The Day of Atonement

This feast finds its fulfilment in both the first and second comings of Christ.

The Lord Jesus did all the work of atonement in his bloody sacrifice at Calvary.

Yet for Israel, the atonement is yet to be applied; they remain in unbelief, and in rejection of Christ's atonement.

The purpose of the day is summarised in Leviticus 16:30 – “For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.”

Every detail of this solemn feast points to the finished work of Jesus Christ, who, on the day of his death made atonement for us, to cleanse us from all our sins before the LORD.

I. THE SAVIOUR'S IMMACULATE RENDERING OF ATONEMENT BY HIS BLOOD
II. THE SINNERS INVITED TO RECEIVE THE ATONEMENT BY BELIEVING
III. THE SONS OF ISRAEL REPENT AT THE APPEARING OF THE BRIDEGROOM