In the following
study we touch a lot on the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. We are doing this
in-depth study because it is important for us to realize these things were
given for reasons. Our Savior's death,
our Savior's sacrifice, it was prefigured in the daily sacrifices offered in
the Jewish Temple. Those sacrifices
pointed to the ultimate sacrifice, a holy sacrifice needed to redeem
mankind. When Abraham was tested with
Isaac, told to offer his only son up upon a sacrificial altar to God, that too
pointed to the eventual sacrifice of our Savior. A whole system was put in order and in that
order we find comprehension. The earthly and the heavenly temples weren't just
flippant designs, one of the other. The earthly was based on the heavenly. So when we read about a REAL prophecy that
has a date going outwards to the year 1844, and then telling us the sanctuary
shall be cleansed, we sure need to comprehend that sanctuary- the heavenly, and
we were given an earthly to know so we could --through the grace of God-- begin
to understand what that cleansing could be.
May God open our
hearts to His truth! All by the grace and mercy of His one and only begotten
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, our Savior.
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Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and
three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
The Sanctuary.
Psa 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is
so great a God as our God?
God's way is in the
sanctuary. The plan of salvation was and
IS in the sanctuary. A temple will no
longer be needed only when the new earth is instituted- remember this--
Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God
Rev 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof.
Prior to this…
Rev 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial
into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from
the throne, saying, It is done.
There IS a temple in
heaven!
We CANNOT deny that
there exists a temple in HEAVEN, a temple upon which the earthly temple was
figured. A temple that will exist until
the New Jerusalem come from God out of heaven.
So we have to ask
ourselves a few questions. If according to prophecy we've been able to
amazingly, with great accuracy, fit prophecy puzzle pieces into history and
know beyond a doubt that this 2300 year prophecy is telling us that in 1844
something happened- something in connection with this verse--
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and
three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Then we KNOW that
after those 2300 years then the sanctuary shall be cleansed, made righteous,
made just. And we know from our Bibles
that only through atonement was something made righteous. Only by sacrifice,
only by offering, only by our Savior was something made righteous. So we HAVE
to look at all this cleansing, all this atoning more closely. PLEASE take the time to read all this, even
if it takes an hour, or two hours, or half a day to get through it all, please
pray and read. God wants to give us His truths from His word and only by
studying does this happen. We need to be prepared. We need to know what we are
watching and praying for and not in an abstract- oh, I'm watching for Jesus to
return. Jesus wants us to heed His
signs, His warnings, and to listen to His prophets and His prophets have given
us so much to study.
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Exactly what is
being cleansed from the sanctuary? We
must look at the earthly sanctuary because God gave to Moses the example of
things in heaven and set them up on earth for His people to use. We have to look to what was given to
Moses.
How was the
sanctuary made right with God? Because that word cleansed up there refers to
making the sanctuary righteous. Let's
take a quick glance at the word used-
tsâdaq
Total KJV
Occurrences: 41
(((And the following shows the meaning used
for that single word in each case below))))
justified, 12
Job_11:2, Job_13:18,
Job_25:4, Job_32:2, Psa_51:4, Psa_143:2, Isa_43:9, Isa_43:26, Isa_45:25,
Jer_3:11, Eze_16:51-52 (2)
righteous, 10
Gen_38:26, Job_10:15
(2), Job_15:14, Job_22:3, Job_34:5, Psa_19:7-9 (3), Eze_16:52
justify, 7
Exo_23:7, Deu_25:1,
Job_9:20, Job_27:5, Job_33:32, Isa_5:23, Isa_53:11
just, 3
Job_4:17, Job_9:2,
Job_33:12
justice, 2
2Sa_15:4, Psa_82:3
justifieth, 2
Pro_17:15, Isa_50:8
justifying, 2
1Ki_8:32, 2Ch_6:23
cleansed, 1
Dan_8:14
clear, 1
Gen_44:16
righteousness, 1
Dan_12:3
Justify, righteous,
just, clear, cleansed.
For us to be made
right, for us to be just with God we need an atonement to be made, right?
Atonement Dictionary
Def--
Theology . the
doctrine concerning the reconciliation of god and humankind, especially as
accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.
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Our Savior made an
atonement for us so that we may be reconciled to God, so that we made be
righteous through Him. We are never righteous on our own. All our righteousness
are as filthy rags. Before our Savior
came, the sanctuary which served as an example of heavenly things pointing to
our Savior, and it included a once a year special atonement for the sanctuary
and the people. Why do you suppose this
was? Seriously.
People want to
believe it doesn't mean anything, that we should just forget all that stuff
because Jesus did away with it all. And that is true, the earthly sanctuary and
all its services were no longer binding, but the services had a purpose. What exactly did the once a year atonement
for the sanctuary and the people mean?
The following is...
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur>
Temple service
The following
summary of the Temple service is based on the traditional Jewish religious
account described in Mishnah tractate Yoma, appearing in contemporary
traditional Jewish prayerbooks for Yom Kippur, and studied as part of a
traditional Jewish Yom Kippur worship service.[15]
While the Temple in
Jerusalem was standing (from Biblical times through 70 C.E.), the Kohen Gadol
(High Priest) was mandated by the Torah to perform a complex set of special
services and sacrifices for Yom Kippur to attain Divine atonement, the word "kippur"
meaning "atone" in Hebrew.
These services were
considered to be the most important parts of Yom Kippur because through them
the Kohen Gadol (((high priest)))) made atonement for all Jews and the world.
During the service, the Kohen Gadol entered the Holy of Holies in the center of
the Temple, the only time of the year that anyone went inside. Doing so
required special purification and preparation, including five immersions in a
mikvah (ritual bath), and four changes of clothing.
Seven days prior to
Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol was sequestered in the Palhedrin chamber in the
Temple, where he reviewed (studied) the service with the sages familiar with
the Temple, and was sprinkled with spring water containing ashes of the Red
Heifer as purification. The Talmud (Tractate Yoma) also reports that he
practiced the incense offering ritual in the Avitnas chamber.
On the day of Yom
Kippur, the Kohen Gadol had to follow a precise order of services, sacrifices,
and purifications:
§ Morning (Tamid)
Offering The Kohen Gadol first performed the
regular daily (Tamid) offering — usually performed by ordinary priests —
in special golden garments, after immersing in a mikvah and washing his hands
and feet.
§ Garment Change 1
The Kohen Gadol immersed in a special mikvah in the Temple courtyard and
changed into special linen garments, and washed his hands and feet twice, once
after removing the golden garments and once before putting on the linen
garments.
§ Bull as Personal
Sin-Offering The Kohen Gadol leaned (performed Semikha) and made a confession over the bull on behalf of
himself and his household, pronouncing the Tetragrammaton. The people
prostrated themselves when they heard. He then slaughtered the bull as a chatat
(sin-offering) and received its blood in a bowl.
§ Lottery of the
goats At the Eastern (Nikanor) gate, the Kohen Gadol drew lots from a lottery
box over two goats. One was selected “for the Lord,” and one “for Azazel.” The
Kohen Gadol tied a red band around the horns of the goat “for Azazel.”
§ Incense
Preparation The Kohen Gadol ascended the mizbeach (altar) and took a shovel
full of embers with a special shovel. He was brought incense. He filled his
hands and placed it in a vessel. (The Talmud considered this the most
physically difficult part of the service, as the Kohen Gadol had to keep the
shovelful of glowing coals balanced and prevent its contents from dropping,
using his armpit or teeth, while filling his hands with the incense).
§ Incense Offering
Holding the shovel and the vessel, he entered the Kadosh Hakadashim, the
Temple’s Holy of Holies. In the days of the First Temple, he placed the shovel
between the poles of the Ark of the Covenant. In the days of the Second Temple,
he put the shovel where the Ark would have been. He waited until the chamber
filled with smoke and left.
§ Sprinkling of Bull's Blood in the Holy of
Holies The Kohen Gadol took the bowl with the bull’s blood and entered
the Most Holy Place again. He sprinkled the bull’s blood with his finger eight
times, before the Ark in the days of the First Temple, where it would have been
in the days of the Second. The Kohen Gadol then left the Holy of Holies,
putting the bowl on a stand in front of the Parochet (curtain separating the
Holy from the Holy of Holies).
§ Goat for the Lord as Sin-Offering for
Kohanim The Kohen Gadol went to the eastern end of the Israelite courtyard near
the Nikanor Gate, laid his hands (semikha) on the goat “for the Lord,” and
pronounced confession on behalf of the Kohanim (priests). The people prostrated
themselves when he pronounced the Tetragrammaton. He then slaughtered the goat,
and received its blood in another bowl.
§ Sprinkling of Goat’s Blood in the Holy of
Holies The Kohen Gadol took the bowl with the goat’s blood and entered
the Kadosh Hakadashim, the Temple’s Holy of Holies again. He sprinkled the
goat’s blood with his finger eight times the same way he had sprinkled the
bull’s blood. The blood was sprinkled before the Ark in the days of the First
Temple, where it would have been in the days of the Second Temple. The Kohen
Gadol then left the Kadosh Hakadashim, putting the bowl on a stand in front of
the Parochet (curtain separating the Holy from the Holy of Holies).
§ Sprinkling of blood in the Holy
Standing in the Hekhal (Holy), on the other side of the Parochet from the Holy
of Holies, the Kohen Gadol took the
bull's blood from the stand and sprinkled it with his finger eight times
in the direction of the Parochet. He then took the bowl with the goat's blood and sprinkled it eight
times in the same manner, putting it back on the stand.
§ Smearing of blood on the Golden (Incense)
Altar The Kohen Gadol removed the
goat’s blood from the stand and mixed it with the bull's blood. Starting
at the northeast corner, he then smeared the mixture of blood on each of the
four corners of the Golden (Incense) altar in the Haichal. He then sprinkled
the blood eight times on the altar.
§ Goat for Azazel
The Kohen Gadol left the Haichal and walked to the east side of the Azarah
(Israelite courtyard). Near the Nikanor Gate, he leaned his hands (Semikha) on
the goat “for Azazel” and confessed the sins of the entire people of Israel.
The people prostrated themselves when he pronounced the Tetragrammaton. While
he made a general confession, individuals in the crowd at the Temple would
confess privately. The Kohen Gadol then sent the goat off “to the wilderness.”
In practice, to prevent its return to human habitation, the goat was led to a
cliff outside Jerusalem and pushed off its edge.
§ Preparation of
sacrificial animals While the goat “for Azazel” was being led to the cliff, the
Kohen Gadol removed the insides of the bull, and intertwined the bodies of the
bull and goat. Other people took the bodies to the Beit HaDeshen (place of the
ashes). They were burned there after it was confirmed that the goat “for
Azazel” had reached the wilderness.
§ Reading the Torah
After it was confirmed that the goat “for Azazel” had been pushed off the
cliff, the Kohen Gadol passed through the Nikanor Gate into the Ezrat Nashim
(Women’s Courtyard) and read sections of the Torah describing Yom Kippur and
its sacrifices.
§ Garment change 2
The Kohen Gadol removed his linen garments, immersed in the mikvah in the
Temple courtyard, and changed into a second set of special golden garments. He
washed his hands and feet both before removing the linen garments and after
putting on the golden ones.
§ Offering of Rams The Kohen Gadol
offered two rams as an olah offering, slaughtering them on the north side of
the mizbeach (outer altar), receiving their blood in a bowl, carrying the bowl to the outer altar, and
dashing the blood on the northeast and southwest corners of the Outer Altar.
He dismembered the rams and burned the parts entirely on the outer altar. He
then offered the accompanying mincha (grain) offerings and nesachim
(wine-libations).
§ Musaf Offering The
Kohen Gadol then offered the Musaf offering.
§ Burning of Innards
The Kohen Gadol placed the insides of the bull and goat on the outer altar and
burned them entirely.
§ *Garment change 3
The Kohen Gadol removed his golden garments, immersed in the mikvah, and
changed to a new set of linen garments, again washing his hands and feet twice.
§ Removal of Incense
from the Holy of Holies The Kohen Gadol returned to the Holy of Holies and
removed the bowl of incense and the shovel.
§ Garment Change 4
The Kohen Gadol removed his linen garments, immersed in the mikvah, and changed
into a third set of golden garments, again washing his hands and feet twice.
§ Evening (Tamid) Offering The Kohen
Gadol completed the afternoon portion of the regular (tamid) daily offering in
the special golden garments. He washed his hands and feet a tenth time.
The Kohen Gadol wore
five sets of garments (three golden and two white linen), immersed in the
mikvah five times, and washed his hands and feet ten times.
Sacrifices included two (daily) lambs, one
bull, two goats, and two rams, with accompanying mincha (meal) offerings, wine
libations, and three incense offerings (the regular two daily and an additional
one for Yom Kippur).
The Kohen Gadol entered the Holy of Holies
three times. The Tetragrammaton was pronounced three times, once for each
confession.[15]
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur>
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One has to ask what
the daily sacrifices meant compared to this great day of sacrifices.
'The Temple was the
place where offerings described in the course of the Hebrew Bible were carried
out, including daily morning and afternoon offerings and special offerings on
Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Levites recited Psalms at appropriate moments during
the offerings, including the Psalm of the Day, special psalms for the new
month, and other occasions, the Hallel during major Jewish holidays, and psalms
for special sacrifices such as the "Psalm for the Thanksgiving
Offering" (Psalm 100).
As part of the daily
offering, a prayer service was performed in the Temple which was used as the
basis of the traditional Jewish (morning) service recited to this day,
including well-known prayers such as the Shema, and the Priestly Blessing. '
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from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem>
'Korban, Qorban (In
Classical Hebrew), or Qarban (In Sephardic Hebrew (Arabic ?????) and Mizrahi
Hebrew) (Hebrew: ????????
"sacrifice"; plural: korbanot or qorbanoth ???????????), in Judaism, is the term for a variety of
sacrificial offerings described and commanded in the Torah. '
'Such sacrifices
were offered in a variety of settings by the ancient Israelites, and later by
the Jewish priesthood, the Kohanim, at the Temple in Jerusalem. A Korban was
usually an animal sacrifice, such as a sheep or a bull that underwent shechita
(Jewish ritual slaughter), and was often cooked and eaten by the offerer, with
parts given to the Kohanim and parts burned on the Temple mizbe'ah (altar).
Korbanot could also consist of doves, grain, wine, or incense.
The Torah narrates
that God commanded the Hebrews to offer korbanot on various altars, and
describes the offering of sacrifices in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in
Jerusalem until the First Temple was destroyed and resumed with the Second
Temple until it was destroyed in 70 AD.'
A bit more
information on - Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement--
'Jewish people. Its
central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this
holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending
most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known
in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes "the Days of Awe").
Yom Kippur is the
tenth day of the month of Tishrei. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes
each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh
Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the
Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for
wrongs done against God (bein adam leMakom) and against other human beings
(bein adam lechavero). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for
public and private petitions and confessions of guilt (Vidui). At the end of
Yom Kippur, one considers oneself absolved by God.
The Yom Kippur
prayer service includes several unique aspects. One is the actual number of
prayer services. Unlike a regular day, which has three prayer services
(Ma'ariv, the evening prayer; Shacharit, the morning prayer; and Mincha, the
afternoon prayer), or a Shabbat or Yom Tov, which have four prayer services
(Ma'ariv; Shacharit; Musaf, the additional prayer; and Mincha), Yom Kippur has
five prayer services (Ma'ariv; Shacharit; Musaf; Mincha; and Ne'ilah, the
closing prayer). The prayer services also include a public confession of sins
(Vidui) and a unique prayer dedicated to the special Yom Kippur avodah
(service) of the Kohen Gadol in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
As one of the most
culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by many secular
Jews who may not observe other holidays. Many secular Jews attend synagogue on
Yom Kippur—for many secular Jews the High Holidays are the only recurring times
of the year in which they attend synagogue,[1]—causing synagogue attendance to
soar—and almost four-fifths fast.[2]
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More texts on the
Day of Atonement--
Lev 23:27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month
there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you;
and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the
LORD.
Lev 23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for
it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your
God.
Lev 16:16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy
place
Lev 16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle
of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place,
until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation of Israel
Lev 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is
before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of
the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the
altar round about.
Lev 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it
with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness
of the children of Israel.
Lev 16:30 For on that day shall the priest make an
atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.
Lev 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy
sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the
priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
Lev 16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto
you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a
year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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There is absolutely NO DOUBT that there was significance beyond the daily sacrifices at the temple connected with the once a year sacrifices to atone for so much.
There is absolutely NO DOUBT that there was significance beyond the daily sacrifices at the temple connected with the once a year sacrifices to atone for so much.
We'll pick this up
tomorrow by the grace of God. By His
mercy and if it's His will we will study even more of this and see if we cannot
fit more prophecy puzzle pieces together.
Only by the grace of God may we do this, only by His love, His
righteousness as we pray not to be led
astray, not to be deceived, but rather that we are enlightened and guided by
the Holy Spirit unto all truth in Him!
Amen.
