1. Preparation for Christmas
LEVITICUS 16
Israel’s High and Holy Day
LEVITICUS 16
Israel’s High and Holy Day

2. Day of Atonement—Yom Kippur—when God graciously atoned for all the sins of all the people and gave the nation a new beginning.
There is no temple so they cannot go and sacrifice
Jesus Christ is the sacrifice
~~~Day of Atonement—Yom Kippur—when God graciously atoned for all the sins of all the people and gave the nation a new beginning.
~~~No temple so they cannot go and sacrifice
~~~~~~~~Jesus Christ is the sacrifice

3. An appointed time (Lev. 16:1–2, 29)
Death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10)
Fear must have been there
God is specific and there are consequences to disobedience
Day of Atonement was once a year
Not human choice
Divine appointment
High priest was required to fulfill this order or die
Leviticus 16:1–2 (ESV) — 1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2 and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
 Leviticus 16:29 (ESV) — 29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
~~~Death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10)
1. Fear must have been there
2. God is specific and there are consequences to disobedience
~~~~~~~~Day of Atonement was once a year
1. Not human choice
2. Divine appointment
3. High priest was required to fulfill this order or die

4. Appointed day 7th Month—Mid September
1st day of month-Trumpet blown—New year
10th Day—Day of Atonement
15th day –Feast of Booths-Lasted a week
~~~ 1. 7th Month—Mid September
~~~~ st day of month-Trumpet blown—New year
~~~~ th Day—Day of Atonement
~~~~~~~~ th day –Feast of Booths-Lasted a week

5. Only the shedding of blood could give forgiveness/new beginning
Hebrews 9:22 (ESV) Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
 High Priest had to repeat year by year.
~~~~Hebrews 9:22 (ESV) — 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
~~~~~~~~ High Priest had to repeat year by year.

6. Jesus came at the right time (once for all)
Hebrews 9:26 (ESV) for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
~~~~~~~Hebrews 9:26 (ESV) — 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

7. An announced purpose (Lev. 16:30–34)
To ransom
To remove by paying a price
Price is paid
Priest places his hands on the head of the sacrifice
Price is paid and blood is shed
Life for life is given
Leviticus 16:30–34 (ESV) — 30 For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins. 31 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever. 32 And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments. 33 He shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. 34 And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins.” And Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Meaning of Atonement
~~~ 1. to ransom
~~~ 2. to remove by paying a price
~~~~~~~Price is paid
1. Priest places his hands on the head of the sacrifice
2. Price is paid and blood is shed
3. Life for life is given

8. John Stott says it magnificently: “We strongly reject, therefore, every explanation of the death of Christ which does not have at its center the principle of ‘satisfaction through substitution,’ indeed divine self-satisfaction through divine self-substitution.”
~~~~~~~John Stott says it magnificently: “We strongly reject, therefore, every explanation of the death of Christ which does not have at its center the principle of ‘satisfaction through substitution,’ indeed divine self-satisfaction through divine self-substitution.”

9. No salvation apart from shedding of blood
Matthew 26:28 (ESV) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
 Matthew 20:28 (ESV) even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
 Sacrifices on Day of Atonement brought cleansing
High Priest and his family
People of Israel
Temple of God
~~~Matthew 26:28 (ESV) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
~~~~ Matthew 20:28 (ESV) even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
~~~~~~~~~Sacrifices on Day of Atonement brought cleansing
a. High Priest and his family
b. People of Israel
c. Temple of God

10. III. An afflicted people (Lev. 16:29, 31)
Do no work
Deny themselves-afflict themselves
To Humble or oppress themselves
Describes the suffering Joseph felt in prison
Usually means fasting and confession of sin
Get serious about sin
Leviticus 16:29 (ESV) “And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
 Leviticus 16:31 (ESV) It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.
 Regardless of the day of the week—Sabbath
~~~ 1. Do no work
~~~ 2. Deny themselves-afflict themselves
~~~ 3. To Humble or oppress themselves
~~~ 4. Describes the suffering Joseph felt in prison
~~~ 5. Usually means fasting and confession of sin
~~~~~~~ 6. Get serious about sin .

11. James 4:8–10 (ESV)
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
~~~~~~8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

12. Repentance is almost a lost note
“Repentance is almost a lost note in our preaching and experience,” said Vance Havner, “and the lack of it is filling our churches with baptized sinners who have never felt the guilt of sin or the need of a Savior … We are trying to get young people to say, ‘Here am I’ before they have ever said, ‘Woe is me!’ ”
~~~~~~“Repentance is almost a lost note in our preaching and experience,” said Vance Havner, “and the lack of it is filling our churches with baptized sinners who have never felt the guilt of sin or the need of a Savior … We are trying to get young people to say, ‘Here am I’ before they have ever said, ‘Woe is me!’ ”
Ephesians 2:8–9 (ESV) — 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

13. IV. An Assigned Procedure (Lev. 16:3–28)
High Priest Prepares-follows the right procedure
Make sure the proper sacrifices were available
set aside glorious garments
Washed at the laver
Put on simple linen garments-Ordinary Priest (humiliation)
Washed at the laver-(act of sanctification)
 Setting himself apart to serve the Lord and His people
~~~High Priest Prepares-follows the right procedure
1. Make sure the proper sacrifices were available
-a bull, a ram fro himself and family
-two goats and a ram for the people
Animals could not have any defects
2. set aside glorious garments
-Washed at the laver
~~~~-Put on simple linen garments-Ordinary Priest (humiliation)
-Washed at the laver-(act of sanctification)
~~~~~~~~ 3. Setting himself apart to serve the Lord and His people
Next Slide-- Jesus did this for us

14. Jesus did this for us Jesus never cleansed himself-Already pure
Did set Himself apart to serve us
Laid aside His glory
Came into this world as a baby
Suffering servant
Humbled Himself
Died on the cross
When work was completed returned to heaven glorified
~~~Jesus never cleansed himself-Already pure
~~~~Did set Himself apart to serve us
~~~~Laid aside His glory
Came into this world as a baby
Suffering servant
Humbled Himself
Died on the cross
~~~~~~~When work was completed returned to heaven glorified

15. The high priest offers his own sin offering (vv. 6, 11–14).
Being properly washed and dressed
Went to the alter-Sacrifices a bull
Sacrificed for himself, his family and other priests
~~~Being properly washed and dressed
~~~~~~~Went to the alter-Sacrifices a bull
-Sacrificed for himself, his family and other priests

16. Holy of holies Blood from Bull Censer of coals from the alter
Special incense
Put incense on coals from cloud to cover mercy seat
Sprinkled blood on mercy seat
Sprinkled blood 7 times before the mercy seat
~~~Blood from Bull
~~~Censer of coals from the alter
~~~Special incense
~~~Put incense on coals from cloud to cover mercy seat
~~~Sprinkled blood on mercy seat
~~~~~~~~~Sprinkled blood 7 times before the mercy seat

17. Cloud of incense symbolized the glory of God
God’s glory is above all else
Ultimate goal of God’s great plan of salvation is the Father’s glory
John 17:1 (ESV) —When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
~~~God’s glory is above all else
~~~~Ultimate goal of God’s great plan of salvation is the Father’s glory,
~~~~~~~~~~John 17:1 (ESV) — 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,

18. Ephesians 1:6 (ESV) —to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:12 (ESV) —so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:14 (ESV) —who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:6 (ESV) — 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:12 (ESV) — 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:14 (ESV) — 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

19. The high priest offers the sin offering for the people (vv
Two goats together constituted one sin offering
(“two kids of the goats for a sin offering,” Lev. 16:5),
One chosen to die
Blood of the goat to holy of holies
for the sins of the people
Both hands on the living goat
Confesses over it.
Goat is never to be seen again
Sins of the people being carried away
Never to be held against them again
~~~~two goats together constituted one sin offering
(“two kids of the goats for a sin offering,” Lev. 16:5),
a. Cast lots over the goats
b. One chosen to die
~~~~ 1) Blood of the goat to holy of holies
2) for the sins of the people
~~~~~~Both hands on the living goat
a. confesses over it.
Leviticus 16:21 (ESV) — 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
 Goat is never to be seen again
 Sins of the people being carried away
Never to be held against them again

20. Psalm 103:12 (ESV)
as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
~~~~~~as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

21. John 1:29 (ESV)
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Living man who lead the goat away had to cleanse himself before reentering the camp 16:26
~~~The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
~~~~~~~~Living man who lead the goat away had to cleanse himself before reentering the camp 16:26

22. The high priest offers the burnt offerings (vv. 3, 5, 24).
The high priest washes himself and puts on his official garments (vv. 23–24).
After the scape goat is “lost”, the high priest bathes again and replaces his priestly garments
Reminds us of Christ return to heaven
The high priest offers the burnt offerings (vv. 3, 5, 24).
Offer of a ram for self and the people
Total devotion to the Lord
~~~After the scape goat is “lost”, the high priest bathes again and replaces his priestly garments
2. Reminds us of Christ return to heaven
~~~~~~~The high priest offers the burnt offerings (vv. 3, 5, 24).
1. Offer of a ram for self and the people
a. Total devotion to the Lord

23. Burned the fat of the sin offering
There is forgiveness with you.
Psalm 130:4 (ESV) But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Forgiveness and the fear of the Lord go together
Privilege of forgiveness carries with it the obligation of commitment and obedience.
Sin offerings were carried outside the camp
The carrier of the offering had to wash before returning
~~~There is forgiveness with you.
~~~Psalm 130:4 (ESV) But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
~~~Forgiveness and the fear of the Lord go together
~~~Privilege of forgiveness carries with it the obligation of commitment and obedience.
Jesus offered Himself up to the Father in total obedience,
We cannot do less than follow His example.
~~~Sin offerings were carried outside the camp
~~~~~~~The carrier of the offering had to wash before returning

24. V. An appropriate picture (Zech. 12:10–13:1)
Zechariah 12:10–13:1 (ESV) — 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. 1 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
Zechariah 12:10–13:1 (ESV) — 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. 1 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

25. Timing: seventh month Day 1-Blowing of the trumpet—
Day 10—Day of atonement
Day of affliction and mourning
Day of repentance from their sins
~~~Day 1-Blowing of the trumpet—
Matthew 24:29–31 (ESV) — 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
~~~~Day 10—Day of atonement
Day of affliction and mourning
Day of repentance from their sins

26. This will lead to their cleansing and salvation
Jeremiah 50:20 (ESV) — In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
Day 15 lasting for a week: Feast of Tabernacles: Time of Great joy and dancing.
When Christ sets up His kingdom
~~~Jeremiah 50:20 (ESV) — 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
~~~Day 15 lasting for a week: Feast of Tabernacles: Time of Great joy and dancing.
~~~~~~~~When Christ sets up His kingdom

27. Creation will be delivered from bondage:
Romans 8:18–22 (ESV) — 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
~~~~~~Romans 8:18–22 (ESV) — 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

28. Jesus will reign as King
Psalm 72:7 (ESV) In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Psalm 72:7 (ESV) In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!