[OHelix]

Can someone point out to me the Biblical significance (if any) of the red heifer? Is it a Levitical requirement that the heifer be red or is that from "handed down" tradition? I don't remember noting any red heifer mentioned in scripture, but I havn't done a word search yet...

[OHelix]

Did a word search... Found the reference in Numbers 19... It's great to have such tools to augment my faulty memory.

[SauronOfMordor]

Numbers 19:

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

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:

19:3 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:

19:4 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: 

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

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

[Sci Fi Guy]

Can someone point out to me the Biblical significance (if any) of the red heifer?

I believe that it is used to consecrate the building of the temple. Christians who believe that in the very last days the temple will be rebuilt, would view the birth of a red heifer as another very tiny piece of the puzzle falling into place.