From RITA

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT is called Yom Kippur in Hebrew and is to be kept on the 10th day of the first month of Tishri. We find Gods instructions for this Holy Day In Lev. 23:26-32 and Num.29:7-11 This is the second of three Fall feast and comes after a 7 day interval between the 2nd day of Trumpets and the start of the Day of Atonement.

What are the characteristics of this feast day?

1. A day of assembly Lev. 23 verse 27
2, A day of repentance (affliction of soul) V 27
3. A day of offering to God of that which has gone through the fire Verse 27
4. A day of rest (no work) Verse 28,30, 31 & 32
5. A day to be reconciled to God (at one with= atonement) verse 28
6. A day of separation (cut off) sheep from goats, believers from unbelievers Verse 29 & Num. 29:10,11

Notice how there are only six (6) characteristics to this feast. (the number of man) Also, notice how serious the tone and commandments are (You SHALL not work, it SHALL be a SOLEMN rest) I believe God is trying to tell us how serious an affront to Him our sins are and how imperative it is for us to repent and be brought back into fellowship with Him. At ONE moment.

This is the feast where 7 spotless lambs were sacrificed on the alter of the temple, and the blood is taken into the Holy of Holies by the High priest and sprinkled out onto the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant.

At the same time, a goat is chosen to receive the sins of all the people by the priest placing his hands on the goats head and thereby transferring the nation’s sins to the goat.

It is then led away into the wilderness and forced to run over a high cliff and be dashed to death on the rocks below. This is called the scape-goat.

How and when will Christ fulfill this Fall feast of Atonement?

At the first coming of Yeshua, corporate Israel rejected Him as their Messiah. At His death on the cross at Passover, He not only fulfilled that feast but He also fulfill in part the Day of Atonement. It was at the cross where Jesus was the perfect Lamb that was sacrificed and whose blood was poured out as payment for the sins of the world.

It was at the cross where the sins of all those who would believe, were transferred to Him and He became our scapegoat. It was at the time of His death that the thick curtain in the temple was ripped in two and allowed all to enter into the holy of Holies.

We were given free access to God through the finished work of Christ on the Cross. Of course all those benefits are only accessed through faith of which most of Israel did not have, and so it was offered to the gentiles who would believe. But God had no intention of putting Israel aside forever. He had another plan that He would put into effect when the time of the Gentiles was complete.

I believe the future day of Atonement at the second coming of Christ will finally fulfill the characteristics of that feast for all of Israel that “look on Him whom they have pierced and morn” (Zech 12:10)

Just as the Bride of Christ was bought and paid for at His 1st coming, so will the “Holy One of Israel” finally be accepted by His own that He come for in the first place.

Look again at the 6 characteristics of this 6th feast day and notice how they all apply to the remnant of Israel that comes through the 7 years Tribulation.

1. They have all been assembled back into their God given land
2. They have gone through the fire of the tribulation
3. They have repented and called on the name of Yeshua
4. They are finally at rest spiritually in their true Messiah
5. They have been reconciled to their One true God, no longer an adulteress
6. On that day of God’s final atonement for His wife, Israel, the 6 reasons for Daniels 70th week will have all been accomplished except for the anointing of the Messiah. Dan. 9:24 The anointing will probably take place 75 days later on Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication. All of Gods plans, purposes and promises for Israel will be fulfilled.

I hope that makes it clear to you that the time of tribulation written about in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ and the purposes of Daniels 70th week are ALL about Israel and Gods final time of calling them back to Himself.

This 7 year period takes place after the dispensation of the Church is over and before the final dispensation of the 1000 year rule of Christ on earth takes place.

Keep looking up

Tom