Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement
- Most set apart day of the year
- Judgement day
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The Command:
Lev 23:26-32 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lev+23%3A26-32&version=KJV
Afflict (Ana) used 3x
- To be humbled
- brought low
- sad/depressed
Why should we be brought down?
- Our sins
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jer+30%3A12-15&version=KJV
- Dispersion
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lam+1&version=KJV
- Day of Judgement (of the wicked)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+esdras+7%3A33-44&version=RSV
– Rejoice not when your enemy falls
Isaiah 66:24 Aramaic
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the
men, the sinners, who have rebelled against My WORD: for their
souls shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and the
wicked shall be judged in sheol, till the righteous shall say
concerning them, we have seen enough.
- The lost, the blind…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eze+9%3A1-6&version=KJV
- Affliction for our own good
- We know his instructions benefit us (food, fasting etc…)
Day of Atonement was the forgiveness of sins once a year (Lev 16)
- One goat for YHWH (sacrificed)
- One for Azazel (Enoch 10)
In our time, we Mourn for, and look to Messiah Yahusha
Atonement/Kaphar (Noah’s Ark)
The Jubilee
End with Yahusha’s words
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+5%3A1-12&version=KJV