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Yom Kippur
● Lev 16:29-34 . . And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the
seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves,
and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among
you; for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from
all your sins you shall be clean before The Lord.
. . . It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it
is a statute for ever.
. . . And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's
place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments; he shall make
atonement for the sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of
meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and
for all the people of the assembly.
. . . And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be
made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins. And
Moses did as The Lord commanded him.
See also Lev 23:27-32, and Num 29:7
There are many more details to Yom Kippur than the above, but the rest
doesn't really matter all that much to Christians because the New Testament
only concerns itself with the ritual's limitations.
In the letter to Hebrews; it's explained that Yom Kippur's atonement is only
good for sins committed up to that point; i.e. the very moment that the high
priest completes the full and complete ritual, new sins immediately begin to
accumulate on the books that require cleansing by yet another Yom Kippur
ritual; and another, and another, and another, ad infinitum; viz: Yom
Kippur's atonement is never sufficient to cleanse sins once and for all. In
other words: Yom Kippur's atonement is always and only for cleansing the
people's past sins, never their future sins.
FYI: Never wish a Jewish person happy Yom Kippur because it is not a day of
joy like Christmas and birthdays, no, it is specifically a day of sadness and
self-affliction; which is from a Hebrew word meaning to mistreat, humiliate,
oppress, break the spirit, demean, abuse, weaken, injure, abase, etc.
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Yom Kippur
● Lev 16:29-34 . . And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the
seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves,
and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among
you; for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from
all your sins you shall be clean before The Lord.
. . . It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it
is a statute for ever.
. . . And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's
place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments; he shall make
atonement for the sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of
meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and
for all the people of the assembly.
. . . And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be
made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins. And
Moses did as The Lord commanded him.
See also Lev 23:27-32, and Num 29:7
There are many more details to Yom Kippur than the above, but the rest
doesn't really matter all that much to Christians because the New Testament
only concerns itself with the ritual's limitations.
In the letter to Hebrews; it's explained that Yom Kippur's atonement is only
good for sins committed up to that point; i.e. the very moment that the high
priest completes the full and complete ritual, new sins immediately begin to
accumulate on the books that require cleansing by yet another Yom Kippur
ritual; and another, and another, and another, ad infinitum; viz: Yom
Kippur's atonement is never sufficient to cleanse sins once and for all. In
other words: Yom Kippur's atonement is always and only for cleansing the
people's past sins, never their future sins.
FYI: Never wish a Jewish person happy Yom Kippur because it is not a day of
joy like Christmas and birthdays, no, it is specifically a day of sadness and
self-affliction; which is from a Hebrew word meaning to mistreat, humiliate,
oppress, break the spirit, demean, abuse, weaken, injure, abase, etc.
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