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THE EIGHT RUDIMENTS OF CELEBRATION
THE EIGHT FEASTS OR FESTIVALS OF ISRAEL
The Day Of Atonement
Leviticus 23:26-32
(festiv7.doc)
*166: The Priceless Gift*
In a Gospel tract, A. J. Pollock referred to the will of the famous financier J. Pierpont Morgan.
He said it contained about 10,000 words and incorporated 37 different articles, all of which were necessary because a vast fortune had to be properly disbursed.
What Morgan valued most, however, was indicated by the opening statement of that legal document.
It read: "I commit my soul to the hands of my Savior, full of confidence that, having redeemed it and washed it with His most precious blood, He will present it faultless before the throne of my Heavenly Father.
I entreat my children to defend, at all hazard...the blessed doctrine of complete atonement for sin through the blood of Jesus Christ once offered, and through that alone."
* We come now to the festival of the Day of Atonement.*
I am preaching a nine message series on the rudiments, skills, or principles of celebration.
* God has been showing me that humanity needs celebration.*
* He has been showing me that celebration is a very important part of the Christian life!*
* He has been showing me that celebration is of special significance and importance to African-American Christians.*
Life is a struggle for everybody, no matter what your color or nationality, but for African-American people life is even more of a struggle because of the residual effects of slavery.
Therefore, it is important that we take a time out from the futility of the world and plug into the meaning of life, the dignity of life, and the vibrancy of life that is provided through a worship celebration.
The importance of celebration is illustrated in the Old Testament in Leviticus the 23rd chapter.
My purpose in looking at celebration from various cultural perspectives is not to embarrass or alienate anyone, but to educate both Blacks and Whites about the similarities and differences between us.
We are an integrated church that is becoming more integrated.
Our church is becoming a microcosm of heaven, and I love it.
*But we must learn to acknowledge, accept, and appreciate our similarities and our differences.*
Seven messages ago, we began to deal with the eight feasts or festivals which God commanded Israel to celebrate.
These festivals were holy convocations, conventions, or celebrations which God invoked upon His people.
There is a major rudiment or skill which is taught in each festival, which will yield a principle that we can learn and apply to our own modern worship celebrations.
In the first two messages, we covered the feast or festival of the Sabbath.
The major rudiment, skill, or principle of celebration that we covered was *resting* from our worldly labors.
In the third message, we studied the festival of the Passover.
The major rudiment of celebration that we covered was *remembering God’s redemption*.
In the fourth message, we studied the feast or festival of unleavened bread.
The major rudiment of celebration that we covered was *removing* all sin, worldliness, and filthiness of the flesh from our lives.
In the fifth message, we studied the Feast of First Fruits.
The major rudiment of celebration that we covered was *rendering* sacrifice to thank God for His blessings.
In the sixth message, we studied the feast or festival of Pentecost.
The major rudiment of celebration that we covered was *rejoicing* over the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the harvest of the Church.
In the last message, we covered the Feast of Trumpets.
The major rudiment, skill, or practice of celebration that we covered was *regathering*.
When we gather for worship celebration on the Lord’s Day, we should look forward to the gathering of The Rapture.
/(The next major feast in Leviticus 23 is found in Leviticus 23:26-32.
Would you turn there with me please.
Would you follow along, as I read aloud for us?
The next major rudiment of celebration is:)/
VII.
REPENTING.
The next festival that is covered in Leviticus 23 is The Day of Atonement.
"The elaborate ritual for the Day of Atonement as observed in the Tabernacle and the Temple is described in Leviticus 16."[1]
The ritual is so elaborate that we can in no way cover it in one Sunday message, but let’s review a few of its highlights.
"*This was the most important of all the feasts, and the most solemn day of the year; a day when, by special sacrifice, a whole year's sins were covered.”*[2]
“It could be said that the Passover was the manward aspect of the Cross, and the atonement was the Godward aspect of the Cross."[3]
God passed over, hovered over, or protected Israel from the destroyer, because of the blood of the lamb which pointed forward to the true Lamb of God¾slain before the foundation of the world.
But the atonement, at-one-ment, covering, or forgiveness of the Israelites sins was dependent upon the literal sacrifice of the true Lamb of God.
The Israelites were spared, because Jesus was to be crucified!!!
\\ “The word Yom Kippur itself, meaning the Day of Atonement, comes from a Hebrew word Kapper, `to cover'.
According to this meaning, God covers the sin of His people by the blood of the sacrifice.
Thus seeing only the penalty paid and the people covered with the blood, they appears sinless before God.”[4] *This was acceptance before God on the basis of Him covering the sins of His people.*
"*This was the day of at-one-ment*.
The claims of God that man could not meet, and the needs of man that could not be satisfied, were both settled on this day, creating a oneness.”[5]
“However this still remained a temporary provision.
It was an atonement, it was a temporary covering for sin, it was *in*capable of removing sin.
For this reason it must always be borne in mind that the insufficiency of the atonement brought the Lord into the world.
If atonement had been sufficient, Christ need not have died.
Atonement only covered sin.
Redemption, through the blood of Jesus Christ, removes sin and leaves man justified."[6]
“This expresses perfectly the idea of substitutionary death and propitiation.
It points to the heart of the Gospel: `Christ died for our sins' -- 1 Corinthians 15:3).
Another interpretation of the root of the word Kapper is `Kofer', which means a ransom.
The ransom in this case is the blood of Jesus Christ."[7]
Not only have we been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, but we have been ransomed!!!
He took our place upon the cross of calvary!
/(I would love for you to fully understand the tremendous benefits of Christ’s atonement on our behalf, but we only have time to dip our toe into the ocean of the typical meaning of the ritual of this solemn day.)/
From Leviticus 16 and 23, we see two major aspects of the redemption of man; *the affliction of souls and the restriction on work*.
The affliction of soul is to be compared with the contrite heart.
All that God requires of the sinner, is to know himself to be a sinner.
Psalm 34:18 (KJV), "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."
\\ What Moses and David are talking about is *brokeness*!
*One of the major activities of this day was repentance and the brokeness that goes along with repentance!!!*
There are three kinds of repentance:
/ “First/, there can be repentance that either has no relation to eternal salvation, or at least does not result in salvation."[8]
A person may be caught shoplifting and exhibit a genuine change of mind.
He is repentant, not about his crime but about the faulty method which got him caught.
This kind of repentance may not be superficial, but it does not lead to eternal salvation.
"/Second/, there is a repentance that is unto eternal salvation.
The only kind of repentance that saves is a change of mind about Jesus Christ.
People can weep; people can resolve to turn from their past sins; but those things in themselves cannot save.
The sense of sin and sorrow because of sin may stir up a person's mind...so that he or she realizes the need for a Savior, but if there is no change of mind about Jesus Christ there will be no salvation."[9]
Repent is a synonym for the word believe.
"A /third/ category of uses of the word repent concerns repentance within the experience of Christian living.
Christians need to repent.
A particularly instructive passage of Scripture is 2 Corinthians 7:9-11.
Repent in this instance means that the church should change its mind about its wrong attitude towards a brother who should have been restored to the church.
In the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor, in the book of the Revelation, there is a cluster of exhortations to repent.
So, clearly individual Christians and local churches need to repent about any number of sins."[10]
*This is one of the missing ingredients of the modern Church and it comes about through brokeness!!!* Brokenness that is illustrated in
· The veil in the temple torn from top to bottom.
· The Potter And the Clay
· Alabaster Vial
· Jesus on the cross.
· Paul’s Thorn In The Flesh
· The lampstand being beaten out of one lump of gold.
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