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Great topic, good article Found in Him [thumbsup2]

Yom Kippur

According to the Bible Calendar (see also Bible Months), the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri) is the Day of Atonement. Jews call it Yom Kippur. In Hebrew Yom means day, (marked from sunset to sunset, as instructed by God), and Kippur means to pardon, or condone. The word atonement carries the meaning to English-speaking people. It means to make amends or to reconcile - to become "at one."

What Does The Day of Atonement Mean To Christians?

Aaron The observance of the Day of Atonement originates all the way to the time of Moses:

"And The Lord [see Rock Of Ages] said to Moses, "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 [i.e. fast] and present an offering by fire to The Lord. And you shall do no work on this same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before The Lord your God." (Leviticus 23:26-28 RSV)

The Lord commanded the Day of Atonement as a solemn annual observance of the Israelites (see also Physical and Spiritual Israel), past and future - as plainly evidenced by the example of the Christian apostle Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament that Christianity is based upon, and who never stopped observing the Day of Atonement (e.g. Acts 27:9). It's unique in that it's the only of the annual God-commanded Biblical Holy Days in which fasting was required. The fast was such a strict requirement that anyone who failed to do so would be cut off from the community.

All of the Biblical Holy Days are significant to Christians because they individually symbolize the steps in God's Plan of Salvation (the very purpose of Christianity) for all humanity. There is only one God, and only one Way (see The Way) to eternal life. Just as, for example, the Passover's slain lamb symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (the "Lamb of God"), or The Feast Of Trumpets which pictures the future Return Of Jesus Christ, the Day of Atonement also has its significance to the Christian world - so much so that many truly-repentant Christians observe the Day of Atonement as a Holy Day, including the fast.

There are 3 elements of the Day of Atonement that apply directly to Christians:

* The first element is the fast itself. Going 24 hours without food and water is not easy (anyone who has ever done it can tell you that it can be a very uncomfortable experience). It takes genuine determination and willingness, just as does truly repenting in a world that is largely defiant of genuinely obeying God. An Israelite's refusal to fast, which resulted in the offender being cut off from the community (Leviticus 23:29) is the Old Testament's equivalent of a New Testament Christian refusing to repent, which will result in the offender being cut off from eternal life (Luke 13:3). Fasting is an outward sign that the person doing the fasting is serious about repentance, which is vital for forgiveness (see the Fact Finder question below). It's very significant that the first Christians, those closest to the Messiah, including the apostle Paul himself (e.g. Acts 27:9) observed the fast of the Day of Atonement as a Christian (Acts 27:9).

* The second element involved the high priest. Only once per year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest (Aaron, the brother of Moses, was the first high priest, Aaron's descendants thereafter) entered the Most Holy Place of The Tabernacle to offer ceremonial sacrifices for the forgiveness of the people (Hebrews 9:7). That Old Testament observance was a direct fore-picture of Jesus Christ, our High Priest (Hebrews 9:11), Who, after His Sacrifice, entered the very Throne Room of God The Father in heaven to make atonement for all humanity (Hebrews 9:11-12) (see What Is Jesus Christ Doing Right Now? and Type and Antitype).

* The third element during the Day of Atonement involved the Azazel goat, or scapegoat (see The Scapegoat) which was taken out into the wilderness after having had all of the sins of the Israelites ceremonially placed on it (Leviticus 16:10, 21-22). The scapegoat symbolized the condemnation of Satan (see That Old Serpent) for the sins of all humanity, and his being put away in an eternal wilderness from which he will never return (Revelation 20:10). The sending of the azazel goat out into the wilderness as done by the Old Testament high priest after he returned from inside The Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle is a ceremonial preview of Jesus Christ sending Satan into the abyss which will be done after His Return from the Throne Room of God The Father (see What Satan Fears Most).

The Day of Atonement signifies the 3 most vital aspects of Christianity:

1. Willing repentance on the part of those to be saved.

2. The completed sacrifice of Jesus Christ formally presented to God The Father to make atonement for the sins of humanity.

3. The final guilty verdict upon Satan as the source of all evil, and the sentencing of him to eternity in the abyss.

Fact Finder: Does the Word of God plainly warn that faith alone is a dead faith?
James 2:17

by Wayne Blank

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Today is The 2009 Jewish observance of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur

Glory be to The Precious, Sinless Lamb of God Jesus Christ who is our ONLY Atonement for sin!!

In The Book Of Romans, Paul wrote,

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

When man sinned in the Garden, death entered. It is logical, then, that for man to overcome death, He must remove sin from his life. The problem is that death did a thorough work on man through his sin. The result of our first parent's sin was man's spirit being separated from God's fellowship, never being able to come to union with Him because of his sin. How, then could man find restoration? God has spoken clearly in His word and has told us that the way to reconciliation with Him is through the shedding of blood. But not just any blood sacrifice will do. That which would be sacrificed must be perfect to atone for the perfect, yet innocent, life Adam slew in the Garden: his own, and that of all of his offspring who would come forth from him. This was man's dilemma: Adam's race could only bring forth imperfect life, sinful life that was separated from God and would never serve as a sacrifice for sin. God, therefore, had to provide man with the sacrifice he could not produce, and He did that by sending Jesus to become our sin offering.

God's way of atonement is given in Leviticus 17:

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

The writer to the Hebrews makes this plain, telling us that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin:

Hebrews 9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

The shedding of the blood of animals, though, did not contain the fulness of what God wanted to tell humanity concerning the shedding of Blood for the atonement and cleansing of sin, as the writer to the Hebrews explains:

Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Just as the Old Covenant was initiated by the shedding of the blood of animals, so the New Covenant was initiated by the shedding of the blood of Jesus, the Son of God:

Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

God wanted humanity to know He had the perfect sacrifice for them and forshadowed that sacrifice by the animals slain in the Old Testament. The blood of animals in the Old Testament had to be shed continually to deal with the sins of the people, but Jesus was sacrificed ONLY ONCE for all men:

Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this HE DID ONCE, when he offered up himself.
28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ WAS ONCE OFFERED to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE FOR ALL.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

God has established the one sacrifice for the atonement and cleansing of sin, and that can be received by all men through faith in what Jesus Christ, God's Son, did on Calvary.

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~To Him That is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy...to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.~ Jude 24

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