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 of soul on that same day, he 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, ( High Holy Day ) 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 : 29 - 30. For any person who is not afflicted of soul on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people . ( cut of from God ) And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

                Leviticus. 16 : 1 - 34. Now the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered profane fire before the Lord, and died; and the Lord said to Moses; Tell Aaron your brother not to come at simply any time in the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

                Thus Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with the blood of a young bull as a sin offering, and of a ram ass a burnt offering. He shall put the holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.

                And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats as a sin offering, and one ram as a burnt offering. Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself , and make atonement for himself and for his house. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

                Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.

                And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself. Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine , and bring it inside the veil.

                And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is the Testimony, lest he die. He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

                Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to makes atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

                And he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord, and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar all around. Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, cleanse it , and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat; and

                Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

                Then Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. And he shall wash his body with water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

                The fat of the sin offering he shall burn of the altar. And he who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. The bull of the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place , shall be carried outside the camp. ANd they shall burn in the fire their skins, their flesh, and their offal. Then he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

                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 sojourns 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 eh 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 congregation. This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

                Now I will show you how this relates to the New Testament Church. Here we have Paul once again explaining this to us.

                Hebrews. 9 : 1 - 8. Then indeed , even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the show bread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil , the part of the tabernacle which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat.

                Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance; the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

                Romans. 5 : 1 - 21 . Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

                Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For when we were still without strength , in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

                But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

                And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation ( atonement ). Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the word, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned ( For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.)

                Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offence. For if by the one man's offence many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned.

                For the judgement which came from one offence resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offences resulted in justification. For if by the one man's offence death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

                Therefore , as through one man's offence judgement came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act  the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

                Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

                Notice now how Paul sees Jesus as both High Priest and the sin offering in this ceremony.

                Hebrews. 9 : 11 - 14. But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle 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 ( atonement ), having obtained eternal redemption.

                For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of 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 ( our atonement ), purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ?

                For as you can see that this Holy Day has a very special meaning for the New Testament Church . I celebrate this Holy Day one a year just as God has commanded us. Just as the Apostles, Jesus and the New Testament Church did . On this day I fast from evening to evening by not drinking anything or eating anything. By doing this fast we are reminded that Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour died for us, and was perfect without spot or blemish.

                Jesus is our scapegoat , Jesus was that goat that was killed for the people of this world. He was our sin offering ( atonement ) . Because of the uncleanness of the people of this world. Jesus was the scapegoat for all of our transgressions. Jesus bears all of our iniquities on Himself. Also notice the time frame here, it is to be a statute forever, and it is to be done once a year. And it is a High Sabbath. yes, Jesus was our scapegoat, He was our sacrifice. He was our atonement . We go before God on our knees and ask Him for forgiveness of our sins, remembering the sacrifice that our Lord and Jesus Christ gave for us . His blood our atonement. We ask for forgiveness from God the Father in Jesus name .

                You can not say that one part of the Bible is true and the other part is not . Both the Old Testament and the New Testament go hand in hand . Both old Scriptures and new Scriptures go hand in hand . We are to keep all of God's word , God's Sacred Word .
 

You are responsible for what you read !

 Amen

By : Edward P. Porter