"At the onset of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, the nation of Israel starts
the 10 Days of Awe, up until the day of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). Jewish
tradition says that these 10 days are for the nation of Israel to
repent and turn their hearts back to God, in order for their names to be
written down in the Book of Life.
Leviticus 23:26-28 "And the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying, "Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the
Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall
afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD."
Yom Kippur is the day when the nation's fate is
sealed. In Old Testament times, the high priest would offer a sacrifice for his
own sins, and then he would also offer a blood sacrifice for the nation of Israel, for the
atonement of their sins. The High Priest could only enter the Holy of Holies
once a year! The New Testament tells us that we have a greater High Priest in
Yeshua, who by His own sacrifice and by the shedding of His blood reconciled us
to God and redeemed us once and for all!
Hebrews 9:6-7 "These preparations having thus
been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their
ritual duties, but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a
year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the
unintentional sins of the people.
Hebrews 9:11-12 "But when Christ
appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the
greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this
creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the
blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal
redemption.
Tomorrow the nation of Israel will commemorate Yom Kippur
with prayer and fasting, and all businesses, schools and roads closing down in
reverence of Yom Kippur. There aren't any traffic on the roads and no public
transportation whatsoever. There will be no TV or radio broadcasts, and no
entertainment at all.
This change in the nation's atmosphere allows for a
time of introspection and reflection. The nation of Israel spends the entire day at
their synagogues in prayer and fasting, in hope of redemption. As the whole
nation stands before God in hope of their redemption, we who believe in Yeshua
can celebrate our eternal redemption that He won for us through the sacrifice
of His blood, now and forever!
Revelations 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter
it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelations 3:5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in
white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will
confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
We believe that our salvation and redemption has
already been achieved by our High Priest, Yeshua (Jesus), and that our names
have been written in the Lamb's book of life! It is God's deep desire for the
nation of Israel
to come to know their Messiah, Yeshua, and to be saved by receiving his atoning
sacrifice for their sins, having their names written in the Lamb's Book of
Life.
Romans 10:1 "Brothers, my heart's
desire and prayer to God for them (nation of Israel) is that they may be saved." "
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