YOM KIPPUR MIDRASH: (Leviticus 16:1-32) Oct 1st - Oct 2nd
We are in the day of Yom Kippur, starting this evening, the 10th of Tishri (October 1st until October 2nd evening). It is a time of fasting and prayer, a time of getting right with God, as well as with our family and neighbors, those around us. It is the most holy time of year,
It was the time when the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies, in the Tabernacle, and in the Temple, Only once a year could he do this, and offered a bull for himself and for his family, for the atonement of their sins, a bull represented strength, and the ancient symbol of God was shown by the outline of a bull's head with horns, that was the ancient Hebrew letter "alef"
He also took two goats, one he would sacrifice, and, like with the bull, sprinkle the blood on the altar and on the covering of the Ark of the Covenant (Ha Aron Ha Kodesh) and on the altar, and the other, he would place his hands on its head and symbolically placed all of the sins of Israel, on that goat, then let it go into the wilderness, never to return.
These spoke of two things: Messiah Yeshua paid our price in full on Calvary, by His one-time sacrifice and atonement, of His own blood, and our sins were "cast into the sea, never to return" and "as far as the East is from the West, so our sins are separated from us" never to meet.
But the Yom Kippur (Yom Ha Kippurim) "Day of Coverings" had to go on year after year, and so, sins were only "covered" for one year at a time, but when Messiah Yeshua took our sins to himself on Calvary, our sins were paid for and atoned once and forever, so, his one time only sacrifice was good for all time. What is "Atonement"? being "At One Mind" (with God) sort of speaking.
The sacrifices of the "Yom Kippurim" from the past were mere shadows of the completed work of Messiah Yeshua?Jesus Christ, on the Cross of Calvary. As a matter of fact, ALL the animal sacrifices pointed to Yeshua.
According to tradition, God closes the book of judgment. We had all the past days to repent and turn back to God (Teshuvah). Now, fates are sealed. But we know that God is forever merciful and long-suffering. We can read his attributes in Exodus 34:6-7. The door to repentance and turning back to HIM is open 24-7, 365 days a year. When is it too late? After death, our fates are sealed. So don't die in your sins. The price was paid in full 2000 years ago.
Here are some good Psalms to read now for Yom Kippur: Psalm 130, 51, and 38.
If you want to read more information on Yom Kippur, you can go to the "Hebrew4Christians" website, look to the left, click on "Holidays," then scroll down to "Fall Holidays," then click "Day of Atonement." This post was just a small piece of pie.
Have a Reflective and thoughtful Yom Kippur. God has reached down to you; have you reached up to him?
We are in the day of Yom Kippur, starting this evening, the 10th of Tishri (October 1st until October 2nd evening). It is a time of fasting and prayer, a time of getting right with God, as well as with our family and neighbors, those around us. It is the most holy time of year,
It was the time when the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies, in the Tabernacle, and in the Temple, Only once a year could he do this, and offered a bull for himself and for his family, for the atonement of their sins, a bull represented strength, and the ancient symbol of God was shown by the outline of a bull's head with horns, that was the ancient Hebrew letter "alef"
He also took two goats, one he would sacrifice, and, like with the bull, sprinkle the blood on the altar and on the covering of the Ark of the Covenant (Ha Aron Ha Kodesh) and on the altar, and the other, he would place his hands on its head and symbolically placed all of the sins of Israel, on that goat, then let it go into the wilderness, never to return.
These spoke of two things: Messiah Yeshua paid our price in full on Calvary, by His one-time sacrifice and atonement, of His own blood, and our sins were "cast into the sea, never to return" and "as far as the East is from the West, so our sins are separated from us" never to meet.
But the Yom Kippur (Yom Ha Kippurim) "Day of Coverings" had to go on year after year, and so, sins were only "covered" for one year at a time, but when Messiah Yeshua took our sins to himself on Calvary, our sins were paid for and atoned once and forever, so, his one time only sacrifice was good for all time. What is "Atonement"? being "At One Mind" (with God) sort of speaking.
The sacrifices of the "Yom Kippurim" from the past were mere shadows of the completed work of Messiah Yeshua?Jesus Christ, on the Cross of Calvary. As a matter of fact, ALL the animal sacrifices pointed to Yeshua.
According to tradition, God closes the book of judgment. We had all the past days to repent and turn back to God (Teshuvah). Now, fates are sealed. But we know that God is forever merciful and long-suffering. We can read his attributes in Exodus 34:6-7. The door to repentance and turning back to HIM is open 24-7, 365 days a year. When is it too late? After death, our fates are sealed. So don't die in your sins. The price was paid in full 2000 years ago.
Here are some good Psalms to read now for Yom Kippur: Psalm 130, 51, and 38.
If you want to read more information on Yom Kippur, you can go to the "Hebrew4Christians" website, look to the left, click on "Holidays," then scroll down to "Fall Holidays," then click "Day of Atonement." This post was just a small piece of pie.
Have a Reflective and thoughtful Yom Kippur. God has reached down to you; have you reached up to him?
