so the trial or the period of chuva
repentance started at the feast of
trumpets and it goes all the way 10 days
for the judgment
yom kippur
the day of judgment you could say the
sentencing day the verdict day when the
verdict of our life is read and sealed
in the book of life yeshua says in
matthew when the son of man comes in his
glory and all the angels with him he
will sit on his throne of glory all the
nations will be gathered before him and
he will separate the people one from
another as a shepherd separates the
sheep from the goats it's at this time
that the sentence is given some to
eternal punishment but the righteous to
eternal life yeah and then yom kippur
was in the torah and in tradition was
always some kind of a judgment
expectancy for a judgment and of course
in the torah it's all about the works of
the high priest as for us with the new
testament it's all about the works the
finnish works of the high priest and if
if you trust in him you will not be
judged for your sins right because he
took it upon himself
welcome to another pod for israel and we
have a special question today looking at
judgment day yom kippur whoa yom kippur
judgment day
that's a it's an interesting thing you
know we've thought of it as repentance
day but again this is kind of in in this
new series we're kind of looking at
these holidays from a fresh perspective
there's something there's something new
here that we're finding that is uh kind
of discovering a different perspective
on these holidays and the return of
yeshua yeah now it's fresh in in in one
in one way but but from rabbinic
tradition remember the repentance starts
on the day of trumpets and it goes 10
days to yom kippur right where the
judgment is being sealed the judgment is
being
it's coming so yeah we discussed uh the
feast of trumpets and we started to
crack open this whole idea of the 10
days of all so again in jewish tradition
between the trumpet
you know on the feast of trumpets
between the trumpet sound and
yom kippur there's 10 days
right
so
the book of revelation many other
prophets like isaiah and daniel mention
this judgment day in this great
redemption as our messiah returns in
glory he initiates the final aliyah
bringing home the exiles of israel as
the book of life is opened and now
what's that phrase that's
repeated over and over again if you're
an orthodox community and or traditional
community you're going to hear people
say in hebrew they would wish one
another
have a good signature in heaven okay and
so they they they also say may your name
be written in the book of life they're
speaking of the book of life now where
do we have reference from this uh one of
the first references is with moses
and you know when he's negotiating with
god and he's he's basically interceding
for the children of israel he says hey
blot my name out of the book of life uh
but but have have mercy on your people
so he's he's interceding for the
children of israel at that time and he's
mentioning this book of life
now
we see that all through the new
testament and the old testament as well
we're looking at the 10 days of all and
that's the greeting that's traditionally
given we're speaking about this book of
life and according to the rabbis they
believe that
on yom torah the book is opened yes with
all the rabbinic tradition we kind of
have to discern through and and pick
through what's uh what's really relevant
in what matches with good doctrine in
scripture but it's interesting to look
at the historical jewish thought through
the ages
we see that it's following this
redemption
the book of life is opened and god sets
up thrones of judgment condemning the
antichrist and his followers who fought
against israel
in every court system around the world
yes okay there's a period of time where
evidence is weighed the case is brought
to the court the prosecute and the
defense they deliberate
you know it could take months it could
even take years
of your court you know kind of battle
but there's a final day right the
verdict yeah the sentencing date you you
get the verdict read
and so we see a similar pattern here
after the feast of trumpets there's a
period of 10 days referred to as the 10
days of all culminating with yom kippur
this is the day that judgment is handed
down so the trial or the the the the
period of chuva repentance started into
rosh hashanah at the feast of trumpets
yeah and it goes all the way 10 days for
the judgment right when we think of 10
many attribute the number 10 in
scripture to be completeness and
judgment think of the 10 commandments or
the 10 plagues
and at the end of these ten days of
judgment we see the claims of god are
met and the verdict is announced
we also see that whole rabbitic
tradition
which means may you be sold in the book
of life
so it's interesting to see that all
culminates on yom kippur
so
as we know in ancient israel yom kippur
the high priest entered the temple alone
to make atonement for israel
now for us we're followers of yeshua we
believe that yeshua our high priest
jesus our messiah
he intercedes on our behalf at the mercy
seat in the holy of holies the epistles
talk about that of him being our high
priest
even though this appointed day is one of
the most crucial and somber days in the
biblical calendar this is
this is quite unique
it was one of the only days where all of
his role was instructed to shelter in
place yes and by the way you know many
people think that the the day of
atonement in the torah appears only in
the first in the book of leviticus but
actually it appears first in the book of
in the book of exodus on the 30th
chapter verse 10 it says and the high
priest will atone
for all israel
once a year yeah once for the whole year
and the same language appears again in
in in exodus in the chapter that is
devoted for yom kippur in
in in leviticus 16 it says once a year
the same phrase
once a year so we know um that we have
hints for yom kippur even in exodus not
only in the book of leviticus right and
so you you look at this unlike
passover you know i would bring my own
lamb for passover right you know if i
was in the galilee i would have to
travel or if i was down in the yeah
i bring my own lamb the feast of first
fruits i bring my offering on sukkot i
bring an offering
this
i don't bring anything no
in fact i don't i'm not supposed to make
pilgrimage on yom kippur i'm supposed to
stay where i'm at
now and to put faith in the work of the
high priest exactly so
the torah it was very harsh on this it
said
that whomever wouldn't fast or afflict
themselves would be cut off from the
house of israel why
is it just about the fasting what was it
about because of the atonement because
of the significance of this day this was
a crucial day once a year yeah
it shows the position of our hearts
exactly and so
this to me i look at this holiday and i
start to see
how deeply
it connects with grace through faith
alone faith alone i cannot bring this
offering
i have to look to my high priest
i can't go up there i can't do a dadgum
thing nothing i do
can mount to anything
what i have to do is wait in faith and
so the person who's not fasting what are
they saying or not afflicting their
souls they're not taking it seriously
they're just kind of like man it's just
another day
whatever yeah and and the sad part is
that those who do fast think it's all
about them fasting
atoning and and they some take the
rooster but from a day that is all about
the high priest it became to be in
israel today a holiday that is all about
yourself are you fasting brother heaven
if you have a nice family let me show
you how how about in what did yeshua say
if you fast
don't you know make your face holes
don't show it don't show up
just pushing through for the lord you
know no no no no no uh you're you're to
anoint your face with oil you know make
it to where no one knows okay this is
between you and god but what god was
saying again we have to look at the
commandments not just lying upon line
precept upon precept what was god trying
to communicate and what he was saying is
take it seriously make you know don't
disassociate yourself from the salvation
and so here the person
the person who's sitting there waiting
on the high priest with expectation
believing that the high priest is doing
something very important for them and
the nation
on that day
that person god sees it and god blesses
it and the person who doesn't
who ignores
and who treats it as just something
common or something light
that person is going to deal with
judgment there's something similar as
well
in the new testament the apostle paul
had to deal with the corinthian church
first corinthians chapter 11 yes we read
this whole drama that that people were
coming for the communion meal for the
lord supper and they were getting
smashed drunk
they were eating ahead of everyone else
it wasn't
it wasn't a somber gathering to remember
the sacrifice of the lord
now how does that relate
look at that in the light of this
commandment for yom kippur
here these people were coming together
and feasting for themselves for their
flesh
they didn't come
to sanctify their hearts and paul's paul
was saying you know judge yourselves hey
hey check your heart
so that you're not judged by god
so
it's interesting the act of fasting is
no credit towards righteousness or
atonement i mean again like what we said
uh we have the flip side happening in
legalism
where
people are thinking that they're earning
something again i'm not bringing it if
they flick themself enough yeah yeah oh
well you know i fasted on yom kippur you
didn't use dirty heathen you know it's
like this judgment and idea it's not
about that
it's no credit towards righteousness or
atonement but just as paul warned the
corinthians
how we remember and honor our messiah
sacrifice is a clear indicator again
indicator
to the position of our heart so just to
be clear
we're not saying that there's any
requirement for us
as believers in yeshua to fast on this
day
if you choose so that's awesome
and some of you might be fasting and
praying for your friends and neighbors
who are lost and who do not know our
savior yeshua so
whatever god leads you to do on this day
maybe you're spending time with thankful
worship
in prayer
whatever it is it's a great time to
remember and reflect
whatever god leads on your heart to do
in this time
and especially to pray for our jewish
brothers and sisters around the world
who don't know their savior
and you know by the way there's a
rabbinic tradition that says that there
were no happy days there's no there were
no more happy days than yom kippur
and another another holiday in aveda
that were that were so happy for for
israel because what happened when the
priest came out
so
so a certain rabbinic tradition really
ancient rabbinic tradition recorded in
the mishnah says it was the happiest day
of the year
for israel when the priest came out of
the holy of holies and and let's think
about that like we look at judgment day
with such a kind of a
scary thing this is a heavy thing and it
is it's listen if you if you don't have
a living relationship with yeshua if you
if you don't have a walk with him and
and a relationship with the messiah it
is a scary day it's a somber day it's uh
your worst day but for us who've put our
faith in yeshua and the living messiah
for us it's the greatest day
it's the greatest day ever it's a happy
day and and so we see that you're
talking about even in tradition in the
history but also even today this is the
interesting thing about israel and dr
sorf he touched on it in the previous
podcast is that you'll literally come
from
the somber day fasting and mourning
and then once the sun goes down
it's a party it because
it's finished
it is finished and it is finished so
that's such a beautiful beautiful
picture
of the atonement of yeshua and once it's
applied we cannot bring the sacrifice
it's nothing we can do and look as i
stand before
god on judgment day yes as i stand
before him on judgment day
i can't you know i'm not claiming hey
look at all the good things i did you
know hey look at these great podcasts
it's nothing it's nothing i bring
nothing even though they're great
my high priest yeshua
did it all you know when all the wrong
and i mean i'm guilty of sin okay when
all that wrong is read i mean i'm in
trouble but i am not in trouble because
my faith is interesting the atonement of
our mind
and by the way if our listeners weren't
were never in israel in the days in the
day of yom kippur you should you should
see it because everything literally
stops
and nobody is nobody's doing anything
it's like somebody's a suspense in the
air you know it's like you everything
stops right except for our children who
go out into the streets to drive uh
their bikes all around but what why
can't they do the highway why can't they
drive because there's no cars nothing no
nothing is open no cars no television
nothing
yeah it's so so there's there is a
certain suspense in the air right
wait for wait for the judgment for the
verdict
yeah we're going to talk about you know
how like how how to celebrate these days
as a family in a way this is and again
it's not about
some people get caught in the legalism
you know what do i mean
what an opportunity to teach your family
through what god says already he like he
gave us
a curriculum
you know through these uh holidays he
gave us a curriculum to teach our family
he gave us a living like go camp with
your family go spend time go you know
like all these things are interactive
for us to remember and to train our
children
you know for the next generations to
come you know the ways of god and the
judgments yeah to appreciate the those
holidays as a blueprint for what's to
come right yeah
so again this is a this is a new this is
kind of a new perspective for me i
hadn't looked at this in the past this
way but as we look at it this is an old
perspective according to some traditions
rabbinic traditions and things like that
but
you know when i look at it today i see
yom kippur points towards
the day of judgment you could say the
sentencing day the verdict day when the
verdict of our life is read and sealed
in the book of life
yeshua says in matthew when the son of
man comes in his glory and all the
angels with him he will sit on his
throne of glory all the nations will be
gathered before him and he will separate
the people one from another as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats he will put the sheep at his right
hand and the goats at its left
it's at this time that the sentence is
given some to eternal punishment but the
righteous to eternal life
just again think about
you know we just yom torah 10 days of
awe
there's this gathering of the nations
okay
it's quite interesting when you kind of
look at it in the context of the timing
of these things of these appointed days
and see
how how could this fit in maybe it could
but at least even if it's not on that
date again again we're looking at god is
weaving this story he's preparing us
through these holidays
to to look forward to his salvation
and to celebrate yes and yom kippur was
always
at least in the torah and in tradition
was always some kind of a judgment
expectancy for a judgment and of course
in the torah it's all about the works of
the high priest yeah as as as for us
with the new testament it's all about
the works the finished works of the high
priest and and and and if if you trust
in him
judgment you you will not be judged for
your sins right because he took it upon
himself
and so guys we have to ask ourselves the
question where will you
be on judgment day
are you waiting with faith in the
messiah have you put your trust in the
atonement of yeshua are you still
leaning on your own works to be good
enough
so again all prophecy in scripture leads
us up to these world-changing events to
come everything culminates here
but to each one of us the most pivotal
choice we'll make in our eternity
is our choice to believe and follow the
risen messiah who's coming soon our high
priest and as we spoke
on the last episode we spoke about yom
torad no one knows that day or the hour
even the holiday no one had any clue you
had to wait expectantly for it
again guys it's not promised for us
tomorrow we don't look to you know all
these guys with their mystical
predictions of the messiah will come in
2028 or this will happen 2032.
forget that
forget that you know i i think that
everyone is especially with the events
of the last past you know few years
has had kind of a
imminence on their heart of like this
could be
any moment
you know we're not promised tomorrow
and
and that's our decision we have to make
that decision today
and so i i
i ask you guys
press into him if you haven't made that
decision
just get connected let's try to connect
this trust and the finished work of
messiah yeah
of our higher priest once and for all
only he
can bring the atonement for us amen
amen
you