Yom Kippur – Försoningsdagen

Idag börjar Yom Kippur – Försoningsdagen som är den heligaste dagen i den judiska traditionen.

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The start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, marks the beginning of the 10 Days of Awe for the nation of Israel, concluding on the day of Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement. Jewish tradition teaches that these 10 days are for the nation of Israel to repent and to return unto God with all of their hearts, so that their names may be written down in the Book of Life.

Leviticus 23:26-28 "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD."

Yom Kippur marked the day when the fate of the entire nation of Israel would be sealed. In Old Testament times, the high priest would offer a sacrifice for his own sins, and then he would also offer a blood sacrifice for the nation of Israel, for the atonement of their sins. The High Priest could only enter the Holy of Holies once a year! The New Testament teaches us that we have a greater High Priest in Jesus (Yeshua), who through His own sacrifice and the shedding of His blood reconciled us to God and redeemed us once and for all!

Hebrews 9:6-7 "These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. 

Hebrews 9:11-12 "But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

The nation of Israel commemorates Yom Kippur with fervent prayer and fasting, and all businesses, schools, malls, shops, and roads close down in honor of Yom Kippur. You won't find any traffic on the roads and no public transportation at all. There won't be any TV or radio broadcasts, and no entertainment whatsoever. 

This change in the nation's behavior and attitude allows for a time of introspection and reflection. The nation of Israel spends the entire day at their synagogues in prayer and fasting, in hope of redemption. As the whole nation of Israel stands before God in hope of their salvation, we who believe in Jesus (Yeshua) can celebrate our eternal redemption and salvation through Him! Yeshua redeemed us through the sacrifice of His own blood, now and forever!

Revelations 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelations 3:5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 

We believe that our salvation and redemption has already been won by our High Priest, Yeshua (Jesus), and that our names have been recorded in the Lamb's book of life! It is God's deep desire for the nation of Israel to come to know their Messiah, Jesus (Yeshua), and to be saved by receiving his atoning sacrifice for their sins, having their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

Romans 10:1 "Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them (nation of Israel) is that they may be saved."

Please stand with us in prayer for the following:

1) Please pray for the salvation of the nation of Israel, that they will experience a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that Yeshua will be revealed to them as their Messiah who offers them eternal salvation and redemption, and that they'll see that only through Yeshua can their names truly be inscribed in the Book of Life.

2) Please pray for the peace and safety of Israel, and that God's hand of protection will shield Israel and that peace would reign.