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The Day of Atonement
Leviticus 16
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement took place on the 10th day of the 7th month
No matter what day of the week it fell on it was a Sabbath 16:31-help you understand the word Sabbath is not always Saturday or the seventh day
This is our mid-September to mid-October
The 1st of the 7th month they celebrated Rosh Hashanah or the beginning of their New Year
The New Year started but the only way to really start new was to get forgiveness
Just remember in the year there have been sins from individuals, some would not have obeyed in the sacrifices, even the sanctuary itself would have been defiled
After the Day of Atonement, they had the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles which was their most celebration
This ritual had to be repeated every year until the true High Priest, Jesus, came
Jesus came to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself Hebrews 9:26
Serious Business serving and worshipping God
Serious respect nearly fear after the death of Aaron’s two sons 16:1
Aaron had to realize that he was only allowed in the holy place at certain times or he would die 16:2
He had to make all the preparations before he went into the holy place 16:3-5
With a young bullock for a sin offering
With a ram for a burnt offering
He was to dress in certain clothes
The holy linen coat
Linen breeches
Girded with a linen girdle
Linen mitre
He had to wash before he put on the clothes
The day of Atonement wasn’t a matter of human choice, it was a matter of divine appointment
The day of Atonement was a day of new beginnings
Somethings to think about as we apply this to our lives
Is it possible that we take worship too lightly?
Do we prepare for our worship services-Spurgeon biography and how the people said that they heard the preacher well not that he preached well?
Do we recognize that the worship is about Him?
The purpose of the day of Atonement
The word atonement is used 15 times in chapter 16
The word atonement means to ransom, to remove by paying a price
Blood was given to them to make an atonement for their souls 17:11
The Biblical principle learned is that substitution satisfies God and that is what Jesus did when He became our substitute on the cross of Calvary Matthew 26:28, 20:28
The big lesson for the Day of Atonement is that sin is not forgiven without the shedding of blood. Hebrews 9:22
He took our place Isaiah 53:5-6, 10
They were to afflict their souls 16:29-31
The day of Atonement was a serious day
No work was to be done maybe that reminds us that no work gets us into Heaven-it is the finished work of Jesus on the cross
They were to afflict their souls which probably meant fasting, praying, examining themselves
Cleanse and purify yourselves James 4:8-10
Vance Havner said; “Repentance is almost a lost note in our preaching and experience and the lack of it is filling our churches with baptized sinners who have never felt the guilt of sin or the need of a Saviour...We are trying to get young people to say, Here am I before they have ever said Woe is me
Godly sorrow versus worldly sorrow II Corinthians 7:10
Take time to examine yourself and pray- ask God to cleanse us of sin Psalm 139:23-24
The procedure
The high priest had to prepare 16:3-5
He enters dressed in his high priestly garment with the sacrifices
Takes off his beautiful clothing to put on simple linen garments
Before he puts the linen on he bathes
He humbles himself removing the clothing that sets him apart
He bathes himself recognizing his need for personal cleansing
He offers a sacrifice for his sins first 16:6, 11-14
First, he takes the censer full of burning coals and his hands full of incense so that the cloud covers the mercy seat or he dies 16:12-13
He then sprinkles the blood of the bullock 16:14
God’s goal is that He be glorified John 17:1, Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14
The sacrifice is then made for the people
The two goats are one offering 16:5
One dies for their sins and the other carry their sins 16:21
The one that lives is called the scapegoat and takes our sins away John 1:29, Psalm 103:12
The high priest takes off the linen garments-serving clothes
Then he bathes, puts on his priestly garments, offers the burnt offering, and makes an atonement
They made an atonement for all their sins once a year 16:34
Personal applications
All of salvation is God’s plan
I can not worship flippantly
I should prepare to worship and be a spirit-filled listener
I should take time to consider my spiritual life and to confess sin
Never forget that our salvation is based on the substitutionary atonement-Jesus taking our place
Imagine going in with sins that will be taken care of by the death of another
See Jesus in the entire story
Realize that all of this is a reality for you and it never needs to be done again Hebrews 9:23-26