Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement

Sundown October 7 through Sundown October 8 is the Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur - a fast day and considered the holiest day of the year. For the Christian, we give thanks for the blood atonement of Christ - his 'Amazing grace' toward us. Truly an 'amazing sound' of Amazing Grace:

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ATONEMENT
kaw-far'

....................r...............................................p........................................................k
................HEAD....................................MOUTH..........................................PALM of hand

..........BEGINNING...........................COMMUNION....................................POWER to heal
..........BEGINNING..........SPOKEN/ WORD/ MOUTH of GOD ..........POWER / HEAL / RESTORE
.............FIRST.............................KISS [RECONCILE] .........................I HAVE ENGRAVED YOU
......................................................................................................................ON MY PALMS
.... MIND of CHRIST......................SPEAK / REVEAL ............................ANOINTING / POWER



to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch

1. (Qal) to coat or cover with pitch
2. (Piel)
   1. to cover over, pacify, propitiate
   2. to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for
   3. to cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites
3. (Pual)
   1. to be covered over
   2. to make atonement for
4. (Hithpael) to be covered

There is a picture in ATONEMENT of 'Christ healing the leper'. Should Israel get in a condition - such as Miriam (rebellion) and become 'leprous' / unclean because of drastic actions Israel make take in her defense - God yet heals the 'leper'.

From Wikipedia:

Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים‎, IPA: [ˈjom kiˈpur]), also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe").

Yom Kippur is the tenth day of the month of Tishrei. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life on Rosh haShanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amend his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God (bein adam leMakom) and against other human beings (bein adam lechavero). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt (Vidui). At the end of Yom Kippur, one considers oneself absolved by God.

Yom Kippur is more than a 'Jewish feast' - it is a God-ordained Biblical Feast - an everlasting ordinance. Until heaven and earth pass away - it is a testimony of Messiah Christ. Yom Kippur is a feast fulfilled by Christ and although we are not 'required' to (letter of the law) keep the feasts, we must remember that by abiding in the Spirit of life in Christ, this feast 'keeps us'.

Selah

Shalom