Yom Kippur

Remember all are invited to the wedding but they have to have the proper attire (pure garments) but the marriage is between God and the human race. Now the Bride may present herself spotless before the groom.

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his Statutes, and to keep His commandments. It is God who can make you perfect. It is His law that is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. I hope you will be able to say “I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. And say also “I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.” Because you know the path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. You see all the Lord is looking for in the final harvest are those who by faith are walking in truth in the last days.

It is in the last days of earth’s history that the concept that the Lord has wanted perfected in the minds of men, is that it is possible to obey His laws perfectly, through the power of the Holy Spirit, in the example of our Lord Yeshua and as Jeremiah says “…the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.

So let us strive to be like God “Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” It will be the 144,000 in whom is no guile, those who have become perfect in the last days
when the world will become so wicked, they will shine in contrast just like Yeshua predicted when He prayed to His Father, “I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.

This can only be done with the constant dwelling on the Holy Spirit, which has to be invited in to stay and transform your life with the renewing of your mind with His world.

Just as when Yeshua came to take away the priest ministry from the earth, to perform the final works of salvation, so must we also become the part that fulfills the prophesy of perfection in Christ that He is waiting for.

As 2 Timothy says “That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” And being made perfect, Yeshua became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.

So let me challenge you to move on leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ and into the deeper matter for which is the body of Christ. It is unbelieveable that God believes we can be perfect. But we need to understand what is perfect in His eyes. It is not perfect like a perfectionist views it; it is perfect in His eyes when with our character and personality we do His Will.

So how can we be perfect? Our perfection comes with looking into God’s kingdom and in His law that is the perfect law of liberty, the one to be written in our hearts, so that we are not just forgetful hearers but doers. It is a continuous learning process where we do the things that God has shown that please Him
and as we do them we get better and better at it. I am not saying that this is going to be easy or that it isn’t painful at time, but God knows that surgically removing sin from your walk in this life can and does hurt.

Many have been taught that it is impossible to be perfect as God is but Yeshua is our example that it is within all of our reaches.454 He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. So what will help you understand how to be perfect? What do you need to focus in on that will help you understand the will of God? The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. So be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. This is all a part in the final cleansing of the sanctuary, our Temple..

Yeshua said, "If you want to perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." And for some people that is exactly what it will take to separate them from the things that do cause them the most trouble when it comes to following God.

Only when you have rid your mind of the things of this world can you see clearly what is His. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will. Many do not understand the changes that go on in the life of a believer, some changes are small and undetected by the world, others are influencing and effecting those around the believers, but the change brought on by the working of the Holy Spirit are changes that have an everlasting effect.

Because when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. We have must be able to have the faith that Yeshua offers. What is that faith? It is to be like Him. Look at verses thirty-eight of chapter 11 again. Hebrews 11:38-39

These people who do leave the worldly ways are not the popular people of earth. What does that mean? They didn’t receive the promise. Every one of them thought they were going to. Abraham honestly looked for the city where God lives, but they received not the promise. Does that mean they never will get it? No. God having provided some better things for us and one of them is that the last day people will finally get it, and then perfection comes to them.

As you can see from the verses provided, that is what all of creation is waiting for, perfect in Christ is possible, and with God all things are possible. Now let’s go back to the temple to see what else the Lord will on the Day of Atonement.

“And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”464 There were two scapegoats brought before the temple. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

One was for the cleansing of the temple of all the dealings with sin, once and for all, which is what Yeshua is going to finally accomplish. When this sacrificial goat was appointed, the high priest pronounced, "For God" and the throngs of worshipers would fall on their faces and call out, “Blessed be the Name; the glory of His kingdom is forever and ever.” Then the goat was slain. From there the goat of God is no longer before the congregation, and what they are left to see before the temple is the other goat.

When the atonement is accomplished in the sanctuary, the congregation will see the priest come out. First the high priest symbolically placed the sins of the nation on the head of the live goat. He did this by laying both of his hands on the goat’s head while confessing the sins of the people that had been in symbolically placed there by the blood of the lambs sacrificed over the year. Then, with the sins taken out of the temple they were placed on the head of the scapegoat, the high priest sent the Azazel (scapegoat) off into the wilderness. It was a dramatic picture of God’s willingness to separate His people from their sins forever.

Pilgrim Stranger said:

Thank you for your answer. I am really looking forward to reading your particulars on the Day of Atonement as I have read about each aspect of the ceremony and have recognized some symbolism.
I had thought that the two Goats were totally fulfilled in the Barabbas/Scapegoat event with the sin being laid on Y'shua, so I'll be excited to have my understanding expanded.

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Many have said this. But in the big picture of the war in heaven, the war over the minds of men and the climax of good and evil on earth, the fulfillment of the symbolism of the two goats before the sanctuary have a more important role in the history of earth, than some no account villain of long ago.

Just as the blood was necessary for covering, when the death plaque was passing through Egypt, so here it is again. All sins that are not covered by the blood of Yeshua are condemned. 467It is only be the blood of Yeshua that we are cleansed of sin, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy "

This casting the smoke of the incense filled with the fire from the altar and cast to the earth is the believer’s covering so that they will not die from this point on. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. Take a look ...the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God" 469and the similarity found in "because of the cloud for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord."470...significant is its relationship.

There is also the dark side, the imitation that is so great that many will fall under the bewildering guile of the great deceiver. The image of the beast will not be able to stand, its day is over. Imitation of Yeshua by
Satan before the Lord's second coming is the time when you have Satan before the Temple of God declaring he is the Christ worthy of worshiping.

This is the only time in History where you will have the great deceiver pretending to be Yeshua. This is why there were two identical goats brought to the temple on the Day of Atonement. The prophetic implications are that this is the time that Satan will be before the congregation, for the world to see, representing himself as Christ.

Well, in order for Satan to do a good job he will have to manifest himself as a majestic being probably of dazzling brightness, and probably resembling the description of the Son of God given by John.472 “And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” There are several things that he cannot copy, and one is that he will not come in the flesh and the other is he is not Holy nor can he imitate what Yeshua is.

So it will be here in the last days of earth's history that there will be a blindness "In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the likeness of God." And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:..."

God’s children have the promise that He “will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress.” The plagues are about to fall and they will not affect the children of God. They are covered
from the plagues like days of old by the covenant.

In the atoning work is for the cleansing of the sanctuary of the wickedness committed within and repented of, carried to the sanctuary over time. God has been gathering all the repented sins in His sanctuary for the last six thousand years. One day when the day comes for the Lord to clean His House once and for all, of all the sins repented of that are recorded in His House.

One earth the Lord revealed to Ezekiel what has been going on in the Holy Place in the earthly temple and said “cry and sigh for the abominations committed within.” God in His mercy has an atoning work to do to cleanse the Holy Place of wickedness.

The wicked pastors, from the days of old when there were scribes and Pharisees to today when they are ministers, priests, and preachers, that do not shepherd the Lord’s lambs in the way that they should go, to tell His people that He is not soon returning, or do not teach the ordinances and statutes of God, will be harshly dealt with by the Lord himself for being hypocrites. One of the biggest complaint that God has against these wicked religious leaders is that they stop people with their unbelief that they foster on the people who trusted them to lead them to God.

Judgement begins at the House of God....have you noticed how in these last 20 years there has been a marked increase of ministers, pastors, priests, and any other men of God being exposed for all kinds of sins? Ezekiel 11:1-25

Never before in the history of religion have so many leaders been exposed to the world for all to see their sinfulness. In the Lord’s house great many pagan rituals have been brought in and committed by the priests, that the Lord asks Ezekiel if He should leave His own sanctuary. He points out a wide variety that are committed inside the House of God, but the worse one is the worshiping the sun god in His own House. “He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest you what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and you shalt see greater abominations.”

God’s time from will come when the final decision will be made. When the sheep and goats will be separated, the wheat and the tares are shifted, and the services are over. It will be the time when Yeshua, our High Priest will leave the Temple of God, take off His robe of the High Priest and will no longer be performing the atoning work of the cross. It will be the time when the seven plagues will fall without mercy upon the wicked.

Toward the east...." a thick cloud of incense went up... you shalt see greater abomination that they do...inner court of the Lord's house and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar were about five and twenty men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east." This is the abomination of desolation spoken of in Daniel .. this is the time when the censer filled with fire of the altar and cast it into the earth, seven bowls prepare to pour on the inhabitants of earth.

Do you know what it takes to make a seal which is put over the signature of the King to make the Law go into effect? It takes the title, authority, and territory. Did you know that it is necessary before all laws can come to pass they have to be signed and sealed by the Leader? Did you know that the Law of God is signed sealed and delivered?

Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy. ........For in six days the Lord (TITLE) made (THE AUTHORITY AS CREATOR) heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is (TERRITORY), and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed (Signed) the sabbath day, and hallowed it (SEALED). And now I just delivered it to you.

God is saying to you, “Verily my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a SIGN between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does sanctify you.” Never use the excuse that this is for one tribe of humanity only. IT is made for man.

And there you have it. The Sabbath days in the Almighty’s law are His signature, the special identifying SIGN He places on His people to signal to the universe that they are His: and that He has set them apart to sanctify them. We are also told in Isaiah 8:16 that the God of Israel seals His people with His Law. “Bind up the testimony, SEAL THE LAW among my disciples.”

Mark...Worship the image of the beast...worshiped the sun towards the east...abomination in the temple of God. Sin is an expression of Satan's character and in its advanced stages it always manifests itself in a self deluding enmity and rejection of God’s law. The Bible states plainly: “Sin is the transgression of the law.”

The 'Man of Sin', as the term implies, is an antagonist of divine law. He absolutely detests the Almighty's law and every commandment in it. He not only breaks God's law, but his main objective is to lead others into breaking it, into disobedience, into sin. That's why he's called the 'Man of Sin.

According to the prophet Daniel the main thrust of the Beast's hatred is directed against the divine commandment dealing with sacred times. Satan wants to remove, more than anything else, the sign and seal of the law off the minds of men. He thinks that he can change the times and the law and everyone will follow him. And this can only mean the Sabbath commandment, which alone deals with the element of time. For the three and one half years the abomination was before the Lord.

But when the Antichrist makes his appearance on the world scene, and every soul on earth will be compelled to choose between God’s signature and the Beast's Mark. It is at that time, when those who refuse the mark are not allowed to buy and sell, then and then only will we be able to say and see who has the Mark of the Beast. In that wild and barren desert God fed His people for 40 years, much to the astonishment of all the surrounding nations, you will read about a similar plan of 3½ years: when He will miraculously feed and shelter His people in the wilderness.