{"id":63,"date":"2015-09-23T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T08:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/?p=63"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:51:48","slug":"yom-kippur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"Yom Kippur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all awoke at about 11PM unable to sleep, our bodies really confused about the time! \u00a0Thankfully, we were able to sleep in &#8211; and since there is NOTHING going on in Israel today, we are embracing the day of rest.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u00a0strangely quiet &#8211; there are no people on the streets, as it is Yom Kippur &#8211; the highest holy day of the Jewish faith. \u00a0It is the Day of Atonement, and most people are in the Synagogues fasting and praying until sunset.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;verse of the day&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;for unless you believe that I Am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;John 8:24, NLT<\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful, and feel so blessed to be here and know I am His.<\/p>\n<p>Selah. \u00a0(The Passion translation for this is &#8220;Pause in His Presence&#8221;)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/yom-kippur-it-is-finished\" target=\"_blank\">Yom Kippur: It Is Finished<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"resource-meta\">\n<p><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"2010-09-18\">September 18, 2010<\/time><\/p>\n<ul class=\"right\">\n<li id=\"authors\" class=\"flipboard-author\">by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/authors\/jon-bloom\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Jon Bloom<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Topic: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/by-topic\/redemptive-history\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Redemptive History<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"longform-body-constrain longform-text\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.desiringgod.org\/website_uploads\/images\/resource-images\/5813\/full_yom-kippur-it-is-finished.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Yom Kippur: It Is Finished\" data-original=\"http:\/\/cdn.desiringgod.org\/website_uploads\/images\/resource-images\/5813\/full_yom-kippur-it-is-finished.jpg?1424184733\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yom_Kippur\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Yom Kippur<\/span><\/u><\/a>, the Day of Atonement. It is perhaps the holiest day in the Jewish year. The nation of Israel has all but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5ibbHU8AsnE3i4PENcYVU3ID4wksQD9I9OD300\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">shut down operations<\/span><\/u><\/a>. And similar to Easter for non-religious people from Christian backgrounds, Yom Kippur has such strong traditional and cultural influence that even many non-observant Jews are attending synagogue and fasting today.<\/p>\n<p>In ancient Israel, this was the day when two unblemished male goats were selected. Then by lot one was chosen as a burnt offering and the other (scapegoat) to have the peoples\u2019 sins transferred on to it ritually and bear them away into the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding this day, God said,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\"><p>For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins\u2026 And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest\u2026 shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary\u2026 for the tent of meeting\u2026 for the altar\u2026 for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins. (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Lev%2016.30-34\" target=\"_blank\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Lev 16.30-34\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leviticus 16:30-34<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the day the writer of Hebrews was talking about when he wrote,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\"><p>These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section [of the tent\/temple], performing their ritual duties,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>but into the second [the most holy place] only the high priest goes, and he but <em>once a year<\/em>, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Heb%209.6-7\" target=\"_blank\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Heb 9.6-7\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hebrews 9:6-7<\/span><\/u><\/a>, emphasis mine)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The mind-blowing message and scandal of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that Yom Kippur was part of the copy and shadow (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Heb%208.5\" target=\"_blank\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Heb 8.5\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hebrews 8:5<\/span><\/u><\/a>) of the entire temple system and that Jesus completely and perfectly fulfilled the Day of Atonement and every other requirement of the law for us (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Rom%208.4\" target=\"_blank\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Rom 8.4\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Romans 8:4<\/span><\/u><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Israel was looking for a Messiah who would deliver them from their enemies. He came. But many did not realize that the primary enemy the Messiah came to conquer in this age was sin, the thing that made man the enemy of God.<\/p>\n<p>Yom Kippur was both provisional and a pointer. It was meant to be in place \u201cforever\u201d until the consummation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\"><p>Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites [blood of sacrificed animals], but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Heb%209.23-26\" target=\"_blank\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Heb 9.23-26\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hebrews 9:23-26<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus turned out to be far more than the Messiah had been expected to be. He was the consummate temple, Passover lamb, sacrificed goat, scapegoat, high priest, prophet and the King of kings.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here is the good news for Yom Kippur: Jesus the Messiah has put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. The Day of Atonement: it is finished.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all awoke at about 11PM unable to sleep, our bodies really confused about the time! \u00a0Thankfully, we were able to sleep in &#8211; and since there is NOTHING going on in Israel today, we are embracing the day of rest. It is\u00a0strangely quiet &#8211; there are no people on the streets, as it is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/?p=63\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yom Kippur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.naef.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}