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Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is also called The Day of Atonement. Leviticus

16:30-31; Leviticus 23:27-28, 31-32; and Numbers 29:7 speak of

it. Yom Kippur is also referred to by various themes and idioms:

Face to Face, The Day (or the Great Day), The Fast, The Great

Shofar, and Neilah (the closing of the gates). On the tenth of

Tishrei the high priest shall conduct a special ceremony to

purge defilement from the shrine and from the people. The heart

of the ritual is that the high priest shall bring a bull and two

goats as a special offering.

First, the bull is sacrificed to purge the shrine from any

defilements caused by misdeeds of the priest himself and of his

household. Secondly, one of the goats is chosen by lot to be

sacrificed to purge the shrine of any similar defilement

stimulated by misdeeds of the whole Israelite people. Finally,

the second goat is sent away not sacrificed, to cleanse the

people themselves. The goat is marked for Azazel and is sent

away to wander in the wilderness. Before the goat is sent out,

the high priest lays both his hands upon its head and confesses

over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites,

whatever their misdeeds, and so putting them on the head of the

goat. Thus, the Torah adds, "The goat shall carry on it all

their iniquities to an inaccessible region..."

The Hebrew word for scapegoat is azazel. Azazel was seen as a

type of satan in the intertestamental Book of Enoch (8:1). The

sins of the people and thus the punishment of the people were

laid upon azazel, the scapegoat. He would bear the sins of the

people and punishment of the people would be upon him. Azazel

being sent into the wilderness is understood to be a picture of

satan being cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20).

Messianic Understanding God gave the ceremony of the casting of

lots during Yom Kippur to teach us how He will judge the nations

of the world prior to the Messianic age known as the Millennium.

The nations of the world will be judged according to how they

treated the Jewish people. Those nations who mistreated the Jews

will be goat nations and they will go into the left hand. Those

nations that stood beside the Jewish people will be sheep

nations and will enter into the Messianic kingdom or the

Millennium (Matthew 25:31-46).

Jesus is our High Priest. In John 20:17, Yeshua said, "Touch me

not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father..." These were the

same words that the priest spoke before he ascended the altar.

Yeshua can be seen as Priest by looking at some other

Scriptures. In Numbers 19:11, if you touched a dead body, you

were unclean for seven days. After being unclean, purification

took place on the eighth day. This is the meaning behind what

happened in John 20:24-27. Rather than wearing his usual robe

and colorful garments, Aaron was commanded to wear special

garments of linen. Yeshua was seen wearing the same thing in

Revelation 1:13-15. Daniel also saw this and described it in

Daniel 10:5-6. (Bonus scripture Numbers 15: 37-41 regarding

fringes which were to remind the people of the Torah or God's

Word. Consider the woman with the issue of blood and relate her

faith in God's Word--Jesus--to heal her.)

Therefore, when the high priest stood before God on this day, he

was said to be "face to face" with God. Because of this, Yom

Kippur became known by the phrase "face to face." "Face to face"

terminology was used in First Corinthians 13:9-12. Both verse 11

and the phrase in verse 12, "For now we see through a glass,

darkly" come from the Jewish Midrash.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, comes on the tenth day of the

Jewish month of Tishrei (September/October). It is the last day

of the Ten Days of Repentance, and it is the most solemn day of

the Jewish calendar. It is believed that those who have not been

good enough to be written in the Book of Life immediately on

Rosh HaShanah are given ten days to repent, pray for

forgiveness, and do good deeds until Yom Kippur, when their fate

will be decided. The entire Day of Forgiveness is spent fasting

and praying. Because this day is the most solemn day in the

year, it is known as "The Day."

Conclusion The Day of Atonement was the most solemn of all the

feast days. It was the day of cleansing for the nation and for

the sanctuary. On this day alone, once a year, the high priest

entered into the holiest of all, the Holy of Holies in the

temple, within the veil of the temple, with the blood of the

Lord's goat, the sin offering. Here he sprinkled the blood on

the mercy seat. The blood of the sin offering on the great Day

of Atonement brought about the cleansing of all sin for the

priesthood, the sanctuary, and Israel as a nation.

The year of Jubilee was the Day of Atonement (Leviticus

25:9-11). This was a year and day of liberty. Yeshua came to

preach this liberty at His first coming. From Adam, it has been

almost 6,000 years and 120 Jubilees. The number 120 points to

the end of the age of the flesh and the reign of the life of the

spirit (Genesis 6:3). The ultimate fulfillment of the year of

Jubilee will take place at the second coming of Messiah. The

earth will be redeemed and come into full and complete rest from

the curse brought upon it by Adam's sin. Complete restoration of

man's lost inheritance will take place. God's people will be

totally set free--set at liberty, from all sin, sickness and

disease, death, and the curse. Satan, the source of all these

things, will be bound and true rest will be realized. The

tabernacle of God will be with men and He will dwell with them.

So, the year of Jubilee and the day of Atonement speak of the

fullness of the redemptive plan of God for man.

Pastor T.

Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is at the door.

Material for this lesson was taken from Edward Chumney's book

entitled, The Seven Festivals of the Messiah (Treasure House). I

highly recommend this book.

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<h1>The Big Day...</h1> Yom Kippur Yom Kippur is also called The Day of Atonement. Leviticus 16:30-31; Leviticus 23:27-28, 31-32; and Numbers 29:7 speak of it. Yom Kippur is also referred to by various themes and idioms: Face to Face, The Day (or the Great Day), The Fast, The Great Shofar, and Neilah (the closing of the gates). On the tenth of Tishrei the high priest shall conduct a special ceremony to purge defilement from the shrine and from the people. The heart of the ritual is that the high priest shall bring a bull and two goats as a special offering. First, the bull is sacrificed to purge the shrine from any defilements caused by misdeeds of the priest himself and of his household. Secondly, one of the goats is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to purge the shrine of any similar defilement stimulated by misdeeds of the whole Israelite people. Finally, the second goat is sent away not sacrificed, to cleanse the people themselves. The goat is marked for Azazel and is sent away to wander in the wilderness. Before the goat is sent out, the high priest lays both his hands upon its head and confesses over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Israelites, whatever their misdeeds, and so putting them on the head of the goat. Thus, the Torah adds, "The goat shall carry on it all their iniquities to an inaccessible region..." The Hebrew word for scapegoat is azazel. Azazel was seen as a type of satan in the intertestamental Book of Enoch (8:1). The sins of the people and thus the punishment of the people were laid upon azazel, the scapegoat. He would bear the sins of the people and punishment of the people would be upon him. Azazel being sent into the wilderness is understood to be a picture of satan being cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20). Messianic Understanding God gave the ceremony of the casting of lots during Yom Kippur to teach us how He will judge the nations of the world prior to the Messianic age known as the Millennium. The nations of the world will be judged according to how they treated the Jewish people. Those nations who mistreated the Jews will be goat nations and they will go into the left hand. Those nations that stood beside the Jewish people will be sheep nations and will enter into the Messianic kingdom or the Millennium (Matthew 25:31-46). Jesus is our High Priest. In John 20:17, Yeshua said, "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father..." These were the same words that the priest spoke before he ascended the altar. Yeshua can be seen as Priest by looking at some other Scriptures. In Numbers 19:11, if you touched a dead body, you were unclean for seven days. After being unclean, purification took place on the eighth day. This is the meaning behind what happened in John 20:24-27. Rather than wearing his usual robe and colorful garments, Aaron was commanded to wear special garments of linen. Yeshua was seen wearing the same thing in Revelation 1:13-15. Daniel also saw this and described it in Daniel 10:5-6. (Bonus scripture Numbers 15: 37-41 regarding fringes which were to remind the people of the Torah or God's Word. Consider the woman with the issue of blood and relate her faith in God's Word--Jesus--to heal her.) Therefore, when the high priest stood before God on this day, he was said to be "face to face" with God. Because of this, Yom Kippur became known by the phrase "face to face." "Face to face" terminology was used in First Corinthians 13:9-12. Both verse 11 and the phrase in verse 12, "For now we see through a glass, darkly" come from the Jewish Midrash. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, comes on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei (September/October). It is the last day of the Ten Days of Repentance, and it is the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar. It is believed that those who have not been good enough to be written in the Book of Life immediately on Rosh HaShanah are given ten days to repent, pray for forgiveness, and do good deeds until Yom Kippur, when their fate will be decided. The entire Day of Forgiveness is spent fasting and praying. Because this day is the most solemn day in the year, it is known as "The Day." Conclusion The Day of Atonement was the most solemn of all the feast days. It was the day of cleansing for the nation and for the sanctuary. On this day alone, once a year, the high priest entered into the holiest of all, the Holy of Holies in the temple, within the veil of the temple, with the blood of the Lord's goat, the sin offering. Here he sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat. The blood of the sin offering on the great Day of Atonement brought about the cleansing of all sin for the priesthood, the sanctuary, and Israel as a nation. The year of Jubilee was the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 25:9-11). This was a year and day of liberty. Yeshua came to preach this liberty at His first coming. From Adam, it has been almost 6,000 years and 120 Jubilees. The number 120 points to the end of the age of the flesh and the reign of the life of the spirit (Genesis 6:3). The ultimate fulfillment of the year of Jubilee will take place at the second coming of Messiah. The earth will be redeemed and come into full and complete rest from the curse brought upon it by Adam's sin. Complete restoration of man's lost inheritance will take place. God's people will be totally set free--set at liberty, from all sin, sickness and disease, death, and the curse. Satan, the source of all these things, will be bound and true rest will be realized. The tabernacle of God will be with men and He will dwell with them. So, the year of Jubilee and the day of Atonement speak of the fullness of the redemptive plan of God for man. Pastor T. Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is at the door. Material for this lesson was taken from Edward Chumney's book entitled, The Seven Festivals of the Messiah (Treasure House). I highly recommend this book. More <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">free articles</a> from <a href="http://www.articlesroom.com">http://www.articlesroom.com</a>

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