Jesus Fulfilled the Day of Atonement

[Poppin]

It is common these days to hear that the Feasts of Israel are crucial to understandingthe end-times

Some have said Jesus fulfilled the spring Feasts but the fall Feasts remain and He will fulfill at His Second Coming.

But the Bible declares the Jesus Fulfilled the Day of Atonement.

Hebrews 9:11-14
11 When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! 15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance- now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. (NIV)

When the Day of Atonement arrived, the high priest had to prepare himself and the whole nation. As we read, the high priest had to offer a sacrifice for himself first before he could offer one for the nation. But Jesus broke the pattern. Actually he fulfilled the pattern perfectly, better than any high priest from the line of Aaron could ever do. Let's look at the high priestly deeds of Jesus, and we will see how he has fulfilled the Day of Atonement.

Christ as high priest v. 11
Christ came as the perfect high priest. It was the role of the high priest to represent the people before God. But before any high priest could mediate for the people before God, he first needed a mediator himself. Already this shows a shortcoming of the system. But Jesus fulfilled a role which no human could ever fill. Before Jesus, a high priest could only enter into the Most Holy Place once a year, and even then the priest could not come directly into God's presence. Remember the sacrifices which had to be offered, and the incense which was burned. But when Jesus came into the presence of God, He didn't have to send up a cloud of incense, so that He wouldn't accidentally see God and die. Jesus Christ could boldly walk right up to His Father. Jesus Christ is the perfect high priest, able to represent his people, yet not in need of redemption as they are.

Perfect tabernacle v. 11
Christ did not enter the earthly tabernacle in order to come before God, but rather He went to where God is. Christ didn't go into the tabernacle, which was but an earthly replica of the heavenly reality. He didn't just come before God on earth, but before God in heaven. He ascended and is sitting at the right hand of God the Father. The high priest had to go into the tabernacle every year. By this we can see that he was unable to do once and for all what needed to be done. The high priest could not offer the perfect sacrifice and fulfill the Day of Atonement. Christ has no need for a tabernacle, or a temple. He doesn't need a mercy seat, or an ark of the covenant. Christ as our high priest is able to go right to God's presence every day, to plead for our case. He has done away with the external regulations which applied until the time of His new order.

Christ enters without blood of goats and calves v. 12
Unlike the high priest who had to sacrifice not only for the people of Israel but also for himself, Christ is a perfect high priest, without any taint of sin or imperfection. He can enter into the presence of God without the need of a sacrifice. Because he is perfect, he enters into the throne room of God every day, not just on the Day of Atonement. Aaron needed the blood of goats and calves. Christ can always enter in and plead for our atonement. Christ not only could make the perfect sacrifice for us, He became the perfect sacrifice in our place.

Entered the Most Holy Place v. 12
Just as every high priest before him, Jesus went into the very presence of God. All the other high priests had to put incense on the altar so that they would not walk in and see God. They feared for their lives while they were in the Most Holy Place. The high priest would have bells on the corners of his garments so other priests could hear him move around. He would have a rope tied to his ankle so that he could be pulled out from the Most Holy Place if he saw God, or he was found to be with sin, and died. Jesus didn't have to worry about this. He went into God's presence on our behalf without fear. As our representative, Jesus came before God and asked for our atonement. And being the perfect high priest he has achieved for us the perfect redemption and atonement.

By his own blood v. 12
The high priest always had to offer a sacrifice to cover his own sins before the sight of God. Jesus didn't have to offer that sacrifice, because he was without sin. He was perfectly obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Throughout history, every other high priest offered a sacrifice for himself first, and only then for the Israelites. Jesus not only offered a sacrifice for His people, He was that sacrifice. Once and for all he fulfilled the requirements of the Day of Atonement. No longer do we need to gather together and have a priest confess our sins over a goat. We don't need to have a goat and a bull offered so that we might be forgiven, or so we can continue to live with God. Jesus Christ by his own blood paid the supreme price for our sins.

Obtained eternal redemption v. 12
The sacrifice of goats and calves could never effect permanent peace with God. These sacrifices had to be repeated each year. The high priest entered the Most Holy Place each year, and placed blood on the altar to atone for the sins of the nation. Leviticus mentions that he sprinkled it seven times before the atonement cover. But this could only ceremonially cover the sins of the past year. Christ accomplished redemption once for all time. His atonement was an eternal one. It never needs to be repeated or redone. His blood lasts forever. We speak of some technical theological terms like expiation, and propitiation. What this means is that the sacrifice both covers over the sin, and takes away God's wrath. Christ both covers our sin, and has taken away the anger of God towards sin. We are eternally redeemed.

http://www.crcna.org/resources/church-resources/reading-sermons/day-atonement

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The Day of Atonement

Every day animals were sacrificed for the sins of Israel. But once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) a special service was held. It was to be on the 10th day of Tishri, coming on different days of our calendar. It came in the month of September to early October. The Day of Atonement was the only day of the year that the priest entered the holy of holies to make sin offerings for himself, his family, and the "assembly of Israel." After making these offerings, the nation’s sins were symbolically laid on the scapegoat and it was led out into the wilderness and released.

Before the sacrifice of the two goats, the High Priest was required to make a sin offering for himself.

Lev 16:11 (NIV) ""Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his house and he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering."

After completing his sin offering the High Priest was to take two goats provided from the Israelite community and he is to cast lots for them.
The term scapegoat or Azazel depending on the Bible translation you are using is found three times in Scripture in Leviticus 16.

Lev 16:8 (NIV) "He is to cast lots for the two goats—one lot for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat."
Lev 16:9 (NIV) "Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and sacrifice it for a sin offering."
Lev 16:10 (NIV) "But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat."
Lev 16:20 NIV) ""When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat."
Lev 16:21 (NIV) "He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task."
Lev 16:22 (NIV) "The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert."
Lev 16:26 (NIV) ""The man who releases the goat as a scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may come into the camp."

http://www.truthorfables.com/Scapegoat.htm

A type and shadow, Fulfilled by Jesus Christ was both the Goat for the Lord and the Scapegoat.
He not only was represented by the spotless goat, an offering for sin, He was represented by the goat who carried away the sins of the people into the wilderness, taking them away...

 

[Purity]

Jesus Christ could boldly walk right up to His Father. Jesus Christ is the perfect high priest, able to represent his people, yet not in need of redemption as they are.

Can we discuss this Poppin?

I would like to hear your thoughts on your use of the word redemption.

From my reading the Bible teaches us that Jesus did not need to be reconciled to God but he needed to be redeemed.

You may well be meaning something else so I would prefer to hear your thoughts than make an assumption.

In the Yahwehs service.
Purity

 

[Poppin]

Can we discuss this Poppin?

I would like to hear your thoughts on your use of the word redemption.

From my reading the Bible teaches us that Jesus did not need to be reconciled to God but he needed to be redeemed.

You may well be meaning something else so I would prefer to hear your thoughts than make an assumption.

In the Yahwehs service.
Purity

Hello Purity. :)
Why would the Sinless Son of God (Emmanuel) need to be redeemed?
He is the Redeemer.
What would He need redeeming from?

The Bible says redemption is the forgiveness of sins (leading to eternal life):

Colossians 1
13For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.


John 1
The Word Became Flesh
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life,a and the life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11He came to his own,b and his own peoplec did not receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God; the only God,d who is at the Father’s side,e he has made him known.

Love in Christ The Lord Our Righteousness,
Poppin

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Purity, the subject of Kinsman Redeemer/Redemption is a good one.
By all means let us examine it in full :)

grace peace and mercy be multiplied unto you,
Poppin

 

[Purity]

Hello Purity. :)
Why would the Sinless Son of God (Emmanuel) need to be redeemed?
He is the Redeemer.
What would He need redeeming from?

Good question Poppin....A redeemer — One (God) who frees or delivers another (Christ and his brethren) from difficulty, danger, or bondage, usually by the payment of a ransom price.

Was not Jesus the first to rise from the dead? Psalm 49:15; Hos 13:14; Acts 26:23; Heb 5:7...and many more.

God redeemed His son from the power of the grave; i.e God raised him from the dead (Acts 2:24; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:30; Acts 13:34; Rom. 4:24; Gal. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:21);

In the Masters service
Purity

Christ as high priest v. 11
Jesus Christ could boldly walk right up to His Father. Jesus Christ is the perfect high priest, able to represent his people, yet not in need of redemption as they are.

The qualification of Christ becoming High Priest is given by Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews:

1For every high priest [including Christ] taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God.

All the High Priests throughout time were taken from among men, each having the same attribute, which was also shared by Christ. Christ, through the compassion and sympathy to which His susceptibility to temptation has given rise, becomes (according to Hebrews 2:17) a faithful high-priest. You cannot have an High Priest who does not represent his people in their weaknesses. His sympathy and compassion would be fraudulent if Christ did not share in "this vile body" Phil 3:21KJV.

that he (Jesus) may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way [being able to deal tenderly with the ignorant and erring]; for that Jesus himself also is compassed with infirmity (weakness). And by reason hereof [on account of it]2 he ought [is obliged], as for the people, so also for himself,3 to offer for sins. (READ CAREFULLY)

So we see here Paul is saying that Christ for himself (also for himself)had need to offer for sins (on account of his nature i.e weakness).

(Jesus) 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.

So his offering was himself! He was required to make an offering to God to which he himself took part in - you cannot separate Christ from his sacrifice else the principles of atonement and redemption fall down. We certainly could not call him the first fruits of them that sleep!

28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity (weakness); but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

So his consecration was on the basis of his offering (or his willing obedience to God his Father) and the acceptance of that offering. Jesus was an acceptable sacrifice for sin.

Of course by now you may have further questions...what was Christs weakness? Why did he need consecrating if he is God? Why was his High Priest status needful of him being made of a woman in sin's flesh (or sinful flesh)? Why did he require his own blood to be redeemed?

The statement of Paul, in Heb. 7:27, is that Christ did “once” in his death what the high priests did under the law did daily, or continually. They offered “first for his own sins and then for the people’s.” But there is all the difference between the shadow and the substance. Christ’s “own sins” were not like the sins of the priests; they were not sins of his own committing. He was without sin, so far as his own actions were concerned. Yet as the bearer of the sins of his people—whether “in Adam” or otherwise, he stood in the position of having these as “his own,” from the effects of which he had himself first to be delivered. Consequently, he offered first for himself; he was the first delivered. He is “Christ the first fruits.” He obtained eternal redemption in and for himself, as the middle voice of the Greek verb ευραμενος (Heb. 9:12) implies. (The “for us” is not in the original.) (It is omitted by the R.V.—Ed., C.) He was brought again from the dead “through the blood of the everlasting covenant” (Heb. 13:20).

A brother in Christ
Purity

 

[Poppin]

Purity,
No!

Hebrews 5 cont....
5So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,

“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;
6as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.


Hebrews 7
Jesus Compared to Melchizedek
11Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. 13For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

15This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17For it is witnessed of him,

“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

18For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness 19(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

20And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, 21but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”

22This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.

23The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermostb those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

26For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. 28For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

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antilutron
ransom
STRONGS NT 487: ἀντίλυτρον
ἀντίλυτρον, ἀντιλυτρου, τό, what is given in exchange for another as the price of his redemption, ransom: 1 Timothy 2:6. (An uncertain translator in Psalm 48:9 (); the Orphica lith. 587; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 25).)

apolutrósis
redemption
http://biblehub.com/thayers/629.htm

 

[Purity]

Purity,
No!

Hebrews 5 cont....
5So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,

“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;
6as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

Poppin,

In your response you said NO! but then provided scripture which said yes - how so?

b]Hebrews 5 cont....[/b]
5So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him (Yahweh) who said to him,

“You are my Son, today I have begotten you”;
6as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

In the days of his flesh (hmmm) What type of flesh? Was Jesus condemned to die?

Prayers to Yahweh with strong crying and tears (Why so?)

Ok - So He alone could save him from death - so Death is the principle problem or should I say the that which had the power of death Heb 2:14-17.

God heard His Son pray in submissive reverence and was heard and was delivered from the grave.

All these lessons are plainly taught in the Bible.

Purity


BTW - did you read the link you provided on redeemer?

in the same sense the word is apparently to be taken in 1 Corinthians 1:30 (where Christ himself is said to be redemption, i. e. the author of redemption

He is the author of redemption because he himself was the very first man to come out of the grave and be clothed with immortality - he is redemption!

, the one without whom we could have none), and is to be taken in the phrase ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως, Ephesians 1:14, the redemption which will come to his possession, or to the men who are God's own through Christ

From this if you spoke against this definition you would be saying Christ took no part in being redemption and therefore those he came to save could not be because he himself was not tempted in all points yet without sin.

As Paul states categorically: Heb. 2:18. In that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

 

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[SIZE=11pt]This thread has come to a standstill and to do so on such an essential doctrine is troubling. This short study will aim to demonstrate that Jesus required redemption from his vile body, (as we do) in order for him to become a faithful and loving High Priest. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Training for the Priesthood[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]THE person who is best able to offer advice and counsel is the person who has experience in the relevant area. Thus, if our car needs to be serviced we take it to a trained motor mechanic. We would not entrust our motor vehicle to someone who did not have the necessary skills to provide the service we require. In the case of the priesthood, we can be sure that the Lord Jesus Christ has the appropriate qualities and training to qualify him as our high priest. These qualities had to be developed; they had to be learned.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Jesus’ Development[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Jesus, throughout his life on earth, was growing in grace. At birth he was not a complete, mature, adult. He had not developed all those qualities which are pleasing to the Father. When he was twelve years old he went with his parents to Jerusalem and lingered behind after they had left to return to Nazareth. On being found by them, Jesus returned to the family home. One of the rare insights into his youth is then presented to us: “He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” (Luke 2:51–52). Thus the Spirit indicates that there was spiritual development taking place in the young Jesus.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]The scope of this development is used in the letter to the Hebrews to show that there is a relationship between learning and suffering: “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered” (Hebrews 5:8). This principle draws on the instruction to the ‘son’ in the book of Proverbs: “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man” (Proverbs 3:1–4). That suffering is the route through which Godly growth comes is seen as we continue to read the passage in Proverbs: “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth” (verses 11, 12).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]The Reason for Jesus’ Humanity[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Scripture teaches clearly that Jesus, who was born of a woman and born under the law, shared our nature. This is fundamental Bible teaching. In fact few Christians have this correct view of the nature of Jesus before his death and resurrection. Without a correct understanding of why Jesus was “in the likeness of sinful flesh” (Romans 8:3) the relevance of his sacrifice cannot be understood.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]The pattern of compassion through experience is seen in the Mosaic order. The Apostle comments in Hebrews on the way in which the Aaronic priests were selected: “Every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity” (Hebrews 5:1–2). The High Priest’s very humanity provided him with the ability to be able to identify with the suffering of those for whom he ministered.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]This pattern provides the basis for Jesus’ humanity: “Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted” (Hebrews 2:17–18).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]The ability to have compassion was not developed easily. Again the writer to the Hebrews gives an inspired insight into the sufferings of Jesus, and how he dealt with them, saying: “Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared ...” ( Heb 5:7). This is not a comment about the events in the Garden of Gethsemane only. It concerns the whole of Jesus’ life, which was one of learning obedience. On the resurrection morning Jesus awoke from the sleep of death, no longer ensnared by the frailty of that nature which he had conquered: “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him” (Hebrews 5:9).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]This is the route to the kingdom of God and service. Jesus entered life “through much tribulation” (Acts 14:22).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Jesus is Our Example[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Do we think that our life should be any easier? Do we realise that we are training to be priests in the age to come? Concerning those who “overcome” we read of the song of the redeemed: “Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:9–10).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]We are taught that our Father chastens those He loves: “Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth” (Hebrews 12:5–7). Now this is not pointless retribution. The Father is not a vindictive tyrant who rewards every misdeed with mindless punishment. The chastening which the Father extends to His children is designed with an end in view. Jesus told us, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). His chastening is directed to this end, but only profits those who respond, as did Jesus, and who grow in grace. “No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” (Hebrews 12:11). The “peaceable fruit of righteousness” is everlasting life. Our forerunner has shown us the way.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]A Kingdom of Priests[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]We have seen that the redeemed are to be “kings and priests, who shall reign on the earth”. Jesus is now a faithful high priest because of his growth through suffering. We have seen that he was made perfect through the chastening which he endured—that is the things which he suffered. He is able to “succour them that are tempted” (Hebrews 2:18) because “he ever liveth to make intercession” (Hebrews 7:25), having been made perfect. He has the qualifications. He can have compassion because he was himself during his mortality compassed with infirmity.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]He has provided the example: “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps” (1 Peter 2:21). If we aspire to be amongst that kingdom of priests in the age to come, when we shall reign on the earth, we must learn now how to have compassion on the ignorant.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Our present life is our training ground for the priesthood in the age to come. If we cannot, through the chastening hand of the Father, be exercised in the realities of the flesh and have compassion on our fellow sufferers, as Jesus did, we cannot hope to rule in the age to come. Jesus “learned obedience by the things which he suffered”. May we “strive to enter in at the strait gate” (Luke 13:24), not forgetting the exhortation that “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth”. It is only those who are “exercised thereby” who will gain the necessary qualities of a priest who has been “compassed with infirmity”.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]Purity[/SIZE]

 

[Purity]

In order to bind sin and take it captive, Jesus met it on its own ground, human nature. Thus his victory was both true and unique. True, in that he overcame sin though tempted precisely as we are; and unique, in that he is the only one who has been totally sinless even though tempted. Christ did not demonstrate righteousness and holiness in a detached way; he brought his sinless life to God in this earthen vessel of human nature. This wonderful circumstance was a marvel of faith and righteousness, a real conquest of sin, and a perfect offering to God: ‘God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering . . . condemned sin in the flesh’ Rom 8:3RSV

His nature is where the atonement took place but so few are prepared to look, let alone speak of these spiritual things.

Purity

 

[Poppin]

In the New Testament Greek ATONEMENT means: exchange (fig. adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine favor):-atonement, reconciliation [2643, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 2644] Joseph Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament also says that atonement in the New Testament means: the restoration of the favor of God to sinners that repent and put their trust in the expiatory death of Christ. II Corinthians 5:18.

Although the New Testament speaks much concerning the atonement of Christ, it is usually spoken of by way of the blood and body of the Lord. The word atonement actually appears only one time in the New Testament (KJV). Paul wrote concerning the timing and fulfillment of the Day of Atonement by Christ in his epistles. He did not teach the atonement as something that would be fulfilled at Christ’s Second Coming rather Paul taught that the Day of Atonement had already been fulfilled at Christ’s First Coming.

He wrote:

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” - Romans 5:6-11

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Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
“It is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” - Leviticus 17:11

 

[clark thompson]

Jesus is why we don't offer animal sacrifices any more, there could be no greater sacrifice given than Him.

 

[Purity]

The Atonement teaches us how we are reconciled to God through Jesus Christ.

The problem of sin and death:

1. Man was condemned to death because of sin. All die: Rom 5:12
2. Sin and death came into the world because of Adam: Rom 6:23
3. Our nature is prone to sin ie. inclined towards evil: Job 5:7

What could God do about it?

• Ignore the problem and let sinners go unpunished
• Destroy Adam and Eve (an admission of failure)
• Provide a solution (which He did through Jesus Christ)
• Jesus defeated sin for us. To achieve this victory, Jesus overcame sin on its home territory (in the human mind).
• Even though we are sinners, God looks on us as if we are righteous, for Christ‟ sake: Eph 4:32.
• Christ is our representative. Using a sporting analogy, a representative wins the victory for those he represents. Jesus has won the victory for those who believe the gospel and who are baptised "into Christ": Gal 3:26-27

Roman 5:1-5

Rom 5:1 "justified" = made righteous. God sees us as righteous even though we are not.

Rom5:2 Our Hope is to be perfect like God in His Kingdom, with God‟s Nature and Character. God‟s glory will be revealed in the Saints. God‟s Word was written by men under inspiration of the Holy Spirit: 2 Pet 1v21. Through His Word, we come to appreciate His love for us.

Rom 5:10-11 "reconciled" - We are no longer separated from God. But it is the LIFE he lived that saves us. His life is our example. Also, his resurrection to eternal life means we have a faithful mediator through whom we are forgiven. Through him, we are now at one with God.

Atonement = reconciliation.
Rom 5:12 As a result of Adam‟s sin, we inherit Adam‟s dying nature. We also die because we are sinners

Christ’s mortality:

He was made like us to experience temptation and to ultimately defeat sin: Heb 2:14-18; 4:15. Jesus is unique because he is the shepherd and one of the sheep: John 10:1-15. Jesus was human with real feelings like us: John 4:6; 11:35; 12:27; 19:33-34.
Christ’s Divine origin: This was fundamental to him overcoming sin. It was not possible for other men to be perfectly sinless: Isaiah 41:28; 59:16; 63:5; 1 Jn 1:10; Rev 5:3-4. God sent his own Son to make sinlessness possible: Psa 80:17; Rom 8:3. Glory goes to God.
Christ’s Resurrection vital:

He was raised so we could be justified: Rom 4:24-25. Jesus did not die as a „substitute‟ as taught by many churches. A substitute does not benefit by giving their life. But Jesus did benefit. God highly exalted him by resurrection: Phil 2:8-9. It was impossible for the grave to hold him: Acts 2:24. He is also our mediator and future King of the world.

Why did Jesus Christ have to die?

1. Jesus inherited Adam‟s mortal dying nature through Mary: Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4.
2. Jesus had to defeat sin on our behalf. By living a perfectly sinless life to the point of death on the cross, he overcame sin in the most difficult of circumstances: Rom 6:6-7; Phil 2:8-9; Heb 2:14. In doing so he voluntarily gave up his mortality with all its lusts: 1 John 2:16-17.
3. Jesus overcame death. The only way is to actually die and be resurrected to immortality: Acts 2:24; 1 Cor 15:55.
4. To have a fellow feeling for all those he came to save. This includes those persecuted and killed for their faith. No-one can say Jesus doesn‟t understand: Heb 2:14-15.
Also, Jesus learnt obedience by the things that he suffered Heb 5:7-9. Through the very process of trial and suffering, he developed a personal relationship with his brothers and sisters. He was therefore not detached from those he came to save.
Jesus "declared God‟s righteousness" in his life, death and resurrection: Rom 3:25-26. He willingly submitted to God‟s will rather than his own, right to the point of death: Matt 26:39. His death on the cross was the last act of obedience in a whole life of perfect obedience: Rom 5:19; Phil 2:8. An appreciation of his life should have an emotional and motivational effect upon us: Gal 2:20.