what does the Bible say about yom kippur
the day of atonement and how should we
observe this holy day it's time to
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now let's get started Yom Kippur also
known as the Day of Atonement is the
holiest day of the year and is regarded
as a Sabbath of Sabbath's the focus of
this day is atonement and repentance and
it's observed with prayer fasting and
giving charity to those in need
Yom Kippur takes place on the tenth day
of the seventh month in the Hebrew
calendar Yom Kippur is the only day in
which the high priest was allowed to
enter the most holy place in the temple
it's a day of intercession in which the
high priest makes atonement for the
people the first question I want to
address is should Christians keep Yom
Kippur most Christians seem to think
that Jesus put it into the feast and
that the biblical feasts are only for
the Jews but listen to what the Bible
has to say about it
this shall be a statute forever for you
in the seventh month on the tenth day of
the month you shall afflict your souls
and do no work at all whether a native
born of your own country or a stranger
who dwells among you for on that day the
priest shall make atonement for you to
cleanse you that you may be clean from
all your sins before the Lord it is a
sabbath of solemn rest to you and you
shall afflict your souls it is a statute
forever and the priest who is anointed
and consecrated to minister as priests
in this father's place shall make
atonement and put on the linen cloths
the holy garments then he shall make
atonement for the holy sanctuary and he
shall make atonement for the tabernacle
of meeting and for the altar and he
shall make atonement for the priests and
for all the people of the Assembly this
shall be an everlasting statute for you
to make atonement for the children of
Israel for all their sins
once a year notice the Bible says the
day of atonement is an everlasting
statute that's to be observed forever it
also says that both the native-born
Israelites and the foreigner who dwells
with them should observe it this means
that it's for both Jews and Gentiles and
that we should still be keeping it today
so if we are expected to keep it forever
as an everlasting statute the next
question we need to answer is how do we
keep Yom Kippur
we're instructed to afflict our soul and
to do no work on that day and the Lord
spoke to Moses saying also the tenth day
of the seventh month shall be a day of
atonement it shall be a holy convocation
for you you shall afflict your souls and
offer an offering made by fire to the
Lord and you shall do no work on that
same day for it is the day of atonement
to make atonement for you before the
Lord your God for any person who is not
afflicted in his soul on that same day
shall be cut off from his people and any
person who does any work on that same
day that person I will destroy from
among his people you shall do no manner
of work it shall be a statute forever
throughout your generations in all your
dwellings it shall be a Sabbath of
solemn rest and you shall afflict your
souls on the ninth day of the month and
evening from evening to evening you
shall celebrate your Sabbath while the
high priest would perform certain
sacrifices and rituals to make atonement
for Israel the people with fast and pray
this practice of fasting on Yom Kippur
comes from the command to afflict our
soul on that day the word translated as
soul is nephesh and it can also be
translated as appetite so we fast to
afflict our appetites this fasting
includes abstaining from all fleshly
desires including food drink and marital
relations fasting shows that we are not
a slave to our own appetites the phrase
afflict your soul could also be
translated make poor your soul which
sounds very similar to what you should
taught in the Sermon on the Mount when
he said blessed are the poor in spirit
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven he
also said if anyone would come after me
he must deny himself take up his cross
and follow me
repentance requires discipline and
fasting is a great way to discipline
ourselves fasting is a type of
self-denial that places our flesh into
submission of our spirit by fasting we
deny ourselves the natural desires of
our flesh fasting is difficult and it
goes against our instincts but it's a
great way of showing that our God is not
our belly when we set aside a time to
pursue intimate relationship with the
father through fasting we are making the
statement that we value relationship
with him more than food remember that
when you're sure was fasting he was
tempted to turn stones into bread and he
proclaimed that man does not live on
bread alone but on every word that comes
from the father and when we fast we are
making the same Proclamation with our
life fasting is also used to show
remorse and mourning and when we
consider the cost of our salvation
we should feel remorse for our sin
likewise when we think about people who
are heading for destruction
we should lament and mourn for them why
is fasting so powerful because we are
showing Yahweh that we are willing to
die in fact when we abstain from food
drink in marital relations and deny our
flesh of all forms of pleasure
we are afflicting our soul and dying to
our flesh
however fasting should not be done to
make ourselves appear to be more
spiritual in fact you're sure warned
that fasting should be done privately
and that we shouldn't make it known to
others that we are fasting moreover when
you fast do not be like the hypocrites
with the sad countenance for they
disfigure their faces that they may
appear to men to be fasting assuredly I
say to you they have their reward but
you when you fast anoint your head and
wash your face so that you do not appear
to men to be fasting but to your father
who is in the secret place and your
father who sees in secret will reward
openly while repentance of fasting are
important we need to realize that no
amount of self-sacrifice can atone for
our sins fasting does not replace the
need of a blood sacrifice for atonement
I want to stress this point because I
know there will be some people who claim
that we are trying to
our salvation let me be very clear our
salvation and atonement comes only
through the shed blood of our Messiah we
can do nothing to atone for our own sins
if you think that by fasting and
repentance you can find atonement
without a blood sacrifice and apart from
the work of the high priest you are
gravely mistaken
Yom Kippur is translated as the day of
atonement but it could also be
translated as the day of covering or the
day of ransom and the sacrifices are
offered as a substitutionary atonement
for the sins of the people
we are ransomed or redeemed by the blood
of the sacrifice the picture is that of
an innocent life being given in place of
the guilty life the importance of blood
sacrifice for Tomek cannot be overstated
the Bible says that without the shedding
of blood there can be no atonement for
the life of the flesh is in the blood
and I have given it to you upon the
altar to make atonement for your souls
for it is the blood that makes atonement
for the Soul and according to the law
almost all things are purified with
blood and without the shedding of blood
there is no remission the Bible says
that Yeshua is our great High Priest and
that he made the ultimate atonement for
our sins by offering his own blood in
the most holy place in the heavenly
tabernacle but Christ came as high
priest of the good things to come with
the greater and more perfect Tabernacle
not made with hands that is not of this
creation not with the blood of goats and
calves but with his own blood he entered
the most holy place once for all having
obtained eternal Redemption for if the
blood of bulls and goats and the ashes
of a heifer sprinkling the unclean
sanctifies for the purifying of the
flesh how much more shall the blood of
Christ who through the Eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God
cleanse your conscience from dead works
to serve the Living God the word for
sacrifice in Hebrew is Caban and the
root of that word means to draw close or
to come near the day of atonement and
its sacrifices are given so that we can
draw near to Yahweh however there has
been no temple in Jerusalem since 70 AD
which means the shed blood of Messiah
is the only option for Atonement this is
why you sure said I am the way the truth
and the life no one comes to the Father
except through me
yeshua is our great high priest and
there is no other means of atonement
except through him the only way we can
draw near to the father is through the
sacrifice of his son the only way we can
find atonement is through the blood of
Yeshua
so should believers in Messiah keep Yom
Kippur absolutely and I want to point
out that we are the only ones who can
keep it because we are the only ones who
have a high priest serving in the
heavenly tabernacle I would encourage
you to keep the day of atonement each
year with fasting and prayer confessing
your sins to our great high priest
Joshua the sin separates us from Yahweh
and we need to confess and repent from
our sins drawing near to the Father
through the sacrifice of his only
begotten Son if we confess our sins he
is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness I pray that you will
have a meaningful Yom Kippur and that
your name will be inscribed in the book
of life and that you will be washed in
the blood of Messiah thanks for watching
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