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4. The Sanctuary Contents 1. The Heavenly Sanctuary 2. “Heaven” on Earth 3. Sacrifices 4. Lessons From the Sanctuary 5. Atonement: Purification Offering 6. The Day of Atonement 7. Christ, Our Sacrifice 8. Christ, Our Priest 9. The Pre-Advent Judgment 10. The Eschatological Day of Atonement 11. Our Prophetic Message 12. The Cosmic Conflict Over God’s Character 13. Exhortations From the Sanctuary

5. The Great Controversy 488 Our Goal {169} “ THE SANCTUARY in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work in behalf of men. … It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us down to the very close of time and revealing the triumphant issue of the contest between righteous and sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should thoroughly investigate these subjects.”

6. The Sanctuary Lesson 6, November 9 The Sanctuary Lesson 6, November 9 The Day of Atonement

7. The Day of Atonement Key Text: Micah 7:18, 19 NASB “WHO IS a God like Thee, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. Yes, Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”

8. The Day of Atonement Initial Words {231} THE DAY of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, as revealed in Leviticus 16, is the most solemn Old Testament ritual. Also referred to as the Sabbath of Sabbaths (Leviticus 16:31), it is a time to rest in what God, as Creator and Redeemer, has done (and will do) for us.

9. The Day of Atonement Quick Look 1. YOM KIPPUR and the Goat “for the LORD” (Leviticus 16:8, 9) 2. YOM KIPPUR and the Goat for Azazel (Leviticus 16:8, 10) 3. Isaiah’s Personal YOM KIPPUR (Isaiah 6:1-7)

10. The Day of Atonement 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” Leviticus 16:8, 9 NKJV “ ‘AND AARON shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD…. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.’ ”

11. 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” The Yearly Cleansing {232} THROUGHOUT THE year, all kinds of sins and ritual impurities were transferred to the sanctuary. With the Day of Atonement comes the time for their removal.

12. 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” The Yearly Cleansing {232} There are three main parts to the Day of Atonement: 1. The purification offering for the priest. 2. The purification offering of the goat “for the Lord.” 3. The elimination ritual with the live goat for Azazel.

13. 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” The Yearly Cleansing {232} Because there was neither confession of sin nor laying on of hands involved with the goat for the Lord, its blood was not a carrier of sin. Thus, it did not defile; rather, it cleansed. The Day of Atonement was unique, for only on this day were both the sanctuary and the people cleansed.

14. 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” The Yearly Cleansing {232} This was the second stage of a two- phase atonement. In the first phase, during the year, the Israelites were forgiven. Their sins were not blotted out but were entrusted to God Himself, who promised to deal with them. The second phase did not have much to do with forgiveness; the people were already forgiven.

15. 1. Yom Kippur and the Goat “for the Lord” Beyond Forgiveness {233} The high priest enter the Most Holy Place to purge it from the ritual impurities, transgressions, and sins. He then transferred all the sins onto the live goat and sent them away, through the goat, into the desert. This achieved the goal of the Day of Atonement: a moral purification that went beyond forgiveness.

16. The Day of Atonement 2. Yom Kippur and the Goat for Azazel Leviticus 16:8, 10 NKJV “ ‘AND AARON shall cast lots for the two goats:…the other lot for the scapegoat. … The…scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.’ ”

17. 2. Yom Kippur and the Goat for Azazel The Scapegoat {234} THE LIVE goat came into play only after the high priest had finished the atonement of the entire sanctuary. The ensuing ritual with the live goat had nothing to do with the actual cleansing of the sanctuary or of the people. They already had been cleansed.

18. 2. Yom Kippur and the Goat for Azazel The Scapegoat {234} We know Azazel as a symbol of Lucifer. The ritual with the live goat was a rite of elimination that accomplished the final disposal of sin. Sin would be brought upon the one responsible for it and then carried away forever. “Atonement” was made in a punitive sense (Lev 16:10), as the goat carried the ultimate responsibility for sin.

19. 2. Yom Kippur and the Goat for Azazel The Scapegoat {234} This ritual parallels the law of the malicious witness (Deut. 19:16–21). The accuser and the accused stand before the priests and judges. An investigation is held; and if the accuser is found to be a malicious witness, he shall receive the punishment he intended for the innocent (example: Haman).

20. 2. Yom Kippur and the Goat for Azazel On the Day of Atonement {234} Someone who had confessed his sins during the first phase of atonement during the year, but then did not take the Day of Atonement seriously, he was to be cut off and destroyed (Lev. 23:29, 30). A person who professes faith in God can still lose salvation. Once-saved- always-saved is not taught in the Bible.

21. The Day of Atonement 3. Isaiah’s Personal Yom Kippur Isaiah 6:1-7 NKJV “I SAW the LORD sitting on a throne…. So I said: ‘Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips…; for my eyes have seen the King….’ Then one of the seraphim…touched my mouth with [live coal] and said:… ‘Your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.’ ”

22. 3. Isaiah’s Personal Yom Kippur The Burning Coal {236} THE COMBINATION of a temple filled with smoke, an altar, judgment, and atonement for sin and uncleanness recalls strongly the Day of Atonement. Isaiah experienced his own “personal Day of Atonement.”

23. 3. Isaiah’s Personal Yom Kippur The Burning Coal {236} Functioning like a priest, a seraph took a burning coal from the altar, presupposing some kind of offering, to purge the prophet’s sin. This is an apt image for the cleansing from sin that is possible through the sacrifice of Jesus and His priestly ministry of mediation.

24. The Day of Atonement Final Words {237} God’s work of cleansing brings us from “Woe is me” to “Here am I, send me.” Understanding the heavenly work on the Day of Atonement leads to a readiness for proclamation. Gratitude motivates mission. Acquitted sinners are God’s best ambassadors because they know what God has delivered them from.