When was the last red heifer born

This apocalyptic event will bring what Christians call "the rapture" - where all Christian believers living and dead will rise into the sky and join Christ. The fate of non-believers isn't quite so promising. For them the rapture means everlasting punishment of their souls in hell. Rabbi Chain Richman, director of the Institute, believes the time is ripe to build the Third Temple, following the birth of the red heifer. They have since hoped to breed a perfectly red cow with the imported frozen embryos of red angus cows what are then implanted into domestic cows.

A board of rabbis have verified the cow fulfils the requirements of the prophecy, reports Breaking Israel News. According to Jewish tradition, there will only be ten red heifers in human history with the tenth heifer ushering in the Messianic era.

But now… what could it mean for the times we live in, to have the means for purification so close at hand? With the words of Maimonides in mind, we cannot help but wonder and pray: If there are now red heifers… is ours the era that will need them? The laws pertaining to the mitzvah are myriad and considered by the sages to be the archetypal chok , an inexplicable Torah commandment accepted solely on faith. Before entering the land of Israel after the Exodus, the heifer was burned outside of the camp.

In the days of the Temple, the heifer was taken to the Mount of Olives across a causeway built specifically for this purpose to ensure that there was no inadvertent contact with areas along the way that may have been contaminated by dead bodies. Cedarwood, hyssop, and wool or yarn dyed scarlet are added to the fire, and the remaining ashes are placed in a vessel containing spring water to purify a person who has become ritually contaminated by contact with a corpse.

Water from the vessel is sprinkled on the subject, using a bunch of hyssop, on the third and seventh day of the purification process. The priest who performs the ritual then becomes ritually unclean, and must then wash himself and his clothes in running waters. He is deemed impure until evening.

But the red heifer also relates to Christian End Times beliefs that the completion of the third Temple is a sign preceding the second coming of Jesus Christ. And according to the Temple Institute, the red heifer born in Israel currently meets the requirements outlined in Scripture.

A board of rabbis examined the baby calf a week after its birth. They claim she meets the biblical requirements for the animal. Those requirements demand the calf come from a natural birth and be entirely red. Only two non-red hairs are allowed.