A. According to Lev. 23:26-32, there are four specific requirements for the Day of Atonement:

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B. There were severe penalties for anyone who failed to comply with God's instructions:

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C. Three separate Biblical passages outline the observance of this day for specific groups:

1. Lev. 16

2. Lev. 23

3. Num. 29:7-11

D. "The Day of Atonement" is the English equivalent for the Hebrew "Yom Kippur."

E. Observance of this day during Bible times was demanding for two groups:

1. High Priest

2. People

F. Modern observance of this holy day was drastically changed by the destruction of the Temple.

A. While the sacrifices of the Old Covenant provided for a ________________ for sin, the Sacrifice of the New Covenant provided for the _____________ of sin.

B. Two goats were required as a singular sin offering for the people on the Day of Atonement--one for slaughter and one to carry the sins of the people away. Jesus fulfilled both.

C. Jesus established a new avenue to God when He cried, "It is finished."

D. Jesus' death marked the end of the covering effect of the Yom Kippur sacrifices.

E. Jesus first publicly professed to be the Messiah at a Yom Kippur service.

A. Scriptures concerning the second coming of Jesus contain Yom Kippur terminology.

B. Yom Kippur points to the time when the Jewish people will enter into the New Covenant through the atonement of the Lamb of God.

C. Yom Kippur points to the time when God will judge the nations of the world according to how they treated the Jewish people.

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