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Sept. 30, 2022
Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur
The biblical Day of Atonement is when the High Priest entered the very presence of God in the Holy of Holies and made atonement for the sins of the people of Israel. This solemn day of prayer and fasting is Judaism’s most holy day of the year. This day has tremendous meaning for Christians and helps us understand all that Jesus did for us on the day of His ultimate sacrifice for our sins and how He entered the very presence of God in heaven from where He makes intercession for us.
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Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur (Out of Zion Episode #145)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, on the Hebrew calendar, we are now in a ten-day period of awe, during which we are
2
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:15,440
to reflect and to have a time of repentance in preparation for the biggest day of the
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year, Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement.
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What can we Christians learn from all of this?
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Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, and I seek to share just a little
6
00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:33,520
inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
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Yom Kippur is on the tenth day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, and it is to
8
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be a day of prayer and fasting and repentance.
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It's a Sabbath day.
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There's to be no work.
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It's a day of holy convocation.
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This is the day the high priest made Atonement for the sins of the nation.
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00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:03,840
You could say that Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, and this ten-day period of awe
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00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:10,520
was for personal repentance leading up to this day, which was also going to be for national
15
00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,720
repentance, that the sacrifice was going to be for the sins of the nation.
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Now, the high priest had to do everything just exactly right, and if he did not, the
17
00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:30,040
presence of God in the Holy of Holies could actually be fatal for him, because sin and
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disobedience cannot exist before God, cannot stand before his presence.
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So for this reason, the high priest had a lot of preparations he had to go through,
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00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:48,520
but he also had little bells on the hem of his garment in the form of little pomegranates,
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and those bells, which had several rolls, alerted the priest outside of the Holy of
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Holies, that the high priest was still alive, and he was moving around inside the Holy of
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Holies.
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If the bells ever stopped ringing, they had to pull him out because they had tied a rope
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00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:15,480
around his leg, just in case if he died in there, they couldn't enter to go get him.
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So this is the special requirements for the day of atonement.
27
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Another interesting aspect of this day was the sacrifice of two goats.
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They had to be equal in size and weight, and lots were then cast for which one of the goats
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00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,960
was going to be sacrificed on the altar, and his blood spread around for the forgiveness
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00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:47,680
of sins, and which goat was going to be used as a scapegoat.
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So the second goat, the high priest would lay his hands on the second goat and confess
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the sins of the nation, and he was then sent into the wilderness.
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So the sins of the nation were carried away on the scapegoat.
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00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,280
Now the Jewish people have not had a temple for 2,000 years, so they've developed an
35
00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:14,640
emphasis on prayer and repentance to receive forgiveness of sins.
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For Christians, we recognize that we do not need an annual sacrifice because Christ died
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00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,360
once and for all.
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He was our scapegoat.
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Our sins were put on him, and he was banished, and he died on our behalf.
40
00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,280
His death is sufficient for us forever.
41
00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:40,120
But understanding the biblical requirements of Yom Kippur will help us to understand just
42
00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,520
what Christ did for us.
43
00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:49,720
Jesus did not make a sacrifice and enter into the Holy of Holies in the earthly temple,
44
00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:56,840
but Hebrew 9 says that he entered into the holy place of heaven, into the presence of
45
00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,400
God on our behalf.
46
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:05,680
And of course, Jesus was sinless, so he didn't have to wear bells on his garment, but he
47
00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,160
was welcomed into the presence of God.
48
00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,740
So as you and I take a break this weekend, use this time for some introspection and repentance
49
00:04:15,740 --> 00:04:20,720
and intercession for others as they are doing the same.
50
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:28,440
But end your time with a time of rejoicing and thanksgiving for what Christ's sacrifice
51
00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:34,840
has done for us, that our sins have been taken away, that Jesus is in the heavenly holy of
52
00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:40,280
holies making intercession for us right now.
53
00:04:40,280 --> 00:05:00,040
So with that, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,160
Well, on the Hebrew calendar, we are now in a ten-day period of awe, during which we are
2
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:15,440
to reflect and to have a time of repentance in preparation for the biggest day of the
3
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,600
year, Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement.
4
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,680
What can we Christians learn from all of this?
5
00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,560
Well, welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional, and I seek to share just a little
6
00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:33,520
inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
7
00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,520
Yom Kippur is on the tenth day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, and it is to
8
00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,440
be a day of prayer and fasting and repentance.
9
00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,440
It's a Sabbath day.
10
00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,480
There's to be no work.
11
00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,160
It's a day of holy convocation.
12
00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:56,480
This is the day the high priest made Atonement for the sins of the nation.
13
00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:03,840
You could say that Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, and this ten-day period of awe
14
00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:10,520
was for personal repentance leading up to this day, which was also going to be for national
15
00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,720
repentance, that the sacrifice was going to be for the sins of the nation.
16
00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:22,840
Now, the high priest had to do everything just exactly right, and if he did not, the
17
00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:30,040
presence of God in the Holy of Holies could actually be fatal for him, because sin and
18
00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:35,680
disobedience cannot exist before God, cannot stand before his presence.
19
00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,560
So for this reason, the high priest had a lot of preparations he had to go through,
20
00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:48,520
but he also had little bells on the hem of his garment in the form of little pomegranates,
21
00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:55,440
and those bells, which had several rolls, alerted the priest outside of the Holy of
22
00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:01,680
Holies, that the high priest was still alive, and he was moving around inside the Holy of
23
00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:02,800
Holies.
24
00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:08,840
If the bells ever stopped ringing, they had to pull him out because they had tied a rope
25
00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:15,480
around his leg, just in case if he died in there, they couldn't enter to go get him.
26
00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:23,080
So this is the special requirements for the day of atonement.
27
00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:29,000
Another interesting aspect of this day was the sacrifice of two goats.
28
00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:35,360
They had to be equal in size and weight, and lots were then cast for which one of the goats
29
00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,960
was going to be sacrificed on the altar, and his blood spread around for the forgiveness
30
00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:47,680
of sins, and which goat was going to be used as a scapegoat.
31
00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,440
So the second goat, the high priest would lay his hands on the second goat and confess
32
00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:58,680
the sins of the nation, and he was then sent into the wilderness.
33
00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,600
So the sins of the nation were carried away on the scapegoat.
34
00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,280
Now the Jewish people have not had a temple for 2,000 years, so they've developed an
35
00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:14,640
emphasis on prayer and repentance to receive forgiveness of sins.
36
00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:21,280
For Christians, we recognize that we do not need an annual sacrifice because Christ died
37
00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,360
once and for all.
38
00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,400
He was our scapegoat.
39
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:30,760
Our sins were put on him, and he was banished, and he died on our behalf.
40
00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,280
His death is sufficient for us forever.
41
00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:40,120
But understanding the biblical requirements of Yom Kippur will help us to understand just
42
00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,520
what Christ did for us.
43
00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:49,720
Jesus did not make a sacrifice and enter into the Holy of Holies in the earthly temple,
44
00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:56,840
but Hebrew 9 says that he entered into the holy place of heaven, into the presence of
45
00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,400
God on our behalf.
46
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:05,680
And of course, Jesus was sinless, so he didn't have to wear bells on his garment, but he
47
00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,160
was welcomed into the presence of God.
48
00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,740
So as you and I take a break this weekend, use this time for some introspection and repentance
49
00:04:15,740 --> 00:04:20,720
and intercession for others as they are doing the same.
50
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:28,440
But end your time with a time of rejoicing and thanksgiving for what Christ's sacrifice
51
00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:34,840
has done for us, that our sins have been taken away, that Jesus is in the heavenly holy of
52
00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:40,280
holies making intercession for us right now.
53
00:04:40,280 --> 00:05:00,040
So with that, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom.
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