Hello John and Doves,
Yom Kippur or Day of
Atonement is on the tenth day of the seventh month.
Starting on the eve of 9 Tishrie and ending on the eve of
10 Tishrie. This is Sept 27/28 2020.
On this day, the High
Priest would come 'face to face' with God at the Mercy
Seat.
"The Day of Atonement was
the most solemn of all the feast days. It was the
day of cleansing for the nation and for the
sanctuary. On this day alone, once a year the high
priest entered into the holiest of all, the Holy of Holies
in the temple, with the veil of the temple, with the blood
of the Lord's goat, the sin offering. Here he
sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat. The blood of
the sin offering on the great Day of Atonement brought
about the cleansing of all sin for the priesthood, the
sanctuary, and Israel as a nation." (Leviticus
16:29-34)'
The high priest took two
male goats and presented them before the Lord...lots were
cast upon the two goats - one for the Lord, "La Adonai"
and the other for the scapegoat, "La Azazel". The
lots (some say were stones) were in a box or urn - and the
High Priest would reach his hand in and the lot for the
Lord would sometimes come up in his right hand and
sometimes in his left hand. There was a white stone
and written upon it was 'for the Lord' and a black stone
and written upon it was 'for Azazel'. The lots were placed
on the heads of the goats. A crimson sash was tied
around the horns of the Azazel goat. The scapegoat
was sent away 'with the sins of the people' to wander in
the wilderness - it was taken outside of Jerusalem and
pushed off a cliff so it could not return. Before
the goat was sent away, the High Priest laid the
iniquities and sins of the people on its head. The
goat for the Lord was sacrificed as an offering to purge
the altar by applying it's blood to the altar.
The Hebrew word for
'scapegoat' is Azazel.
"In connection with this
ceremony, an interesting tradition arose that is mentioned
in the Mishnah. A portion of the crimson sash was
attached to the door of the temple before the goat was
sent into the wilderness. The sash would turn from
red to white as the goat met its end, signaling to the
people that God had accepted their sacrifices and their
sins were forgiven..."
The Holy of Holies was
only entered on the Day of Atonement. The High
Priest offered several offerings, but the sin offering was
the one male goat. "Every step the priest took was
precisely scripted. According to the Talmud he made
forty-three trips between the court and sanctuary on this
respected day."
Seven days prior to Yom
Kippur, the High Priest studied and reviewed the service
to make sure he did it perfectly. If it was done
incorrectly he would die.
Also, at this site, there
is a description of what the High Priest wore for this
ceremony and the order of events of the ceremony.
This was all very detailed, very exact. For
example: the blood of the sin offering had to be
sprinkled seven times on the ground in front of the Ark of
the Covenant, and once on the Mercy Seat (the lid of the
Ark).
This makes eight
sprinklings of the blood."
Today, Neilah is the last ceremony on Yom Kippur
- it is "the Closing of the Gates'. The shofar is
then sounded - one long blast and the service ends with
"Next Year may we be in Jerusalem!" The book of
judgment was closed, along with the gates of
Heaven...until the next year.
The sacrifices on Yom Kippur always involved
the spilling of blood.
The 'blood' " is "a token
of the New Covenant, it gives eternal life, it brings
redemption, it makes atonement, it justified before God,
it gives us forgiveness, it provides reconciliation, it
provides cleansing, it makes us overcomers. "And
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives
unto the death." Revelation 12:11
https://servantofmessiah.org/times-and-seasons/feasts-of-the-lord/atonement-yom-kippur/4/
Meaning
of Yom Kippur - Prophetic Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur follows the
Days of Repentance, the Days of Awe - repentance comes
before redemption.
"Yeshua during His first coming was a type of
goat marked La Adonai. Yeshua was also the sin
offering for us as God laid upon Him the sins of the
whole world."
This Yom Kippur ceremony
is no longer needed for cleansing the sins of the
people. Jesus was the last sacrifice and the
temple veil was torn in two from top to bottom.
His blood was the atonement for sin. The Holy of
Holies was open now for all people - not just the High
Priest. Jesus fulfilled the Yom Kippur service and
sacrifice, even though He died at Passover. Jesus
is our High Priest, and we can enter the Holy of Holies
through Him.
"The Talmud relates
fascinating information about various miracles that
began occurring some 40 years before the destruction of
the Temple."
https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom
Kippur after the Death of Messiah
These were described by the
High Priest Shimon HaTzaddik. These signs began
after 30 A.D. - the approximate time of Jesus'
crucifixion.
"Our rabbis taught:
During the last forty years before the destruction of
the Temple the lot ('For the Lord') did not come up in
the right hand; nor did the crimson-colored strap
become white; nor did the western most light shine;
and the doors of the Hekel (Temple) would open by
themselves" (Soncino version, Yoma 39b)
https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom
Kippur after the Death of Messiah
The first noted miracle was that the lot for
Azazel came up 40 times in a row in the left hand of
the High Priest. This was considered a
dire event and signified something had
fundamentally changed in the Yom Kippur avodah." .https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/Yoma/yoma.html
Yom
Kippur after the Death of Messiah
They
considered this to be God's displeasure with
Israel and the priesthood.
The second noted miracle: the strap tied
to the Azazel goat remained red. Until the
Temple was destroyed.
The third noted miracle: the westernmost
light/branch of the menorah, the ner ma'aravi, that
was used by the priests to light the other branches
was often found extinguished despite the priests
trying to keep it lit through the night.
The fourth noted miracle: the Temple
doors would swing open every night on their own.
"Yochanan ben Zakai declared that this was a sign of
impending doom (Sotah 6:3) that foreshadowed that the
Temple itself would be destroyed."
The fifth noted
miracle: Only two logs had ever been needed for
the entire sacrifice on the Day of Atonement. After 30
AD numerous logs were needed to keep the fires
lit.
"Therefore, brethren,
since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by
the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He
hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His
flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God
let us go right into the presence of God with sincere
hearts fully trusting Him. For our hearts have been
sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our
bodies have been washed with pure water." Hebrews
10:19-22
God had moved out of the
temple, and into the hearts of men. Making a New
Covenant.
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance