We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement
Witness order through out the Bible: H3680 kacah to cover, conceal, hide, overwhelm, protection.
Exodus 10:5. 28:42; 33:33; Leviticus 16:13; Numbers 4:5; Deuteronomy 33:12; 1 Samuel 24:3; Nehemiah 4:5; Psalms 91:4; 104:9; 109:29; Isaiah 11:9; 22:17; 30:1; 58:7; Jeremiah 46:8; Ezekiel 7:18, 12:6, 24:7, 24:17, 26:10, 38:9; Hosea 2:9, 10:8; Obediah 1:10; Micah 3:7; Habakkuk 2:17; Luke 23:30; 1 Corinthians 11:7; 1 Peter 4:8
This
arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty,
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph
Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living. This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.
The Second Commandment-Exodus 20:4-5 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make yourself a carved image nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the water beneath the earth. You shall not prostrate yourself to nor worship them, for I am the LORD your God--a jealous God.
51. You shall not remove the staves from their rings in the Ark --Exodus 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
52. You shall place the Showbread on the Table in the Sanctuary, continually --Exodus 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
53. You shall kindle the Menorah of the Sanctuary, continually --Exodus 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
54. You shall make the priestly garments --Exodus 28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
55. You shall not loosen the Breastplate from the Ephod --Exodus 28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
56. You shall not tear the High Priest's robe --Exodus 28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
57. You shall eat the meat of the Inauguration-Offering --Exodus 29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
58. A Kohen shall not eat the First Fruits Offering outside the Sanctuary --Exodus 29:33
59. You shall offer incense on the Golden Altar twice daily --Exodus 30:7-8 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
60. You shall not offer foreign incense on the Golden Altar --Exodus 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Fiveamprayer we have to obtain an understanding of the service of the high priest for Yom Kippur. The ritual that was performed on this day was to purge both the sins of the high priest, the tribe of Levi and the children of Israel. First a bull would be offered for the sins of the high priest and his family, that he would be cleansed to be able to enter in to the holy of holies, the inner most part of the tabernacle--one a year on this day. Then there were two goats that were for the remittance of sins for the people. There was a lot cast to determine which one would be sacrificed unto Adonai for a sin offering. Both the blood of the bull and the goat were for the atonement of the priest and the people for the holy of holies and the tabernacle which resides in the midst of the sins and transgressions of the people. The other goat, the scapegoat would be presented before Yahweh alive and later have all the sins of the people confessed upon the head of the goat that is then taken out of the camp and released into the wilderness bearing the sins of the people. This is also known as the azazel goat that would be pushed off a cliff so that it did not return to the camp with those sins that were placed upon it. There was a crimson sash that turned from red to white to show acceptance of the offering by Yahweh.
Fiveamprayer, we have in Yeshua our High Priest and atoning sacrifice. He has already gone before us for the remittance of sin. That we are able to enter in the the holy of holies, the separation that was in the past was from the transgressions and iniquities of the people that required this distance. We are not longer held back in this fashion. We must be mindful that the perfect sacrifice is not a free pass to live outside of His instructions and expect His very best for us. We have restored access, not a free pass to live in any matter that we choose! Yahweh gives us 613 principles for us to live our lives, lead our families, run our businesses--every matter of life is covered in His Torah. This is a perfect sacrifice no longer requiring animal sacrifices. We are to still even now go before Elohim, on His day Yom Kippur to plead with Him to forgive the sins we will commit in this coming year. That He would walk with us that we would be stronger to not commit those sins again from last year. Those areas that we are lacking in our character would be restored that we would walk and look more and more like our Abba. A time of reflection, leading up from the 10 days of awe which ends on Yom Kippur, in how we treat each other and ourselves. This is a set apart day to gather at His instruction and in biblical times once the scarifies were complete and atonement made, the mood of the people was a marked time of awe and reflection--being still before Him. Once the offering was accepted and relationship was restored the people were joyful and those who were single would choose mates. At the end of Yom Kippur the Hebrews are expecting to have their names written into the book of life that the next 52 weeks would be blessed and in alignment with Yahweh's purpose for the combined benefit of the community and the person themselves. To hear this again click here.
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