2:9)

   The land and the inheritance has since the first battle in the heavens been Satan’s desired conquest. From the spiritual realm to the tangible world, the end goal of Satan has always been and continues to be to conquer the ‘land’ and the ‘inheritance;’ People of faith have a ‘land’ and have an ‘inheritance,’ and as Joshua in the book of Joshua fought for the ‘land’ and for their ‘inheritance,’ we (the people of faith) are engaged in the very same battle for our ‘land’ and for our ‘inheritance.’ Every day is a battle over the Living and written Word of God. Every day is a battle to maintain our rights as a chosen generation and our duties of a royal priesthood. The religious squatters, as in the days of Antipas, have been successful in distracting us from what is our ‘land’ and from what is our ‘inheritance.’ The people of faith have rights, God-given rights, and one of these rights is the right to serve God without the approval of the ungodly priesthood of the woman who sits on the scarlet colored beast. 

    As we continue on in our study of the word scarlet remember the BATTLE is about land and inheritance, the physical battle in Joshua is much more than spiritual instruction, it is also prophetic of our battle of faith, and it also reveals much about the first battle in the heavens between Lucifer and Joshua (Jehovah-Savior, Jesus). Sometimes, the music of God’s symphony played out in His word, the Bible carries many melodies. We need to train our ears to hear the harmony within the golden chords as scarlet threads of God’s truth, glory and beauty.

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The Scarlet Beast is the Adversary of

The Line of the Scarlet Thread

—- RAHAB —-

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. (Joshua 2:1)

    The name Rahab means ‘proud,’ ‘arrogance,’ and ‘broadness in every direction.’ This couldn’t describe harlotry any better. Interesting isn’t it that the word scarlet is connected to harlots: Although there were many harlots in scripture, Tamar and Rahab were specifically identified as being harlots and both are tied to the word scarlet.

    Rahab is documented twice in the New Testament; once in Hebrews 11:31 as a person of faith, and once in James 2:25 as justified by works because of faith. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. (Hebrews 11:31) Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? (James 2:25) She is also honored in the genealogy of Christ in Matthew 1:5, And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse. (Rachab is Rahab) Notice how seemingly little details adds depth to the picture. Tamar, the first harlot mentioned in scripture gave birth to Pharez by Judah, and through a long line of many generations Salmon (from the line Pharez) made Rahab (the harlot) his wife, and she gave birth to Booz who was the father of Obed, who married Ruth who was the grandmother of David. When you follow the breadcrumbs from Numbers 1:7 to the book of Ruth to the book of Matthew 1:5, the Holy Spirit lays it all out for us in the genealogy of the Lord that these two women of harlotry were among those of faith through grace. And such were some of you.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (1st Corinthians 6:9) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1st Corinthians 6:10) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1st Corinthians 6:11)

   What a better place to hide in the open without drawing attention to their mission than to find refuge in the house of a harlot. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. (Joshua 2:1) What caused Rahab to shelter the two spies who were obviously there to destroy the city? She was more aware of the situation than others in that city, and beyond her awareness she also believed with a certainty that the LORD God was the conquering power of Israel. She believed that what the LORD God had supernaturally accomplished at the Red Sea forty years prior was a direct act OF God. She believed that the LORD God had given the land to the Israelites. She believed that the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. (Joshua 2:9) For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. (Joshua 2:10) And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. (Joshua 2:11) Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token: (Joshua 2:12) And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. (Joshua 2:13)

   She BELIEVED and it was accounted unto her as righteousness.  Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (Galatians 3:6) Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. (Galatians 3:7) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. (Galatians 3:8) And because of her belief the line of scarlet thread became the visible evidence of her belief and testimony, and it also became her future salvation.

Behold, [when] we come into the land, thou shalt bind  this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. (Joshua 2:18)

And she said, According unto your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. (Joshua 2:21)

   The Holy Spirit through these verses ADDS the word ‘line‘ for a purpose. Rahab immediately bound the scarlet line in her window not understanding at that moment that she was under the protection of Joshua, and that she would become bound to the fulfillment of the ONE who was the scarlet thread through His blood, our Joshua, our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. She would be part of the line (the generational line) that would lead to the Messiah. Many times, we are instructed to act and to accomplish something that we may not fully comprehend, yet by faith, we act and in acting we are blessed as we draw others into our act of faith. She didn’t know of a future time frame for the battle that would bring her salvation, but she acted in faith and her family were saved. Her family would not face destruction because God honored her faith, as the family of Noah was allowed to enter into the ark to ride out the judgment of the earth because God honored Noah’s faith, and as the unbelieving members of the people of faith are sanctified by the people of faith today because God honors those of faith. This principle that was first displayed in Noah is still a valid principle in our age.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. (1 Corinthians 7:12) And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. (1 Corinthians 7:13) For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. (1 Corinthians 7:14) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. (1 Corinthians 7:15) For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

    Then there is another spiritual principle in Joshua 2:19, And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. (Joshua 2:19) The line of scarlet thread, the blood of Christ, protected all who are within the house of the blood of sacrifice. As in the first Passover in the land of the suppressor all who were in the house under the blood were saved whether Jew or Gentile, so in the land of the usurper all who were in the house of the scarlet thread were saved.

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. (Exodus 12:7)

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. (Exodus 12:21) And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. (Exodus 12:22) For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. (Exodus 12:23)

   The line of scarlet thread was also a line of division, and a scarlet line of separation. The line of scarlet thread is one thread, and one line, but it has many fibers that binds this scarlet thread together as one; the Godhead bodily is such a thread: a line of blue and a line of scarlet and a line of purple strengthen by the gold of God’s righteousness IS the Godhead bodily.

   Rahab lived on the town wall. The Holy Spirit twice reminds us that her house was upon the wall. Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (Joshua 2:15) Do you remember the walls of Jericho falling? Let’s read about the wall of the city falling down. We know that the walls had to be an immense depth because there were condos and apartments on the wall. Walls were built with materials that were in easy reach, as the ‘great wall of Egypt’ was constructed from sandstone. However, the wall of Jericho was not sandstone, it just also happens to be “the oldest city wall discovered by archaeologists anywhere in the world.” Another interesting fact is that “Jericho is also the lowest situated city on earth at 850 feet below sea-level.” (Spiritually denoting sin, the lowest situated position of mankind.) These are just bits of trivia, but in the trivia there are spiritual meanings. Now, back to Rahab living on the town wall.

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. (Joshua 6:5)

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (Joshua 6:20)

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. (Joshua 6:21)

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. (Joshua 6:22)

And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. (Joshua 6:23)

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. (Joshua 6:24)

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. (Joshua 6:25)

   What a great coincidence that all the walls fell EXCEPT for the wall that was the home of the harlot Rahab. Then within the history of Joshua 6:15 there is a prophecy, she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day. Matthew 1:5 shows us the fulfillment of that prophecy. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab (Rahab); and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse. Rahab, the harlot, was part of the line of the scarlet thread.

Behold, [when] we come into the land, thou shalt bind  this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. (Joshua 2:18)

And she said, According unto your words, so [be] it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.(Joshua 2:21)

    There is no limit to the power of God’s salvation. There is no wall that He cannot destroy and there is no wall that He cannot preserve. Man’s builds with the elements at his disposal, God’s will dispose what man builds.

    When this article began I had no idea of the immensity within the word scarlet; consequently, thirty pages into the article, let us tie this off here because what lays before us deals with Saul (2nd Samuel 1:24), and with women of honor (Proverbs 31:21), the description of the Lord of glory (Song of Songs 4:3), the condition of those who are brought up in privilege (Lamentations 4:5), governmental power (Daniel 5:7), the destruction of Nineveh (Nahum 2:3); and the five documentations of the word scarlet in the New Testament. For those who love the word of God, boredom is never an issue, but sometimes, God wants us to stop and chew slowly, mull over the things that He presents to us through His Spirit. Now is mulling time, so mull on friends.

Men of renown is a companion piece to Giants in the Earth series.

© Copyright 2023, Mary Haigh

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