Yom Kippur begins at sundown Friday, October 7, and continues until sundown Saturday, October 8. The holiest day in the Jewish year, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), is spent in fasting, prayer, and confession. This was one gracious day a year given by God that each individual could receive forgiveness. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year, Sept. 29 this year), and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the ten Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God and against other human beings.
In Bible times the high priest entered the holy of holies to make atonement for the nation by sacrificing an animal (Lev. 23:26-32). Although Jesus was without sin, Yom Kippur would have been a holy day for Him, in which He no doubt grieved over the sins of the whole world.
Jesus has provided our atonement, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” (Rom. 3:23) and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Him.
On this Yom Kippur, confess your sins and pray that Jews who are seeking forgiveness would encounter Yeshua / Jesus as the Lamb of God who was sacrificed for the sins of the world.
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