The special day of Atonements needs a lot more study
simply because it is something that is an example of the SANCTUARY CLEANSING.
We know through our study so far that there would begin a HEAVENLY SANCTUARY
CLEANSING in 1844. Once that cleansing is over all will have been either
cleansed or forever deemed unclean and eventually be burned in the lake of fire
promised to all those who are unrepentant.
Hopefully as we continue this study we will see more
truth in the details and gain all the enlightenment we need so we may
comprehend what our Lord would have us know.
All by the grace and mercy of our Savior, Jesus Christ
our Lord now and forever. Amen.
******* Continuing our prophecy study-- Please
GO back several days and read the study from the beginning to gain full
understanding of where we are if you haven't been following this study
daily. Thank you :) God bless you! *******
The phases of the
High Priest's work on the Day of Atonements.
First, before we
delve deeper into those various phases let's note the special garments the High
Priest wore.
Lev 16:4 He shall
put on the holy linen coat, and he shall
have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen
girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his
flesh in water, and so put them on.
Why the special
clothing?
Why do we put
special clothing on? We put special clothing on for special occasions. This was
a very special occasion. Even today the Jewish people consider it their holiest
day of the year. The holiest day of the
year. If this day was and is considered the holiest day for the Jewish people,
honestly we have to believe without any doubt that this holiest of days with
its intricate ceremonies and sacrifices has to reflect something amazingly
important in the *bigger picture*.
Back to special
clothing. This might be a minor detail
but it's not so minor that it wasn't left unwritten.
Lev 16:4 He shall
put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his
flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall
he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in
water, and so put them on.
A holy linen coat
Holy breeches
Holy girdle
Holy mitre
Holy garments for
High Priests.
Zec 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and
Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
A vision of Joshua
the high priest- standing before the angel of the LORD and Satan standing at
his right hand to resist him.
Zec 3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke
thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not
this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Zec 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments,
and stood before the angel.
The High Priest is
clothed with FILTHY GARMENTS.
Is it acceptable for
the High Priest to stand before the angel of the LORD in filthy garments?
Zec 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that
stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy
garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
No. It is NOT acceptable for the High Priest to
be presented before the LORD and to keep filthy clothes on. The filthy garments represents what? Our
sinfulness. Remember this verse-
Isa 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
OUR righteousness
are as FILTHY RAGS. We are clothed in
filthy rags, we are made up of filthy rags. There is NOTHING we can to do with
our own filthy rags. Just as in these figurative verses - Joshua the High
Priest had to have his filthy garments taken from him. We all
can have our filthy garments taken from us by the Lord.
Zec 3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon
his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with
garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
Clothed in garments
of the LORD, by the LORD, now standing in a sinless state covered in the
righteousness of Christ. The LORD said- 'I have caused thine iniquity to pass
from thee' We are helpless as Joshua the
High Priest who would NEVER have dreamed of presenting Himself to the Lord in
filthy clothing. High Priests were given holy garments, and the High Priest
entered the Most Holy Place to stand in the presence of God ONLY when he was
clothed in holy garments. Those holy garments symbolized the need for purity
before the Lord, a need for sinlessness before the Lord.
The High Priest
washed and put on the holy garments on the Day of Atonements.
Christ our High
Priest presented Himself as our Sacrifice, Christ our High Priest is clothed in
all righteousness. Jesus Christ took upon Himself our sins as our Great
Sacrificial Lamb. After He took upon Himself our sins He was sacrificed, His
blood covering our filthy sinful state. Then our Savior rose having become the
Great Sacrifice- sufficient to atone- sufficient enough blood to cover all our
many, many sins. However a blood covered sin is NOT a sin that is gone, but a
sin that is covered. Just as the sins of
the people of God were covered throughout the year through the sacrifices made
- covered but not cleansed. There was
NOT a once a day cleansing of the sins from the Sanctuary. There was NOT a once a week cleansing of sins
from the Sanctuary. There was NOT a once a month cleansing of sins from the
Sanctuary. There WAS a once a year cleansing of the sins from the Sanctuary.
Surely there would
have to be a cleansing for all the sins of God's people throughout all time and
this cleansing of their blood covered sins would have to be completed BEFORE
Jesus returns to take His people, His bride with Him to heaven.
So we have a
cleansing of blood covered sins and the end results of THIS cleansing of the
Heavenly Sanctuary would be the end of all forgiven sins. After this cleansing of the Heavenly
Sanctuary is fully complete then there would be NO more forgiveness for any
sins committed. At that point in time
all those who are God's will be living in a forgiven, sinless state, never to
sin again. It has to be this way! It has to for sin to come to an end, for
Christ to come again and take His people with Him. To take those who have a
complete dependence upon Him for all their righteousness, His righteousness by
faith being theirs.
People don't like to
think about this, they want to imagine things going on the same day after day.
But if things were to go on the same day after day then Christ would never
return. We know in our own limited life spans
how much things change year after year. We live in an age of accelerated
learning beyond that of any other age. The things we have created through
technological advances, through scientific discoveries would be completely
unimaginable to people 200 years ago. Just last night I was talking with a
friend and he told me his nephew would be going to Afghanistan in a few days
and his wife was expecting their baby in two weeks. Immediately a began to say
how horrible it was that he had to leave right before the baby was to be born
and be gone for seven months. Then as the conversation continued it went along
this vein, at least he'll be able to see pictures of the baby, and have email
contact and phone contact - all that stuff which was unimaginable to my friend
when he was in the army back in the 70's. Then he went on to say how much
easier life would have been in the army if he'd had access to all the
communication technology we have today.
These reality checks of just how far we've come happen from time to time
and it's simply amazing. The point here
being- we live in a time of change and change is something that HAS to take
place if we want our Savior to return, if we are truly expecting Him to return.
We cannot wallow in our comfort sins and feel alright because we can repent and
seek forgiveness, it does not and has not ever worked that way. We cannot
believe that sin will continue on endlessly in our lives, in our history for
those who are truly God's if we want our Savior to take us to heaven. People love to say Jesus is endlessly
forgiving, but very few want to realize that there will be a point in time when
that will end because all who will be saved will have been saved and those who
would be saved will be living so closely to their Savior that He through the
Holy Spirit will keep them spotless, sinless and they will remain sinless
forever more even as Christ comes and gives them immortality, changing them
into the beings we were meant to be fully united with Him.
Cleansing of the
sanctuary. All sin cleansed.
The beginning of the
cleansing was the year 1844 according to the prophecies of the Bible. Now some people misunderstood this to mean
there would be an instant ending, and instant cleansing, but WHY would there be
an instant cleansing for something so complex in the example given to us on
earth? Even Christ as our Sacrificial Lamb Offering wasn't instantaneous.
Christ was not born and then instantly sacrificed. Christ did not live five
years and then was sacrifice. Our
Sacrificial Lamb- Jesus Christ lived right up into adulthood and beyond, He had
a ministry, He was anointed by God at His baptism, He gave His message of the
gospel of the kingdom and went about healing people for 3 years! To think that
the Cleansing of the Sanctuary should be instantaneous when nothing else has
been is truly to be deceived.
So maybe if we study
the earthly type we can get a better picture of what the heavenly sanctuary
cleansing might be.
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Three times the High
Priest enters the Most Holy Place on the
Day of Atonement.
First-
To burn the incense.
Lev 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning
coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet
incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Lev 16:13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire
before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is
upon the testimony, that he die not
Secondly-
After the incense is
burned and a cloud of incense covered the mercy seat the High Priest brought in
the blood of the bullock.
Lev 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the
bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and
before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven
times.
He sprinkled this
blood before the mercy seat seven times.
Thirdly-
The blood of the
LORD'S goat which was killed as a sin offering for all the people was brought
in and sprinkled upon and before the mercy seat.
Lev 16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin
offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do
with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon
the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat
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Lev 16:16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy
place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle
of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their
uncleanness.
An atonement is made
for the holy place
BECAUSE of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel
And BECAUSE of their
transgressions in ALL their sins
An atonement for the
tabernacle of the congregation is made
That remains among
them- in the middle of their uncleanness.
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More on all this
tomorrow, by the grace of God… remember we're taking it slow.
Please Lord open our
hearts, open our minds to Your truth and nothing but Your truth!
Through Your love!
Amen.
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