Friday, September 21, 2007

Yom Kippure message


Whether you are a Christian or a Jew, the Day of Atonement is highly significant to you.
In light of the words in the Book of Hebrews, we know that Yeshua made atonement for us once and for all when He applied His blood to the Mercy Seat. He is our atonement.
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) begins t sundown tonight and lasts until sundown tomorrow.
Believers in Hashem (the God of Israel) are called to fast and repent on this day; it is a "day of affliction", or a day of self denial.
We have all heard the stories about the High Priest going into the Holy of Holies on that single, most holy day. He would die if He messed up the process in any way - it was highly important for him to be pure when he entered. Hebrews tells us that we can go in freely to the Holy of Holies because the veil was ripped in two when Yeshua performed His atoning work on the cross. Imagine the shock that that must have been for a new believer to hear that sentence in the first century!

Coincidently, the Book of Jonah is traditionally read on this most Holy of Days. Remember what Yeshua told those who were looking for a sigh? he answered and said unto them,
"An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah". Mat 16:1

Isn't it odd that Jews the world over will be reading this story Saturday, and Yeshua said the story was a sign pointing toward Himself? As the rabbis say (grab your grain of salt, but it makes a lot of sense), "coincidence is not a kosher word".

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