Atonement

 

It's Not a "Jewish" Thing, it's a Bible Thing

The Feasts of the LORD (YHWH) is the pattern for the redemption and salvation of all mankind. God gave us His Holy Days to remember, rehearse, honor, and teach to our children so we would know the process that leads to eternal life.

The Day of Atonement is the 10th day of the seventh month which is always October 2 on the civil calendar. See God's Appointed Times

Day of Atonement (to cover, purge, reconcile, getting two things to be compatible with one another - in this case: flesh and spirit)

And the Lord spoke* to Moses, saying:  “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the 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 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. (has forever past?)

It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.” (a High Day of rest, not the weekly Sabbath) ~Leviticus 23:26-32 

*That is the pattern under the Old/First Covenant. Under the New/Second Covenant we are to offer our body as a living sacrifice made by the fire of not conforming to the world system.

The Hebrew word for affict (yāḡâ means to grieve) has a spiritual meaning and does not mean to fast (ṣûm means to abstain from food - a Jewish tradition on the Day of Atonement). Here is the root meaning: to answer, respond, speak, shout, to testify as a witness. Rather than fast, God is telling us to be witnesses and to remember the grief suffered by Yahshua/Jesus on the cross in our stead. The Day of Atonement also connotes our grieving to be reconciled to God by the atoning sacrifice of Messiah. ~ Romans 5:10

Indeed, God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. ~  2 Corinthians 5:18. First, reconcile ourself, then reconcile our family, reconcile our community, and reconcile our nation to The Way.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. ~ Romans 12:1-2

If your Church does not keep the Feasts of the LORD, find a group to fellowship with at Feast time... http://www.feastgoer.org/index.html 

 

The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.