Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement
on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.
You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny
yourselves and present special gifts to the Lord. Do no work during that entire
day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made
for you, making you right with the LORD your God. All who do not deny
themselves that day will be cut off from God's people. Leviticus
23:27-29
Atonement is reconciliation, to make amends,
appease, cancel, cleanse, pardon, to be merciful, or to set things right. Jesus
atoned for our sins with His blood on the cross.
The place of the atonement during Moses
time was in the Holy of Holies, the cover of the Ark of the Covenant. The LORD said to Moses, "Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter
the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does,
he will die. For the Ark's cover--the place of atonement--is there, and I
myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.” Leviticus 16:2.
Seventy
weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for
iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision
and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9:24 KJV
The Jews were told to observe that Day of
Atonement, and they still are observing that holy day. Yet Christians have
atonement in a different way…through Jesus, through His blood, and the forgiveness
that is offered to all people everywhere who believe in Jesus as God’s Son.
Every day is the Day of Atonement for
those who believe. The place for that atonement is the heart of each believer. Even
David sought to set things right with God. Create
in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm
51:10 NASB.
So where do you stand with the Lord in the
matter of atonement? Is your heart clean?
Prayer
~ Lord, create in us a clean heart and renew our relationship that all we do
would honor and please You, today and always.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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