Day of Atonement Also Known As Yom Kippur Observed 10 Tishri September/October Scripture Leviticus 16; 23:26-32 Hebrew

Day of Atonement ‘On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work … because, on this day, atonement will be made for you to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.’ (16:29-30)

Day of Atonement The high priest had to do this every year – his work was never finished! Jesus did it ‘once for all time.’ ‘But now once for all time Jesus has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice … so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people.’ (Hebrews 9:26-28) On Calvary, Jesus fulfilled the Day of Atonement …

Day of Atonement The proper sacrifices – a bull and a ram for the high priest and his family and two goats and a ram for the people (16:3) He did what he had to do for himself and his family … One goat was killed – one goat was spared for a purpose

Day of Atonement

Day of Atonement The brazen altar …

Day of Atonement Through the veil …

Day of Atonement The Ark of the Covenant and Mercy Seat

Day of Atonement ‘He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it … all their sins … he shall send the goat away into the desert …’ (16:21) The Scapegoat by Holman Hunt

Day of Atonement Two goats … doctrine of substitution – someone in my place doctrine of expiation – my sins are gone ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.’ (John 1:29) A prophetic slant … cf. Zechariah 12:10-13:1 Yom Kippur: Jesus is our Saviour and our Scapegoat