Partakers Bible Thought 21 October 2021 – Centrepiece of Joy 2

Partakers Bible Thought

21 October 2021

Day of Atonement

29 ‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: on the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work – whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you – 30 because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the LORD, you will be clean from all your sins. 31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance. 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments 33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community. 34 ‘This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.’ And it was done, as the LORD commanded Moses. (Leviticus 16:29-34)

G’day! Today we continue to look together at what I call the Centrepiece of Joy, which is Leviticus 16 and the Day of Atonement which was to occur annually on the tenth day of the seventh month. What is this Day of Atonement all about? Leviticus 16:1-10 gives us a summary but you can read the details in the rest of the chapter. To atone means to clean, make amends, and to substitute. Leviticus 16 starts by referring back to the incident we looked at recently, with Abihu and Nadab. Through their death, the Lord God states the fundamental principles for priests – only they could mediate for the nation before Him and they had to be spiritually and ceremonially clean.

Come! Come on in and let us look together at what we can learn about this ancient practise of the Day of Atonement. Together we explore questions such as: What were the 5 different offerings that needed to be done? Why were the offerings done and what had they to do with the Priest and the Tabernacle? What is all this about blood? Why is the life in the blood? What was Aaron’s role and why was he dressed differently on this one day of the year? As for the scapegoat, what is all that about? Listen or download the mp3 podcast to find out more about this one day of the year for the ancient people of Israel, the Day of Atonement.

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