Day of Atonement (Yom
Kippur)
Month – Tishri
Day 10
This was a Sabbath and a day of
fasting, the only day of fasting for
Leviticus 16 -The positional cleansing of the nation
The high priest was given the directions
for the day.
Leviticus 16:2
“Tell your bother Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the “Holy of Holies behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover
on the ark, or he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the atonement
cover”
The High priest was commanded to attended
the incense altar twice a day in the Holy of holies. On the Day of Atonement
he had to enter three times.
1: With hot coals in the censur for the
incense altar
2: He entered
with the blood of the bull for his own sin offering.
3: He entered
with the blood of the goat for the people.
Christ
as High Priest and Sacrifice
1: Aaron must inspect the bull, the ram and the two goats and
present
them before the Lord at the entrance
to the tabernacle, to be acceptable to the Lord as a offering.
2: Aaron must bathe with water.
3: He is to dress himself with
the linen tunic, with the linen undergarment, with the linen sash and the
linen turban.
The high priest was very adorned in a glorious
colourful attire.
Jesus Christ in resurrection glory will be gloriously attired, but as a
man
He was plain looking and ordinary in appearance.
Isaiah 53:2
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in His appearance
that we should desire Him.”
4: From the Israelite community he must take two male goats for
a
sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.
The two goats are presented at the entrance to the tabernacle and lots are
drawn to see which is the sacrifice (The Lords lot)
and which goat is the scapegoat, and will be let free (the peoples lot)
The people bring the sacrifice just liked the Jews brought
Christ to Pilate to crucify Him.
Matthew 26:47
“Judas, one of the twelve arrived. With Him a large crowd armed with swords
and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now the
betrayer had arranged a signal with them: The one I kiss is the man, arrest
Him.”
Matthew 26:24-25
“Pilate said, I am innocent of this man’s blood, it’s your responsibility.
All the people said, Let His blood be on us and on our children.”
5: The bull is
sacrificed for the high priest’s own sins and the sins of
his household.
The offering of the high priest for himself has no imagery for Christ who
was pure and free from sin.
Hebrews 7:26-27
“Such a High Priest meets our need,
one who is Holy, blameless, pure, set apart from
sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priest’s, He does
not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for His own sins and then
for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all.”
6: Aaron takes his censer of
burning coals from the altar and places the censer on the Incense altar
in the Holy of Holies after burning two hands full of incense on the coals.
This fills the Holy of Holies with smoke, which conceals the atonement cover
so that he doesn’t die.
He enters the Holy of Holies again with the bull’s blood.
Incense symbolises prayer going up to God The Father,
before the sacrifice was made. This is the same for Jesus Christ who prayed
to His Father before being crucified and made to bear our sins on the cross.
Matthew 26:38-44
“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow
to the point of death. Stay here and watch with Me”
Jesus’ First prayer in
“My Father if it is possible, may
this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but
as You will.”
Jesus’ Second prayer in
“My Father, if it is not possible
for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
Jesus’ Third prayer in
“My Father, if it is not possible
for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
Matthew 27:45-46
From the sixth hour until the ninth
hour darkness came over land.
7: Some of the blood from the
offering is taken by the priest and sprinkled on the front of the atonement
cover; he then sprinkles it seven times in front of the atonement cover.
Indicating a perfect work of the sacrifice. Note that the blood
of the sacrifice followed the offering of the incense.
The
high priest does all
Hebrews 1:3
“The Son is the radiance (flashing
forth) of God’s Glory, the exact representation (image) of His being, sustaining
all things by His powerful word. After He had by Himself provided purification
from sins, He sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven.”
Isaiah 59:16
“He saw that there was no one. He
was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so His own arm worked salvation
for him
8: The goat chosen
for the sin offering is killed and its blood is taken
into the Holy
of Holies. The same is done with this blood of the
goat, as with the bull’s
blood, to make atonement for the people and the “Holy of Holies”, because
of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israel, whatever their sins have
been. He does the same for the tent of meeting and for the altar, to atone
for them.
The sins of the people
came to there culmination when the rejected their King.
Luke 23:18-19
“With one voice they cried out, away
with this man! Release Barabbas
to us.”
Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way.”
This is the part of
the work of Jesus Christ, which vindicates the holiness and righteousness
of God, which is shown in the law.
The sacrifice provisionally
making amends for sin to God.
Romans 3:24-26
“God presented Him as a sacrifice
of atonement, through faith in His blood. He did it to demonstrate His justice,
because of the forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.
He did it to demonstrate His justice at the present time, so as to be just
and the one who justifies those who have faith in Him.”
When the high priest
performs his duties on the Day of Atonement, no one must be in tabernacle
until he has atoned for himself and the people. He alone performs the work
of atonement.
Hebrews 10:24
“Christ did not enter a man made sanctuary
that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear
for us in God’s presence. Nor did He enter heaven again and again, the way
the high priest enters the Holy of Holies every year with blood that is
not his own. Then Christ would have suffer many
times since the creation of the world. But now He has appeared once for
all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
9: Aaron takes
the second goat, the scapegoat and places both his
hands upon its
head and confesses over it all the rebellion and
wickedness of the people.
All
He shall then send the
goat away into the desert.
The goat is released
into the desert and never returns. Christ sweeps our sin away forever. Our
sins swept us away, but no longer sweep us away because He paid in full
our debt to God. Reject the work of the Saviour and that sin sweeps us away
forever.
Isaiah 1:8
“Come now let us reason together,
says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow, though they are crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Jeremiah 31:33-34
“I will forgive their wickedness and
will remember their sins no more.”
10: Aaron takes off the linen garments he had put on in the Holy
place
after he bathed in water, and put on
his high priests garments.
Jesus Christ within
Himself did not sin once on the cross. He committed no sin, but became sin
for us. Once the payment was made for our sin, He himself
within his own attitude remained perfect and without sin.
Ephesians 4:9
“He who descended is the same one
who ascended higher than all the heavens in order to fill the whole universe.”
Hebrews 9:24
“Christ did not enter a man made sanctuary
that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear
for us in God’s presence”
1 John 2:1
“If anybody does sin, we have one
who speaks to the Father in our defence-Jesus Christ the righteous one.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not
for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world.”
11: The high priest offers the
burnt offering for Himself and the burnt offering for the people. He shall
also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
12: The man who releases the scapegoat must wash his clothes and
bathe
himself in water. He can then come into
the camp.
13: The hides, flesh and offal of the bull and the goat used in
the sin
offering are burnt up, outside
the camp. Indicating that the sacrifice was complete and
total.
The blood of goats satisfy only for a year for
the son
Hebrews 13:11-13
“The high priest carries the blood
of animals into the Holy of Holies as a sin offering, but the bodies are
burnt outside the city gate, to make the people holy through His own sacrifice.
Let us then go to Him outside the camp bearing the disgrace He bore.”
Hebrews 9:12-14
“He did not enter by means of the
blood of goats and calves; but He entered the Holy of Holies once for all
by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. The blood of goats
and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially
unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. Hoe Much More, then,
will the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself
unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,
so that we may serve the living God.”
When the
work of salvation for all was accomplished. All was complete and
He gave up His breath.
John 19:30
“It is finished (completed)”
13: The man who burns the animals must wash his clothes and bathe
himself in water. He can then come into
the camp. (Christ is now
acceptable to God and can once
again enter heaven.)
Psalm 16:9-10
“Therefore my heart is glad and my
tongue rejoices because you will not abandon me to sheol, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.”
Psalm 49:15
“God will redeem my life from the
grave; He will surely take me to
Himself.”
1 Timothy 3:16
“He appeared in a body, was vindicated
by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed
on in the world, and was taken up in glory.”
This is to be a lasting ordinance for
The churches privilege
Hebrews 10:19-20
“Therefore, brothers we have confidence
to enter the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way
opened for us through the veil (curtain) that is His body.”
Colossians 4:2
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being
watchful and be thankful.”
1 Peter 2:9
“You are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you might declare
the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into Hid wonderful light.”