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April 28, 2023
The Atoning Sacrifice
If we don’t understand Leviticus and this week’s reading about the Day of Atonement and the sanctity of blood, we will never understand what Jesus came to do and what He accomplished through His death. The need for atonement is everlasting, but we can be thankful that Jesus paid the price with His blood—once and for all time.
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The Atoning Sacrifice (Out of Zion Episode #178)
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, this week's reading in Leviticus is really very important because if we don't
2
00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,880
understand Leviticus and this week's reading about the day of atonement and the sanctity
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of blood, we will never understand what it is that Jesus came to do and what he accomplished
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for us on the cross.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration,
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bringing a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
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This week's Torah portion is called Aharei Mot Kedoshin after the death talking of the
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two sons of Aaron.
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So it's Leviticus 16 through chapter 20.
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The day of atonement is in chapter 16.
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I want to start there.
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I want to read to you verses 29 through 31.
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This shall be a statute forever for you.
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In the seventh month on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do
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no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.
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For on that day the priest will make atonement for you to cleanse you that you may be clean
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from all your sins before the Lord.
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It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you and you shall afflict your souls.
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It is a statute forever.
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So this is the day that Aaron, the high priest, enters the Holy of Holies, sanctifies it.
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He then makes atonement for himself and then for all the children.
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This is a day of fasting.
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That's what it means to afflict your souls.
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It's a day of fasting.
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It's a Sabbath day, no work absolutely.
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And interesting that it was required not only of the children of Israel, but any of the
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foreigners or strangers that were living amongst them.
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That's how holy this day was.
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And I want you to note the very last words, that it is a statute forever.
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This statute has not changed.
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But of course there's no temple now to make sacrifice in, but the statute still stands.
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Then in chapter 17 it talks about the sanctity of blood.
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And I want to read to you verse 11.
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For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar
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to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
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So the Jewish faith today is quite different from the Jewish faith of the biblical times,
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which was based on the temple rituals and sacrifice and the need for the spilling of
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blood.
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Without a temple in which to carry out the required sacrifices, the rabbis developed an
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emphasis on the act of prayer and repentance that was to accompany the sacrifice.
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So they can still pray and make repentance, they're just unable to make the sacrifice.
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And so the Jewish religion has gotten away from the understanding of that foundational
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truth that it is the blood that makes atonement.
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Now in Christianity of course, that's what Christianity is built upon.
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There is no need for an earthly temple with regular sacrifices because of our belief in
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one sacrifice carried out for all time.
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Now in Hebrews 9, the writer of Hebrews describes Jesus as our high priest, except that he did
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not enter a holy of holies made with hands on earth, but he entered heaven.
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And he did not make sacrifice regularly, but he offered up himself as a one-time sacrifice
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for all.
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I want to read to you in Hebrews 9, verse 28, so Christ was offered once to bear the
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sins for many.
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So if we don't understand Leviticus and this chapter about the day of atonement and the
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next chapter about the sanctity of the blood, then we can not begin to understand what it
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means that Jesus was our high priest and that he went in and made one sacrifice for all,
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for all time.
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00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:42,160
So a lot to think about is you take a Shabbat break this weekend and with that I wish you
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00:04:42,160 --> 00:05:06,200
Shabbat Shalom.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,840
Well, this week's reading in Leviticus is really very important because if we don't
2
00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,880
understand Leviticus and this week's reading about the day of atonement and the sanctity
3
00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:18,540
of blood, we will never understand what it is that Jesus came to do and what he accomplished
4
00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:21,120
for us on the cross.
5
00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:26,600
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration,
6
00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,480
bringing a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
7
00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:38,400
This week's Torah portion is called Aharei Mot Kedoshin after the death talking of the
8
00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:39,720
two sons of Aaron.
9
00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,840
So it's Leviticus 16 through chapter 20.
10
00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,120
The day of atonement is in chapter 16.
11
00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,680
I want to start there.
12
00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,440
I want to read to you verses 29 through 31.
13
00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,960
This shall be a statute forever for you.
14
00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,320
In the seventh month on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do
15
00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:09,160
no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.
16
00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:15,520
For on that day the priest will make atonement for you to cleanse you that you may be clean
17
00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,440
from all your sins before the Lord.
18
00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:24,720
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you and you shall afflict your souls.
19
00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,040
It is a statute forever.
20
00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:35,680
So this is the day that Aaron, the high priest, enters the Holy of Holies, sanctifies it.
21
00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,800
He then makes atonement for himself and then for all the children.
22
00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,360
This is a day of fasting.
23
00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,920
That's what it means to afflict your souls.
24
00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,620
It's a day of fasting.
25
00:01:47,620 --> 00:01:50,600
It's a Sabbath day, no work absolutely.
26
00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,800
And interesting that it was required not only of the children of Israel, but any of the
27
00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,640
foreigners or strangers that were living amongst them.
28
00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,480
That's how holy this day was.
29
00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:09,960
And I want you to note the very last words, that it is a statute forever.
30
00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,040
This statute has not changed.
31
00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:20,520
But of course there's no temple now to make sacrifice in, but the statute still stands.
32
00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,880
Then in chapter 17 it talks about the sanctity of blood.
33
00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,880
And I want to read to you verse 11.
34
00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:33,580
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar
35
00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:41,960
to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
36
00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:47,840
So the Jewish faith today is quite different from the Jewish faith of the biblical times,
37
00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:54,240
which was based on the temple rituals and sacrifice and the need for the spilling of
38
00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,120
blood.
39
00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:01,680
Without a temple in which to carry out the required sacrifices, the rabbis developed an
40
00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:08,560
emphasis on the act of prayer and repentance that was to accompany the sacrifice.
41
00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,360
So they can still pray and make repentance, they're just unable to make the sacrifice.
42
00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:21,440
And so the Jewish religion has gotten away from the understanding of that foundational
43
00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,240
truth that it is the blood that makes atonement.
44
00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:31,200
Now in Christianity of course, that's what Christianity is built upon.
45
00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:37,240
There is no need for an earthly temple with regular sacrifices because of our belief in
46
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,560
one sacrifice carried out for all time.
47
00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:48,600
Now in Hebrews 9, the writer of Hebrews describes Jesus as our high priest, except that he did
48
00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:55,560
not enter a holy of holies made with hands on earth, but he entered heaven.
49
00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:04,000
And he did not make sacrifice regularly, but he offered up himself as a one-time sacrifice
50
00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000
for all.
51
00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:12,040
I want to read to you in Hebrews 9, verse 28, so Christ was offered once to bear the
52
00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,720
sins for many.
53
00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:20,720
So if we don't understand Leviticus and this chapter about the day of atonement and the
54
00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:27,040
next chapter about the sanctity of the blood, then we can not begin to understand what it
55
00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:34,080
means that Jesus was our high priest and that he went in and made one sacrifice for all,
56
00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,960
for all time.
57
00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:42,160
So a lot to think about is you take a Shabbat break this weekend and with that I wish you
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00:04:42,160 --> 00:05:06,200
Shabbat Shalom.
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