Atonement.... Forgiveness and New Life

Feast # 6 Name: Atonement MEANING: t Leviticus 16: 29; Leviticus 23: 26 – 32 The first purpose is to present the people before the Lord – in a Sabbath type act – strictly no work for 24 hours. Ritually, the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies to sacrifice for the people – effectively for the Nation. The High Priest was alive, he made intercession for his people, and providing the sacrifice was performed correctly, then God accepted the sacrifice. One goat would be sacrificed for the people. The second was the “scapegoat”, which would have the sins of the people ritually placed upon it and then it was sent into a desert place where it perished alone – it died “outside the camp” [ Psalm 103: 12 ]. Forgiveness and New Life

t PROPHETIC FULFILMENT: Feast # 6 Name: Atonement A new and better sacrifice was required. It is ironic that before offering the sacrifice for the people, the Priest had to offer a sacrifice for his own sins! The more correctly the letter of the Law was observed on the Day of Atonement, the more eloquently it testified that the Law is “weak” and “useless” and a better hope was required [ Hebrews 10: 1 – 2 ]. The letter to the Hebrews is a wonderful explanation of the Day of Atonement, clearly showing the shortcomings of the Law. It is a commentary on Romans 8: 3-4. “It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” [ Hebrews 10: 4 ]. How much better is Yeshua, our Great High Priest! He achieves what no Levitical priest could ever do. As a man He was without sin – He did not have to offer a sacrifice for His sin. He was able to offer His sinless human life as a sin offering for others. Because He is God AND Man, He is both priest and victim. As the One who conquered death, He offers Himself as our atonement on the cross of crucifixion. Forgiveness and New Life

t PRESENT JEWISH OBSERVANCE: Feast # 6 Name: Atonement Yom Kippur is the most hold day in the Jewish biblical calendar. Historically it was THE day once a year when the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies to atone for his own sins and for the sins of the people (see Leviticus 16). Today Rabbinical Judaism has no Temple and no Levitical priesthood – no way, in fact, to “keep” the eternal command. The day is still marked, even by some secular Jews, as a cultural statement. It has become simply a day of fasting and religious reflection, a seeking of forgiveness from judgement for sins against G-d, but it carries no assurance – because the scriptural ordinances can no longer be fulfilled. Forgiveness and New Life

t Re: JESUS Feast # 6 Name: Atonement The epistle to the Hebrews contrasts our High Priest Jesus, with the High Priest of Israel [ Hebrews 7: 22 – 27 ]. The Day of Atonement demonstrated the truth that all the sacrifices of the Law could not provide an eternal solution to the problem of sin. At best, it could only deal with the sins of the previous year! Only the Lord Yeshua, Israel’s Eternal High Priest, can say “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand” [ John 10: 28 ]. See Hebrews 8: Jesus’ life after death is the guarantee that He imparts that same life to His true disciples. Our sins are atoned for. We ARE forgiven. Praise God! Forgiveness and New Life

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