And this shall be a statute forever
unto you, that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all,
whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth
among you. For on that day shall the priest
make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be
cleansed of all your sins before the Lord. It shall be a Sabbath
of rest unto you, and you shall afflict your souls by a statute
forever. And the priest whom you shall
anoint shall make the atonement, and
shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garment. And he
shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall
make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for
the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priest,
and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall
be and he did as the Lord Commander
of the Navy. Now, today, what I want to talk about is these five verses, the verses. I'm going to talk
about the order I got as a colonel. The order as a colonel was laid out pretty well. Now, there are other things
I got set. But I want to speak about the
atonement. The atonement of cleansing cannot be spoken of outside of the necessary sacrament. This is the word of the Lord,
the Moses, telling him what Aaron is supposed to do in the High Priesthood. This is
the word of the High Priesthood, and the High Priesthood of the Lord. Because it starts it off here, the first
thing I've got actually is that it must happen at God's appointed time. God revealed His way of atonement
in the Old Testament in Titus, and He brought it forth in fullness. And in reality, in Jesus Christ,
that this is the order that we were given through Moses by God. This is a statute forever under
you, that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, This is the day that the Lord
has chosen for the Day of Atonement. Now, there is an order in section. And that's by the Jewish religious
calendar, not the Jewish secular calendar, which they have on those days. But
this is the day that we celebrate. It's true even in the tithe. We don't get to fix the month,
we don't get to fix the year. As a matter of fact, it says, we are not to know. It's not for you
to know the times of the year. We are told to do two things,
wait and watch. Christ came down from
the Father. In the fullness of time, the Son was
sent, made of a woman, made under the law. But Paul didn't stop
there. He had a deal. And you know what that meant?
That meant his hour hadn't come. But then he did come. according to the counsel, permanent
counsel, and foreknowledge of God, and he was crucified by wicked hands. He died, was buried, and
was resurrected, all exactly on the judgment day. Everything he's done according to God's will is right. Now, the second thing I noticed
here is our part. Still in verse 29, our part is no way. We shall be no way. This is a day of atonement. Afflict
your soul, but, and, do no work. The day of atonement is the day to repent of sin. Sin against
God. That's where all sin is. That's what sin is. Sin is an
offense against God, not against man. It may be against man also.
You can sin against your neighbor, but if you're sinning against
your neighbor, it's just what you've done. And this is
the day of atonement, where these sins are to be paid for. You
are to atone for your sins. You are to contemplate what you
have done. This is not done unknowingly. The world is doing all kinds
of things. They'll tell you to come. They'll
tell you to kneel. They'll tell you to pray. They'll tell you to
do this. No, this says, Satan, you can't do no work. Flick your soul. Think about
what you have done. That might help you keep from
doing something else. No work at all. No work at all. This is a day
about our sins against God. This is a day of punishment for
our sins against God. Right here, on this day, You're not going to be cured.
Your blood's not going to be cured. It doesn't say, flick your body. And they think by punishing themselves,
hurting themselves, that somehow makes up for their sin against
God. But this book says, you do no
worse. Afflict the soul, don't afflict the body. As a matter of fact, it's another
sin you're having. David said how wonderfully and
marvelously I made when he hit myself with a bat. I don't think he had a bat. A bat is a way to say
something. There are people, and I've talked to them, at work, at school, I've asked. They deny themselves something. I'm sorry, God doesn't need you nothing
to talk about. Whatever God needs, He's sufficient, He's complete,
He's perfect, He's holy, He's righteous, He's good, He's complete,
He doesn't need anything from you. Matter of fact, in chapter 23,
it actually gives you a couple of things about it. Leviticus 23 verse 28 says this,
And ye shall do no work in that same day, for it is a day of
atonement. That's why you're not supposed
to work, it's a day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation
unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering
made by fire unto the Lord, and ye shall do no work in that same
day, to make an atonement for you before
the Lord your God, for whatsoever soul it be that shall not be
afflicted in that same day, the same soul will I destroy. How serious does God take a day
like this? If you do anything, how serious? Because you're violating the sacrifice. If there's one thing
you can bet on that God takes more seriously than anything else, That's what it's a picture of.
That's what it's a type of. That's what it's a shadow of
better things to come. You do anything. The third thing, verse 30, "'For
on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all
your sins before the Lord.'" Before the Lord. The third thing
of that is it must be God's will. He starts off by telling us where
to do this, because we're The atonement is made for the
congregation, it is not made by the congregation. The atonement is given to the
congregation by God. And I found it strange here,
and I do understand the point, I see in verse 30, for on that
day, says the priest, and I cannot tell it, because it's not there. But it
is the high priest that actually does do the thing. The high priest does. But here,
when he's telling him, he doesn't actually put that in there. And I'm just kind of wondering
if it wasn't, you know, the fact that, for that day, they're making fun of the priest. I'm shocked. Abraham said, my son, God will
provide himself a land for the blind. So they went, they were
going to God. The acceptable offering, the acceptable offering is always
the truth. And we will buy the land outside
the state of Nevada. The opponent is God. Not the country, not the people, not even the federal government.
Abel brought what God wanted. It says that Abel offered a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain. Where does faith come from? We
know now, in the New Testament, that Paul was faithful to his family, to his brethren, and
to his people. And there we have it. Abel, by faith, offered a more excellent purpose. There was a difference. The sacrifice manifested the
difference. When Moses received the law,
he also received from God the order, and type, and shadow,
and instruction concerning the sacrifice. And what he told Moses
was that he was a sinner. He told what to bring him. God has given us these instructions. It is what we call God's will. You are building, God is building
up this revelation in you. A little bit of himself, a little bit of his son. Today is Passover. Passover
is a type of Christmas. In that Passover, the blood had
to be on the doorstep. The lamb was shed, the blood was put on the doorstep, and we were in there
eating. Now, when the time came for that time, it was the first morning of Passover. And God said, when
I see the blood, it will be on the doorstep. Now, that first morning may have been history. They just didn't
know. They just didn't know what it was. And that firstborn didn't know
anything. But now we get to the Day of
Atonement. And it is supposed to afflict
your soul. Sin is supposed to affect you. There's too many people out there
right now trying to make everybody feel good. God says afflict your soul and
do no worse. You're going to know it. You're
in the congregation. You're going to know it's the Day of Atonement. And this next verse, verse 31, it comes back to Aphrodite. He starts off telling us the
day. Then he tells us to afflict our
souls and do no work. But here's our part. Click your
soul. Do no work. I like that. I like that. That's what we're doing. Click your soul. Do no work. There is a reason. There is a
reason. Especially in this time of day. This is not even Saturday. It's the day of the homeless. It's the
day of the homeless. It's the day of the homeless. It's the day of the homeless. Without it, Without the Day of Atonement, there would be no sin. It's a day like this, unlike
any other. Because this is for your offenses,
it's for your transgressions, it is for our sins, and it is
for our And the priest whom he shall
anoint and whom he shall consecrate, the minister in the priest's
office and his father's stead, shall make the atonement and
shall put on the looming clothes I believe it says it in another
spot. There is nothing else. Nobody goes into this without a sacrifice. There's a high chance that they'll
do it. Again, I'm telling you, even if you are free, you do it. He sheds the blood of a bullet, sacrifices
a bullet for himself, The high priest shall be anointed,
and the one who are anointed are the one who God says they are. He just walked us on
that. Actually, this is it last week. God chose Aaron over the
others of the congregation, so he brought this up. He shall consecrate
to minister. Now, the word consecrate means
to be full, For the high priest shall be anointed with oil, and
filled full to the brim. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob chooses whom will offer sacrifice. The atonement was typical, or
type, of the true atonement time. And what we have in the New Testament is the Father showing us, the
Father shows us. This is my beloved son. The high priest here in the Old
Testament had to offer that sacrifice, that blood, for himself. Before
he could even handle the pain. He had to sacrifice
himself. Why? Because he was a man. Aaron
was a man. And we've already seen some of
the things Aaron has done. There was this golden calf that
jumped out of a fire mason. And they made it. And they were
worshiping it. Newly live. After the order of Melchizedek.
Melchizedek blessed Abraham. Melchizedek left it. Or, as our
Hebrew says it, the left is always left of the right. What's he saying? Melchizedek is better than anyone. I do believe
Melchizedek was a Christian, an adherent of the Bible, and a Christian. He's a Christian. He's a Christian.
I don't know anybody else without beginning of days and without end of days. And I've seen these preachers
go, I bless these people, Lord. I'm not talking about priests
sprinkling water. They do that, too. I'm talking
about preachers, so-called preachers, who are trying to pronounce a
blessing. I can't give you my blessing, and it's not working. We don't have a priest in heaven
who can't be touched with infirmities. He's been healed. He knows what this world's like. He walked
on it. It had to be the death of an
acceptable, innocent subject. That's our truth. Now, verse 3. Blessed shall Aaron come into
the holy place with a young boy to send offerings, and a ram
for a burnt offering. There is no punishment, but there is no
judgment. Without shedding of blood, death
by itself is not enough. Blood. The life. That's God's will, it's not mine. back his chosen acceptable sacrifice.
Our Lord, it is God's will to prepare us for the future years that are ahead of us. For the first
time, following one of the Gospels is only a court mission. After that, he appeared. There,
Stephanie, stick your fingers in my thigh. Come on. He ate bread and cheese. Something happened to him. I'll
tell you. I believe you. Yeah. Yeah. There is no time, no place, no
breath. Are you still here? Are you still here? Are you still one of my favorite persons in the world? It has been done. God can be
just, and the justifier of them that believe in him. But he hates us all. And there is a reason. Verse
33. Not only is there a time for
every season, but there's a place. Verse 33,
he says, now this is the Old Testament. This is the high priest.
He shall make an atonement. for the sanctuary, the coven.
The sanctuary of love as well. These places were on this cursed
earth, and this place is the place of the atonement. Christ entered in once into the
holiest place in the heavens and offered his precious to make an atonement for the
children of Israel for all their sins. And this continues to be
the ordained way of God, just like Baal was ordained. There's
a reason that Baal was ordained. When he died, it split. We're
told that. This was the way ordained by
God for everything to be well. What if another? Or soda? The atonement is forever, here. We are sanctified by the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once. And then further on it says,
by one offering. There's only one. There's only one atonement, true
atonement, real atonement. he has perfected forever, then
will he sanctify with that same power. So by that offering, we are sanctified and perfected forever. It must happen at God's appointed
time. We are to do no work. We are to assist our souls. It is the Sabbath
of rest for the congregation. It must be offered by God's chosen
high priest. Atonement is offered. He is the Chosen Atonement. His
blood was offered. He made peace, and He is our
peace. Jesus Christ. If you read 722,
put it this way, by so much was Jesus made a surety of our salvation. And by Him calling it a New Testament,
guess what? He made this one the Old Testament.