Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement | UNLEARN the lies



What does the Bible say about Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement, and how should we observe this Holy day? It’s time to UNLEARN the lies. UNLEARN Hey, welcome to UNLEARN. My name is Lex, and I’d like to invite you to join us each week as we UNLEARN the lies

And dig deeper into the truth of Yah’s Word. Now, let’s get started. Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year and is regarded as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths”. The focus of this day is atonement and repentance, and it’s observed with prayer, fasting, and

Giving charity to those in need. Yom Kippur takes place on the tenth day of the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar. Yom Kippur is the only day in which the High Priest was allowed to enter the Most Holy Place in the Temple.

It’s a day of intercession in which the High Priest makes atonement for the people. The first question I want to address is, “should Christians keep Yom Kippur?” Most Christians seem to think that Jesus put an end to the Feasts, and that the Biblical

Feasts are only for the Jews, but listen to what the Bible has to say about it. “This shall be a statute FOREVER for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your

Own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute FOREVER.

And the priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in his father’s place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle

Of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. This shall be an EVERLASTING statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year.” – Leviticus 16:29-34

Notice the Bible says the day of Atonement is an everlasting statute that’s to be observed forever. It also says that both the native born Israelites and the foreigner who dwells with them should observe it. This means that it’s for both Jews and Gentiles, and that we should still be keeping it today.

So, if we are expected to keep it forever as an everlasting statute, the next question we need to answer is how do we keep Yom Kippur? We are instructed to afflict our soul and to do no work on that day.

“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.

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.” – Leviticus 23:26-32 While the High Priest would preform certain sacrifices and rituals to make atonement for

Israel, the people would fast and pray. The practice of fasting on Yom Kippur comes from the command to afflict our soul on that day. The word translated as soul is nephesh, and it can also be translated as appetite. So, we fast to afflict our appetites.

This fasting includes abstaining from all fleshly desires including food, drink, and marital relations. Fasting shows that we are not a slave to our own appetites. The phrase “afflict your soul” could also be translated “make poor your soul,” which

Sounds very similar to what Yeshua taught in the Sermon on the Mount when He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” He also said, “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

Repentance requires discipline, and fasting is a great way to discipline ourselves. Fasting is a type of self-denial that places our flesh into submission of our spirit. By fasting we deny ourselves the natural desires of our flesh. Fasting is difficult and goes against our instincts, but it’s a great way of showing

That our god is not our belly. When we set aside a time to pursue intimate relationship with the Father through fasting, we are making the statement that we value relationship with Him more than food. Remember that when Yeshua was fasting He was tempted to turn stones into bread and He proclaimed

That man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the Father, and when we fast we are making the same proclamation with our life. Fasting is also used to show remorse and mourning, and when we consider the cost of our salvation we should feel remorse for our sin.

Likewise, when we think about the people who are heading for destruction, we should lament and mourn for them. Why is fasting so powerful? Because we are showing Yahweh that we are willing to die. In fact, when we abstain from food, drink, and marital relations and deny our flesh all

Forms of pleasure, we are afflicting our soul and dying to our flesh. However, fasting should not be done to make ourselves appear to be more spiritual. In fact, Yeshua warned that fasting should be done privately and that we shouldn’t make it known to others that we are fasting.

“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear

To men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” – Matthew 6:16-18 While repentance and fasting are important, we need to realize that no amount of self-sacrifice can atone for our sins.

Fasting does not replace the need of a blood sacrifice for atonement. I want to stress this point because I know there will be some who claim that we are trying to earn our salvation. Let me be very clear, our salvation and atonement comes only through the shed blood of our Messiah.

We can do nothing to atone for our own sins. If you think that by fasting and repentance you can find atonement without a blood sacrifice and apart from the work of the High Priest, you are gravely mistaken.

Yom Kippur is translated as the day of Atonement, but it could also be translated as the day of covering, or the day of ransom, and the sacrifices are offered as a substitutionary atonement for the sins of the people. We are ransomed or redeemed by the blood of the sacrifice.

The picture is that of an innocent life being given in place of the guilty life. The importance of blood sacrifice for atonement cannot be overstated. The Bible says that without the shedding of blood there can be no atonement.

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'” – Leviticus 17:11 “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding

Of blood there is no remission.” – Hebrews 9:22 The Bible says that Yeshua is our Great High Priest, and that He made the ultimate atonement for our sins by offering His own blood in the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Tabernacle.

“But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

– Hebrews 9:11-14 The word for sacrifice in Hebrew is Korban, and the root of that word means to “draw close” or to “come near.” The day of Atonement and it’s sacrifices are given so that we can draw near to Yahweh.

However, there has not been a Temple in Jerusalem since 70AD, which means the shed blood of Messiah is the only option for atonement. This is why Yeshua said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Yeshua is our Great High Priest, and there is no other means of atonement except through Him. The only way we can draw near to the Father is through the sacrifice of His Son. The only way we can find atonement is through the blood of Yeshua. So, should believers in Messiah keep Yom Kippur?

Absolutely, and I want to point out that we are the only ones who can keep it, because we are the only ones who have a High Priest serving in the heavenly Tabernacle. I want to encourage you to keep the day of Atonement each year with fasting and prayer,

Confessing your sins to our Great High Priest, Yeshua. Sin separates us from Yahweh, and we need to confess and repent from our sins, drawing near to the Father through the sacrifice of His only begotten Son. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse

Us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9 I pray that you will have a meaningful Yom Kippur and that your name will be inscribed in the book of life, and that you will be washed in the blood of Messiah. SHARE THE TRUTH UNLEARN THE LIES Thanks for watching.

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The Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur – Leviticus 16



And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen britches upon his flesh,

And shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats

For a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the scapegoat, and the other lot for the Lord.

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord,

That the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward;

And before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,

And sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat,

And put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,

And confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. And he shall wash his flesh with water … and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people,

And make an atonement for himself, and for the people. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.

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Understanding the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur



The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, is the most holy and solemn day of the Jewish calendar. It is the only day when the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies, the most sacred place within the Tabernacle and ancient temples.

It was the only day when the high priest reconciled Israel with God and symbolically brought them back into the presence of the Lord. No other day, and no other ancient ritual comes closer to the full meaning and purpose of the atonement of Jesus Christ.

The fall season of festivals begins with Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashana marks the start of a ten-day period of repentance and preparation for the Day of Atonement. During these ten days, Israelites would seek to draw closer to God in preparation for these sacred rituals.

On the Day of Atonement, all of Israel would be forgiven for their sins of the previous year, thus allowing them to be cleansed and prepared for the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot to occur five days later. Feast of Tabernacles was the final and most joyous of the three major Jewish feasts of

Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. The Day of Atonement followed a complex, yet beautiful ritual, symbolizing that all of Israel now had been forgiven and was able to re-enter the presence of the Lord through the high priest. The ritual began with the high priest, dressed in his normal colorful golden garments,

Offering the daily morning ritual of sacrifices and burning of incense on the altar of incense. He then would wash his flesh and change into simple white robes. The act of washing and changing clothes would actually occur five separate times throughout the ritual. The wearing of just the white robes could symbolize the Savior

Who leaving His heavenly throne, “laid aside all the glory … [and] put upon Himself the plain robe of humanity … becoming like one of us.” The color of white is also a powerful symbol of purity, representing the absolute purity of the true Great High Priest, even Jesus Christ.

Next, the high priest would bring two goats into the Tabernacle or temple and cast lots for each of them. One lot was for Azazel, or the scapegoat, and the other was for the Lord. A red ribbon was tied around the horns of the scapegoat to distinguish it from the other goat.

The high priest would then take a bullock, or young bull and place his hands on its head, symbolically transferring his own sins and the sins of his fellow priests to the bull. He would then slit the throat of the bull and catch the blood in a dish to be saved for later services.

He then would bring a burning coal from the altar of sacrifice and incense into the Holy of Holies through the veil for the first time. Here dressed in all white, the high priest would burn the incense before the Lord. The room would fill with smoke,

The cloud of smoke often being a symbol of the presence of God. The high priest then would exit the Holy of Holies, wash again, and take the blood of the bull and re-enter the Holy of Holies for a second time.

He would then sprinkle seven times the blood of the bull on the Ark of the Covenant. The shedding of the blood of the young bull represented that the high priest was forgiven and reconciled to enter into the presence of the Lord.

The high priest would then kill the goat that was chosen for the Lord, again saving the blood in a dish. He then would enter the Holy of Holies with this blood for the third and final time. As he did before, he would sprinkle the blood of the goat seven times before the ark.

As the goat was the offering for the people, this act of bringing its blood into the Holy of Holies represented that all of Israel was symbolically able to enter the presence of the Lord, through the high priest and because of the shedding of the blood of the sacrifice.

Just as the high priest could only enter by blood, so too it is only by the shed blood of Jesus Christ that we can enter God’s presence. As the high priest exited the Holy of Holies,

He would then sprinkle the combined blood of the bull and the goat before the veil of the Tabernacle. He would also use the blood to cover the four horns of the altar of incense. The remaining blood would be poured out at the base of the altar of sacrifice in the outer court.

The high priest would then return to the scapegoat and place his hands upon its head symbolically transferring the sins of all the people to the goat. He then would utter the sacred name of the Lord, which was never to be said except on this holy day, “Oh, Jehovah! I intreat Thee!

Your people, the House of Israel, has been iniquitous, sinned, and erred before you. Oh, then Jehovah! Cover over, I intreat Thee, upon their iniquities, their transgressions, and their sins!” The goat was then taken outside of the Tabernacle and led into the wilderness.

The guiltless goat, dependent upon its owner for its care and protection, would become lost and die in the desert. Perhaps no symbol of the Savior is more powerful than the scapegoat. Innocent of any wrongdoing, just like this goat, the Savior has had laid upon Him the sins of the world.

As Isaiah so beautifully stated, “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Modern readers often gloss over the significance of the Day of Atonement as simply an outdated,

Archaic ritual of death and covering of blood. However, as one better understands each of the aspects, it teaches a powerful message of the atonement of Jesus Christ. The word atonement, or kaphar in Hebrew, actually means to cover. Thus, as the high priest literally covers with blood the ark,

The veil, and the altars of the Tabernacle, he symbolically shows that atonement has been made, and that the way is now open to progress back through the Tabernacle because of the shedding of blood. From the scriptures we learn that when the Savior went to pray and suffer in Gethsemane,

He first left eight disciples at the entrance, then took Peter, James, and John further into the garden, and then by Himself, went further in to pray. Though it is impossible to know the exact reason for this three-level progression the

Savior creates within the garden, it has a strong correlation to the three levels of the Tabernacle with the outer courtyard, the holy place, and the holy of holies. It is as if the Savior desired to recreate these three levels, to show that He was officiating

As our Great High Priest and interceding on our behalf. How beautifully the symbolism of the Day of Atonement teaches us that it is only through the shed blood of the Lamb of God, even Jesus Christ, that we can once again enter the presence of the Lord.

It is only because He took upon Himself our sins and iniquities, that we can be forgiven and our burdens made light. Because of Him, we can have our sins covered over, blotted out, or atoned for. The book of Hebrews teaches, “But Christ being come an high priest …

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” How wonderful it is that unlike ancient Israel, who only could be forgiven once a year,

We can daily come to the Lord, lay our sins and guilt upon Him, and continually be forgiven and cleansed because of His atonement!

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