Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown October 11, 2024 to Sundown October 12, 2024

In the past, Jews from all over would gather in the Temple to experience the sacred sight of the High Priest performing his service, obtaining forgiveness for all of Israel.

These sacrifices that were required during the Temple era are not required in the new covenant Church. Jesus Christ offered Himself as the substitute sacrificial lamb and paid the sin debt in full for all, through the shedding of His blood — to be received by faith. (Romans 3:25)

In the Septuagint, the pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament, the word for “atonement cover” is the same one used of Christ and translated “sacrifice of atonement” in Romans 3:25. Some interpreters add that the Greek for this phrase could speak of a sacrifice that satisfies the righteous wrath of God (traditionally rendered “propitiation”).

The sins of God’s people, punished temporarily and partially in the animal sacrifices of the Old Testament period, were totally punished in the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ on the cross.

Jesus Christ is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)

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