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Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

I. Introduction:

“Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord. And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.”
(Leviticus 23:27-28, ESV)

The Lord called Moses up the mountain to retrieve the tablets of the covenant, but the people worshiped the golden calf at the foot of the mountain. The Lord said to Moses, "Your people have become corrupt!" When he came down the mountain and saw the golden calf, he was furious and smashed the tablets of the covenant. Moses went to atone for the people's sins, pleading with the Lord for forgiveness, threatening to blot out his name from the Book of Life if the Lord refused. The Lord disagreed.
But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. (Exodus 32:33, ESV)


Moses risked his life to plead with God, repeatedly interceding for the people's sins, and finally the Lord agreed! He again obeyed God's command, going up the mountain to retrieve the tablets of the covenant, and fasted for forty days on Mount Sinai. The day Moses brought the tablets down from the mountain was July 10th, signifying that God had forgiven the people's sins. Moses told the entire Israelite community that this day, the 10th of July, would be commemorated as the Day of Atonement, which is the origin of this festival.

II. Atonement

1. The Spiritual Meaning of Atonement

The root word "atonement," *Atonemen*, means to cover or cover, and is generally translated as: cleansing, reconciliation, forgiveness, pardon, or pardon.

The spiritual meaning of the Day of Atonement is that during the Great Tribulation, God still has salvation; the High Priest, the Lord Jesus, will enter the Holy of Holies in heaven to atone for the sins of His people. If He is not raptured at that time, those who remain on earth will have to pay a much higher price to serve God.

2. During the Temple period, the High Priest entered alone once a year to offer sacrifices for his own sins and those of the people.

but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. (Hebrews 9:7, ESV)

When the Temple existed in Jerusalem, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) involved an extremely complex and solemn sacrificial ceremony performed by the High Priest alone. Its purpose was to atone for the sins of the High Priest himself, his family, and all the people of Israel, and to cleanse the sanctuary.

This was the only time of year that the High Priest, alone, could enter the Holy of Holies (the place where the Ark of the Covenant was kept); he had to remove his magnificent holy garments and don a simple white linen robe to signify humility and purity.

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