The LORD said to Moses, "The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present an offering made to the LORD by fire. Do no work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
There are three aspects of this day that apply to us as Christians.
1. The fast. The early Christians observed this fast. "Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Fast." Acts 27:9
2. The High Priest. That Old Testament observance was a direct fore-picture of Jesus Christ, our High Priest (Hebrews 9:11), Who, after His Sacrifice, entered the very Throne Room of God The Father in heaven to make atonement for us.(Hebrews 9:11-12)
3. The Scapegoat. But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat. Leviticus 16:10
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