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Yom Kippur is not a day to celebrate. It's a day to afflict oneself; which
Webster's defines as causing distress so severely as to cause persistent
suffering and/or anguish. (Lev 16:29, 16;31, 23;27, and 23:32)
The penalty for failure to cause oneself persistent suffering and/or anguish is
cutting off. (Lev 23:29)
Why is Yom Kippur such a depressing day? Well; that's not too hard to figure
out.
There's a goat involved in Yom Kippur commonly called a scapegoat.
However, it's not really a scapegoat, in reality it's an escaping goat; viz: a
fugitive.
Every sin the people ever committed is ceremoniously placed on the goat
and it's then turned loose. Well; that right there is a very bad thing for Jews
because in order for their sins to be pardoned, it's necessary for the sin
bearing goat to be put to death and burned on the Altar. So what? Well; I'll
tell you so what. It means that the people's sins go unpunished; viz; the sins
placed on the goat are still on the books hanging over the people's heads
like a sword of Damocles and one day will be brought to justice. Now if that
isn't reason enough to be depressed, then I give up.
Q: Why every sin the people ever committed?
A: Because there is not even one offering in the entire Levitical catalogue
that suffices to delete the people's sins. The only thing that those sacrifices
obtain for them is a reprieve; which is a temporary delay, not a permanent
fix. In other words: forgiveness in the Old Testament acquits no one; Old
Testament forgiveness merely puts justice on hold. (Ex 34:7, Rom 3:25-26,
Heb 10:1-4)
NOTE: Some people, unfamiliar with animal husbandry, think that leaving a
goat out in a wilderness place to fend for itself is a death sentence. No; far
from it. Goats are survivors. They can get by in environments that quite a
few other species would find quite disagreeable. And though the Jews were
in a wilderness place, there was vegetation enough for the herds. (Ex 34:3)
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Yom Kippur is not a day to celebrate. It's a day to afflict oneself; which
Webster's defines as causing distress so severely as to cause persistent
suffering and/or anguish. (Lev 16:29, 16;31, 23;27, and 23:32)
The penalty for failure to cause oneself persistent suffering and/or anguish is
cutting off. (Lev 23:29)
Why is Yom Kippur such a depressing day? Well; that's not too hard to figure
out.
There's a goat involved in Yom Kippur commonly called a scapegoat.
However, it's not really a scapegoat, in reality it's an escaping goat; viz: a
fugitive.
Every sin the people ever committed is ceremoniously placed on the goat
and it's then turned loose. Well; that right there is a very bad thing for Jews
because in order for their sins to be pardoned, it's necessary for the sin
bearing goat to be put to death and burned on the Altar. So what? Well; I'll
tell you so what. It means that the people's sins go unpunished; viz; the sins
placed on the goat are still on the books hanging over the people's heads
like a sword of Damocles and one day will be brought to justice. Now if that
isn't reason enough to be depressed, then I give up.
Q: Why every sin the people ever committed?
A: Because there is not even one offering in the entire Levitical catalogue
that suffices to delete the people's sins. The only thing that those sacrifices
obtain for them is a reprieve; which is a temporary delay, not a permanent
fix. In other words: forgiveness in the Old Testament acquits no one; Old
Testament forgiveness merely puts justice on hold. (Ex 34:7, Rom 3:25-26,
Heb 10:1-4)
NOTE: Some people, unfamiliar with animal husbandry, think that leaving a
goat out in a wilderness place to fend for itself is a death sentence. No; far
from it. Goats are survivors. They can get by in environments that quite a
few other species would find quite disagreeable. And though the Jews were
in a wilderness place, there was vegetation enough for the herds. (Ex 34:3)
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