The Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur

 

Beginning on Sunday night, September 27, from several minutes before sunset, to after nightfall on Monday, September 28, Jews all over the world are observing the Day of Atonement by a fast. The Day of Atonement is also called Yom Kippur. As the Bible says, “ye shall afflict your souls.” They abstain from food and drink, do not wash or anoint their bodies, do not wear leather footwear, and abstain from marital relations. They spend their time in prayer to God.

The Bible talks about the Day of Atonement.

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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. 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. 

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For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people." - Leviticus 23:26-30 KJV

Because the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70AD, the Jews have not been able to offer animal sacrifices as required by the Law.

"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." - Hebrews 10:1-4 KJV

"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." - John 1:17 KJV

To be continued…