JD: Yom Kippur is Judaism’s holiest day. A day that is different now as compared to Biblical times.
Steve Herzig my broadcast partner tells us the events of Yom
Kippur in Biblical times.
SH: Well you know Jimmy, in Leviticus 16 it is outlined so clearly
exactly what would happen. And really there was very little that the people
did; it revolved around the Temple and the High Priest and the things that he had to
do.
They had two goats; one was a scapegoat the other was a
sacrificial goat. The High Priest would put his hand upon the scapegoat and
symbolically place the sins of the Israelite's upon that goat and it would be
sent off and then he would offer the other one as an offering. There would be
other offerings as well throughout the day. It was a bloody day but it was two-fold reminder.
Number one, the High Priest had to have a sacrifice, in other
words, he couldn’t preform his ministry as the intercessor between the people
and God unless he was pure and holy. The only way for him to be pure and holy
was to have a sacrifice for himself.
Now as a holy priest he can represent the nation of Israel
and sacrifice and actually go into the Holy of Holies. The only time of the
year that the High Priest, only once, would go in and sprinkle the blood upon the
ark that was there. Nothing like that is done today. Although, it is a very
holy day. I know growing up they spent over 24 hours fasting. A genuine desire
to ask God for forgiveness, there’s liturgy involved, listing all the various
sins that almost anyone would commit in a years time; and were the congregation, in
unison, admits it falls down before God in prayer and says, we’re sorry with the
hope that by simply praying, doing good works, and fasting that God will
forgive us of our sins.
JD: Steve Herzig reporting on Yom Kippur in Biblical times and
today. We report this information because it is setting the stage for Bible
prophecy to be fulfilled.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
Jesus Christ will fulfill the feast of Yom Kippur when He
returns to earth.
Hebrews 9:24-28 tells us that in the end of times Jesus
Christ will enter, the only time He’s ever done it, into the Holy of Holies in
the Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on a future Yom Kippur. This will
be the day that national salvation for the Jewish people will take place in one
hour, that’s Zechariah 3:9. Without a Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem,
Jews must await the true Messiah in order to celebrate this High Holy Day, Yom
Kippur, when the High Priest Jesus Christ will indeed enter into the Holy of Holies.
