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By the two birds2637
Christ is denoted, both dead as man,
and living as God. He is likened to a bird, because He is understood and
declared to be from above, and from heaven. And the living bird, having
been dipped in the blood of the dead one, was afterwards let go. For the
living and divine Word was in the crucified and dead temple [of the
body], as being a partaker of the passion, and yet impassible to God.
By that which took place in the running2638
| 2638 Literally,
“living.” | water, in which the wood and the hyssop
and the scarlet were dipped, is set forth the bloody passion of Christ on
the cross for the salvation of those who are sprinkled with the Spirit,
and the water, and the blood. Wherefore the material for purification was
not provided chiefly with reference to leprosy, but with regard to the
forgiveness of sins, that both leprosy might be understood to be an
emblem of sin, and the things which were sacrificed an emblem of Him who
was to be sacrificed for sins.
For this reason, consequently, he ordered that the
scarlet should be dipped at the same time in the water, thus predicting
that the flesh should no longer possess its natural [evil] properties.
For this reason, also, were there the two birds, the one being sacrificed
in the water, and the other dipped both in the blood and in the water and
then sent away, just as is narrated also respecting the goats.
The goat that was sent away
presented a type of Him who taketh away the sins of men. But the two
contained a representation of the one economy of God incarnate. For He
was wounded for our transgressions, and He bare the sins of many, and He
was delivered for our iniquities.—From manuscript of writings
of Justin.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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