Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement (original) (raw)

Hello John and Doves,

Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement is on the tenth day of the seventh month. Starting on the eve of 9 Tishrie and ending on the eve of 10 Tishrie. This is Sept 27/28 2020.

On this day, the High Priest would come 'face to face' with God at the Mercy Seat.

"The Day of Atonement was the most solemn of all the feast days. It was the day of cleansing for the nation and for the sanctuary. On this day alone, once a year the high priest entered into the holiest of all, the Holy of Holies in the temple, with the veil of the temple, with the blood of the Lord's goat, the sin offering. Here he sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat. The blood of the sin offering on the great Day of Atonement brought about the cleansing of all sin for the priesthood, the sanctuary, and Israel as a nation." (Leviticus 16:29-34)'

The high priest took two male goats and presented them before the Lord...lots were cast upon the two goats - one for the Lord, "La Adonai" and the other for the scapegoat, "La Azazel". The lots (some say were stones) were in a box or urn - and the High Priest would reach his hand in and the lot for the Lord would sometimes come up in his right hand and sometimes in his left hand. There was a white stone and written upon it was 'for the Lord' and a black stone and written upon it was 'for Azazel'. The lots were placed on the heads of the goats. A crimson sash was tied around the horns of the Azazel goat. The scapegoat was sent away 'with the sins of the people' to wander in the wilderness - it was taken outside of Jerusalem and pushed off a cliff so it could not return. Before the goat was sent away, the High Priest laid the iniquities and sins of the people on its head. The goat for the Lord was sacrificed as an offering to purge the altar by applying it's blood to the altar.

The Hebrew word for 'scapegoat' is Azazel.

"In connection with this ceremony, an interesting tradition arose that is mentioned in the Mishnah. A portion of the crimson sash was attached to the door of the temple before the goat was sent into the wilderness. The sash would turn from red to white as the goat met its end, signaling to the people that God had accepted their sacrifices and their sins were forgiven..."

The Holy of Holies was only entered on the Day of Atonement. The High Priest offered several offerings, but the sin offering was the one male goat. "Every step the priest took was precisely scripted. According to the Talmud he made forty-three trips between the court and sanctuary on this respected day."

Seven days prior to Yom Kippur, the High Priest studied and reviewed the service to make sure he did it perfectly. If it was done incorrectly he would die.

Also, at this site, there is a description of what the High Priest wore for this ceremony and the order of events of the ceremony. This was all very detailed, very exact. For example: the blood of the sin offering had to be sprinkled seven times on the ground in front of the Ark of the Covenant, and once on the Mercy Seat (the lid of the Ark).

This makes eight sprinklings of the blood."

Today, Neilah is the last ceremony on Yom Kippur - it is "the Closing of the Gates'. The shofar is then sounded - one long blast and the service ends with "Next Year may we be in Jerusalem!" The book of judgment was closed, along with the gates of Heaven...until the next year.

The sacrifices on Yom Kippur always involved the spilling of blood.

The 'blood' " is "a token of the New Covenant, it gives eternal life, it brings redemption, it makes atonement, it justified before God, it gives us forgiveness, it provides reconciliation, it provides cleansing, it makes us overcomers. "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death." Revelation 12:11 https://servantofmessiah.org/times-and-seasons/feasts-of-the-lord/atonement-yom-kippur/4/
Meaning of Yom Kippur - Prophetic Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur follows the Days of Repentance, the Days of Awe - repentance comes before redemption.

"Yeshua during His first coming was a type of goat marked La Adonai. Yeshua was also the sin offering for us as God laid upon Him the sins of the whole world."

This Yom Kippur ceremony is no longer needed for cleansing the sins of the people. Jesus was the last sacrifice and the temple veil was torn in two from top to bottom. His blood was the atonement for sin. The Holy of Holies was open now for all people - not just the High Priest. Jesus fulfilled the Yom Kippur service and sacrifice, even though He died at Passover. Jesus is our High Priest, and we can enter the Holy of Holies through Him.

"The Talmud relates fascinating information about various miracles that began occurring some 40 years before the destruction of the Temple." https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall\_Holidays/Yom\_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom Kippur after the Death of Messiah
These were described by the High Priest Shimon HaTzaddik. These signs began after 30 A.D. - the approximate time of Jesus' crucifixion.

"Our rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot ('For the Lord') did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson-colored strap become white; nor did the western most light shine; and the doors of the Hekel (Temple) would open by themselves" (Soncino version, Yoma 39b) https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall\_Holidays/Yom\_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom Kippur after the Death of Messiah

The first noted miracle was that the lot for Azazel came up 40 times in a row in the left hand of the High Priest. This was considered a dire event and signified something had fundamentally changed in the Yom Kippur avodah." .https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall\_Holidays/Yom\_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom Kippur after the Death of Messiah

They considered this to be God's displeasure with Israel and the priesthood.

The second noted miracle: the strap tied to the Azazel goat remained red. Until the Temple was destroyed.

The third noted miracle: the westernmost light/branch of the menorah, the ner ma'aravi, that was used by the priests to light the other branches was often found extinguished despite the priests trying to keep it lit through the night.

The fourth noted miracle: the Temple doors would swing open every night on their own. "Yochanan ben Zakai declared that this was a sign of impending doom (Sotah 6:3) that foreshadowed that the Temple itself would be destroyed."

The fifth noted miracle: Only two logs had ever been needed for the entire sacrifice on the Day of Atonement. After 30 AD numerous logs were needed to keep the fires lit.

"Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting Him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water." Hebrews 10:19-22

God had moved out of the temple, and into the hearts of men. Making a New Covenant.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Maranatha!

Chance