Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset Tonight

Prayer – Lord, sunset to sunset—no food…no work. OK. I can do this…for You. 

Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work. Numbers 29:7

 

Meditate. Consider God’s feast days…and their purpose.

 

When was the last time you went without food for a day? Since this Day of Atonement begins at sunset tonight and continues through sunset on Monday, it falls on a normal workday, you may have to go to work anyway. Taking the day off may not be an option. You can choose to submit to your work authority in an attitude in your heart…as unto the Lord—that would be with a repentant heart.

Slaves (workers), obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord. Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Colossians 3:22-23

No food...just an empty plate.
No fish...no loaves of bread.

Do you need a challenge to go without food and do no ordinary work? Consider that this is a command from God—to the Israelites and to us. God set this ordinance as an annual time of repentance for His chosen people. As Christian, we should be repentant every day, yet this may be a day that you submit to the Lord at sunset and until the next sunset. The choice is yours.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ Now learn a lesson from the fig tree (Israel). When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things (Biblical predictions) taking place, you can know that his return is very near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation (those alive when Israel returned to the Land in 1947) will not pass from the scene before all these things take place. Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear. Mark 13:28-31

 

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