2. “ Then have them make a sanctuary for me , Exodus 25:8 and I will dwell among them ” Manasseh Ephraim Benjamin Nephtali Dan Asher Zebulon Judah Issachar Gad Reuben Simeon Gershonites Kohatites Merarites Aaron y Moses
3. Sanctuary was the centre of the spiritual life of Israel people . Each rite and each piece of furniture represented the work that Christ does in order to atone for our sins . Death Baptism SACRIFICE INTERCESSION TRIAL He gives life to man He illuminates the world He presents our prayers to God Propitiation of sins
4. Israelites couldn’t come straight to God; they needed mediators: priests . Priests had to be purified before going into the presence of God (the Holy Place) and representing the people before God . Likewise, when they went out that place, they carried God’s holiness to the sinful people .
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7. WHAT IS ATONEMENT? It is the process of deleting sin or impurity and to restore the person or the object to his/its original condition, free of corruption . For the sinner , atonement was fulfilled (in Israel) when he offered a sacrifice for his sin and it was ratified in the Day of Atonement. Nowadays, atonement is fulfilled when we accept Jesus’ forgiveness and it is ratified in the Investigative Judgement . For the universe , atonement started when sin entered the Earth and it will conclude when Satan will be destructed . Christ fulfilled atonement for the individual sinner and for sin itself through his sacrifice .
8. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT The rites that were done that day show us, through symbols, what God will do to atone for sin and to remove it from the universe between the first and the third coming of Jesus .
9. He cast lots for two goats. Then, after laying both hands on its head, the one who had the lot for YHVH was sacrificed and once the process was fulfilled it was burnt up outside the camp (v. 7-10, 27) The high priest placed burning coals from the altar in a censer; he took incense in his hands, he put it in the censer and placed it behind the veil (v. 12-13) He sprinkled the goat’s blood on the atonement cover and then 7 times in front of it (v. 15) 1 2 3 Jesus died for our sins outside the camp (Hebrews, 13: 11-13) Jesus carries with him the prayers of all the saints before the Father (Revelation, 8: 1-2) Nowadays, Jesus fulfils atonement in the celestial sanctuary before the throne, in the investigative judgement process. (Daniel, 7: 9-10, 13) Leviticus, 16 For YHVH For Azazel THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
10. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT Leviticus, 16 The sanctuary was purified (v. 16) The blood was put on all the horns of the altar and sprinkled 7 times (v. 18-19) Once atonement was made for the sanctuary, he laid both hands on the head of the live coat, which takes all the faults of the people to the wilderness (v. 20-22) (Psalms 7: 16) 4 5 6 Once his ministry ended, he bathed himself, he put on his regular garments and came out to the people. Atonement was completed (v. 23-24) 7 God is vindicated and sin is completely condemned (Daniel, 8: 14) Jesus will remove sin from the Earth [represented by the altar of sacrifices] in his Second Coming, destroying the sinners (Revelation, 11: 18) Satan is left on Earth for 1,000 years, carrying all the fault (not sin) and will be finally destroyed (Revelation, 20: 1-3) When He will descend in New Jerusalem with the saints, Earth will be purified, once and for all, and sin will be destroyed forever (Revelation, 20)
11. THE PATH OF ATONEMENT Man’s sin passed to the animal From the animal to the priest, through sacrifice From the priest to the Sanctuary, through blood In the Day of Atonement, all the accumulated sins were deleted from the Sanctuary through the sacrifice of the goat for Yahweh . THE PATH OF FAULT From the Sanctuary it passed to the High Priest From the High Priest to the scapegoat The scapegoat was taken to the wilderness with the fault
12. TEACHINGS OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT Satan will have to assume his responsibility for starting the sin, and he will be destroyed along with every sign of sin .
13. Atonement is so complete that it restores humanity to the original relation he had with God in Eden, free of sin . TEACHINGS OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
14. “ Anyone who says: «I sin now, and I’ll repent later», has lost his opportunity of repenting. And anyone who says: «I sin now, because in Yom Kippur I’ll have atonement», has lost atonement for his sins in Yom Kippur ” Rabbinical saying (Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement” in Hebrew)
15. “ Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool ” Isaiah 1:16-18
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