Yom Kippur/The Rapture connection?!

visionary said:

Yom Kippur is a very unique "feast" of the seven feasts of the Lord. Its uniqueness is in the story itself. Azazel is presented at this point into the feasts, an animal not sacrificed to God. A animal that must carry the sins away from the congregation, the temple, the services, the priests and sent where it can not return. It must also be sent by a "fit man" who remains a mystery even to this day.

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chunkofcoal said:

Now you've got me reading about the "fit man" too!
It seems there are a lot of opinions about what that meant. And it's interesting that "fit man" can mean "timely man," " man of my time" or "man of time".

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chunkofcoal said:

I was reading about the goats the other day and they say there is no record of the 'Azazel goat' coming back.

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visionary said:

Luke 9:62 And Yeshua said unto him, “No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

In this verse "fit" has everything to do with single mindedness of purpose for God. That in itself is a strong characteristic, unwavering, devoted, smart, spiritually intune, and dedicated with singleness of purpose for God. In order to be like this, this "fit" man must also know the "scapegoat", the timing of THE Yom Kippur services, able to spiritually see when all the sins of the sanctuary have been laid on his head, and what it will take to remove him from the sanctuary, the congregation, and to a place of non return.

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My stupidity and selfishness as a teenager only magnified as I became an adult - all under the veneer of being a good husband, a good father, and a good citizen. The hypocrisy of it all was nauseating. But through it all was their love.

When the review was finished they asked, "Do you want to ask any questions?" and I had a million questions.



I asked, for example, "What about the Bible?"



They responded, "What about it?"



I asked if it was true, and they said it was. Asking them why it was that when I tried to read it, all I saw were contradictions, they took me back to my life's review again - something that I had overlooked. They showed me, for the few times I had opened the Bible, that I had read it with the idea of finding contradictions and problems. I was trying to prove to myself that it wasn't worth reading. I observed to them that the Bible wasn't clear to me. It didn't make sense. They told me that it contained spiritual truth, and that I had to read it spiritually in order to understand it. It should be read prayerfully. My friends informed me that it was not like other books. They also told me, and I later found out this was true, that when you read it prayerfully, it talks to you. It reveals itself to you. And you don't have to work at it anymore.

My friends answered lots of questions in funny ways. They really knew the whole tone of what I asked them, even before I got the questions out. When I thought of questions in my head, they really understood them.



I asked them, for example, which was the best religion. I was looking for an answer which was like, "Presbyterians." I figured these guys were all Christians. The answer I got was, "The best religion is the religion that brings you closest to God."

Asking them if there was life on other planets, their surprising answer was that the universe was full of life.

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Lulav said:

strange

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Avodat said:

But you'll never know, this side of eternity, what he did with his last breath. I've had people who were very critical that I do funeral services for people who are NOT believers - my answer is that we do not know they are non-believers. Their last breath may have been used to give themselves to Yeshua.

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DennisTate said:

My dad died on January 1, 1990...........
I had been fasting on Yom Kippur for more than a decade before that........
so I was asking myself questions that most non Messianic Christians don't usually ask themselves.............

By Yom Kippur of 1990, (or a few weeks afterward).... I specifically prayed and asked The Ancient of Days the FAther / YHWH...... in the name of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus... if He had any use for a volunteer........... goat for Azazel........???????????


....."but the goat on which the lot fell for Aza'zel shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Aza'zel."(Leviticus 16:10RSV)



......IF....... a volunteer "goat for Azazel" would have been any use to YHWH/ The Ancient of Days the FAther.... .I said that I would do it............
and I postulated a number of variations on HOW??????

As you can guess..... all hell broke loose in my life.... but 27 years later and I know that in spite of the danger.... that was probably one of the most significant things that I ever prayed about.......

Bar Abbas / Barabbas seems to have been drafted.........
and we Canadians have a tradition that somebody should volunteer for suicide missions.......

At the time that I prayed what I prayed......
I did not expect to still be alive in 2017..... and i certainly did not expect to have received the off the scale Grace and mercy and series of miracles that I have received ...... especially since the year 2000............

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daq said:

[size=+1]Please be more specific. It is difficult understanding exactly what you are stating since you have said that 'there never was a man called Barabbas'. I cannot tell if you are in agreement with the post you have quoted or if you are in disagreement with it?

1) Are you stating that you have taught for over 20 years the same thing in the post you quoted?
2) Or are you stating that you have taught for over 20 years that 'Yeshua is your scapegoat' because Barabbas was merely a fictional character in your understanding?[/size]

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ananda said:

How do you reconcile this with what Messiah said?

And having called His twelve apostles near, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every bodily weakness. Mt 10:1

See, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions (σκορπίων/skorpions/pointed stinger), and over all the power of the enemy, and none at all shall hurt you. Lk 10:19
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Open Heart said:

I think that Satan has a healthy fear of God. I think that in spite of his intentions to rebel, he ends up doing God's will in testing us.

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pat34lee said:

You seem to have built a theology based on Enoch
and Charles Darwin as much as on the bible. There
were no [centuries if not millennia... .or perhaps even
millions of years before the fall of Adam and Eve...]

Yahweh declared everything good at the end of the
creation week, so that means Lucifer too, who walked
in the garden.
Ezekiel 28:13-15

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Jesus hesitated as I tried to capture the immensity of his explanations.

"You must understand, my son, that original creation mirrored the composition and perfection of Person-God. All creation vibrated in unison with us! There was total accord and harmony everywhere as the whole creation was resonating with and in God!

"Each separate thing or being thus carried out an appointed task in our scheme for the universe. A heaven-form of music resulted as even the stars sang in their appointed circuits. Here in paradise you are hearing these melodious vibrations directly upon your new mind, undistorted. On Earth you heard distorted sounds through the air waves. Throughout heaven the music flows from my throne, uninterrupted, undefiled, and peace-giving."

Jesus paused again.

"My book tells of the time when Lucifer's rebellion in heaven changed some things. He sought to usurp my Father's throne, assume his position as the most high God, and to rule the universe. For that blasphemy Lucifer was cast from heaven to Earth; in fact, I saw him fall as a bolt of lightning! In a tantrum of hate and rage over being deposed so fast he and his fallen angels disfigured our perfect Earth. It became void and uninhabitable. For punishment befitting his enemy of God, Lucifer was given a new name, Satan, since he was the self-appointed 'adversary' of the Almighty. Anything that God had made, Satan would attempt to destroy from then on. As Lucifer he had been created the highest angel about the throne, one of his assignments and talents being the chief musician in charge of worship and music. In his rebellious anger he set about destroying harmony on and in the Earth from then on. That is why the Earth where he operates now is out of harmony with God's other creations. In my book we call this disharmony 'sin', because it defies God's will that even the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament show his handiwork.

"But be of good cheer, my son. The Father has permitted me to overcome Satan's world system of sin, and to destroy the works of Satan, and to re-establish righteousness in the hearts of my friends. Eventually in his chosen time he will restore all creation as it once was, in him!"

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pat34lee said:

I can tell you for a fact that if anyone was talking to this guy,
it was a demon, and the quotes are outright lies.

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pat34lee said:

I think I see where you're going wrong.

When.

When was Satan cast down?

Trick question. He hasn't. Yet. I think.

Revelation 12. He will either be cast down
just before the tribulation, or he was cast
down when Yahushua was crucified. Either
way, he was able to approach the throne of
Yahweh until then to accuse the brethren.

The word 'void' in Genesis 1 only means that
the world was empty of life, ready for Yahweh
to fill it. Remember, they didn't speak modern
English in 1611.

From Webster's 1828 dictionary online:

VOID, a. [L. viduus, divido. Gr.]
1. Empty; vacant; not occupied with any visible matter; as a void space or place. 1 Ki 22.
2. Empty; without inhabitants or furniture. Gen 1.
Void - Webster's 1828 Dictionary Definition

You can see the rest of the definitions at that link.

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