Yom HaKippurim – The Day of the Coverings
Yom HaKippurim – Day of Coverings
Leviticus 16
Numbers 23
Three main characters –
High Priest, two goats
Yeshua is all three . . .
“. . . we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Yeshua, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. (Heb 4:14)
And Christ came, High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. (Heb 9:11)
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. (Heb 9:12)
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. (Heb 10:4)
Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. (Heb 7:25)
Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, (Heb 8:1)
“And The Priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in His Father’s stead, shall make atonement; and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; (Lev 16:32)
Then (Joseph) bought fine linen, took (Yeshua) down, and wrapped Him in the linen. (Mark 15:46)
Cast lots – “Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. (Lev 16:8)
Psalm 22:18 They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
(Psa 22:18)
“Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.
(Lev 16:21)
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2Cor 5:21)
And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. (Mark 1:12)
“The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. (Lev 16:22)
`Where I am going, you cannot come,’ . . . (John 13:33)
“Then Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, shall take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. (Lev 16:23)
And Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; (Luke 24:12)
“He is not here, but is risen! (Luke 24:6)
Messiah Yeshua, Who died, and furthermore is also risen, it is He Who is at the right hand of YHVH, it is He Who makes intercession for us. (Rom 8:34)
“For YHVH so loves the world, that He gave His uniquely begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to YHVH through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His resurrected life. (Rom 5:10)
He – Messiah Yeshua/Jesus the Christ – IS the Lamb, the Ram, the Red Heifer, The Preeminent Sheaf, the Two Goats and He is our High Priest – He IS Everything needed to bring us into relationship with our Father . . .
Yom Kippur – The Price of a Life
The Price of a Life
Each year, as we approach Yom Kippur, we are reminded of Noah and his family and the account of the great upheaval . . . the judgment and the deliverance that were dispensed by Abba’s ‘two-edged sword’ . . . and the ‘bringing together’ of the ‘beginning and the end’ of the Gospel picture within the pattern of the Feasts of the LORD.
In the account of the great flood we see most clearly in the hebrew the inseparable partnership of Passover and Yom Kippur . . . the reconciliation and the covering. “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His (resurrected) life.” (Rom 5:10)
We know it is old news for some, but this always intrigues us when we think on this passage – ‘Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.’
In the english it reads “ pitch it within and without with pitch” . . . The first use of the word ‘pitch’ is the hebrew word ‘kaphar’ ( kippur ) which means to cover or atone . . . the second time the word ‘pitch’ is used in the verse is the word ‘kopher’ which means ‘ransom’ or ‘the price of a life’ . . . the word translated ‘within’ is actually the Hebrew word ‘bayt,’ or ‘house’ in the English .
So this passage can literally and legitimately be translated as –
‘ cover the house, and outside – the price of a life . . . ‘
( Exodus 12 tells us of the ‘covering of the house with the Blood of the Lamb, the door being shut, those inside are safe, but outside – the price of a life’ . . . )
The word for ‘rooms’ in Gen. 16:14 is the Hebrew word for ‘nests’ . . . sounds a little more personal and intimate than just ‘rooms’ , doesn’t it . . . but it is more than that. Birds have nests, don’t they ?
Hosea 11:10 They will walk after the LORD, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar, And HIS children will come trembling from the west.
11 They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the LORD.
Psalm 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, ( fowler – the one who hunts the birds ) . . .
And what is ‘gopher wood’ ? . . . don’t know . . . but we do find this interesting . . . the word for ‘wood’ ( ets ) is the also the hebrew word for tree or stake . . . the word ‘gopher’ is spelled gimel peh resh ( or GPR ) . . . the word ‘ kaphar’ or ‘kippur’ is caf peh resh ( or KPR ) . . .
See any similarities in the words ?
Is it ‘gopher wood’ or is it a picture of the ‘wood that is involved in the covering’ because of what ultimately takes place on that tree ?
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: ( Deut 21:23 )
We find it interesting that since a ‘tree’ was involved in the original problem, it follows suit that a ‘tree’ would be involved in the cure . . .
Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam GOD said, “Because . . . you have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground . . . “
2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.
In the Gospels, John the Immerser declares – “ behold the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world” ( john 1:29 ) . . . this is a ‘two-part’ statement.
Where does it say that a lamb takes away sin ? The goat was for Yom Kippur, not a lamb. The ‘lamb’ is the ‘shelem’ – the peace offering – that which reconciles two that are separated or at odds with one another. The two goats were the offerings for the Day of Atonement and the lamb is the reconciliation. Yeshua is both the two goats and the lamb . . .
And remember, GOD only covers ( kippur ) those that come to Him . . . and we come to Him by and through the blood of His Son.
Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by is life.
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
As we approach Yom Kippur, is there anything in our lives that has separated us or ‘put us at odds’ with Abba or one another ? If ‘no’, you are a rare individual in a rare position. Most of us would have to answer ‘yes’ to that question.
Now would be a really good time to clear things up.
Do we want more of the Father and His Holy Spirit in our life and the life of our family ? Ask HIM what needs to change so there is more room for Him . . .
Sukkot is coming up. But we can’t get to Sukkot until we first pass Yom Kippur. Sukkot is the ‘family reunion of all times’. How do we get to be part of the family ?
We enter at Passover. We come in through the Door. But once we’re in, the ‘sin’ has to go. We can’t come into the presence of Abba at the homecoming with sin. He cannot abide sin, and sinful flesh cannot stand in His presence. So we accept His Kippur – His covering – the blood and body of Yeshua. Now we can enter His presence unafraid . . . for He sees us through the Blood of His Lamb . . . the One Who was born to die . . . for me and for you.
Chag Sameach – Blessings and Peace to you and yours . . .
HIS COVERING, NOT OURS
HIS COVERING, NOT OURS . . .
Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying,`My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ (Isa 46:9-10 NKJ)
Moreover, the Spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the Spiritual. (1 Cor 15:46)
Did you realize Adam and Eve were the first Priests and Kings?
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”” (Gen 1:28)
“And YHVH Elohim took the man and settled him in the garden to tend (serve) and keep (guard, have charge of) it.” (Gen 2:15)
They were charged with specific authority and responsibility. They failed. Israel failed. We fail.
Adam and Eve tried to cover themselves with fig leaves they had sown together with their own hands, and their covering was insufficient.
The Creator had to provide the only Sufficient covering – skins – which required bloodshed.
“ . . . without the shedding of blood there is no remission . . .” (Heb 9:22)
Now, let’s fast forward to the Tabernacle in the wilderness and the earthly, physical priesthood – an earthly picture of the Eternal Priesthood of Messiah.
Numbers 4:5-19
Kohath was to carry the Holy Things, but first, those Holy Things had to be covered with skins (?) by the High Priest so that those carrying those Holy Things did not die . . .
Without the proper covering, the Covering provided by The High Priest, it meant death for those who were to carry the Holy Things.
“And when The High Priest has finished covering the sanctuary . . . then the children of Kohath shall come to carry; and they shall not touch any Holy Thing, lest they die . . . (Num 4:15)
“ . . . make sure Kohath (The Assembly) does not get cut off; and do this so that they may live and not die . . .” (Num 4:18-19)
(John 17:12 – I didn’t lose any . . .)
“ . . . do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” (1 Cor 6:19)
“And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.” (2 Cor 4:7)
So everything that was present and taking place in the Tabernacle is to be present and taking place in this tabernacle of our bodies and in The Body Universal . . .
Wash – in the water of The Word (Eph 5:26)
Flesh on the altar – living sacrifice- we willingly put our flesh on the altar because He willingly put His flesh on the wood . . . (Romans 12:2)
And the Holy Place –
Golden Altar – incense – prayers of the saints (Rev 5:8)
Showbread & Golden Table – 12 challahs – 2 rows of 6 (Lev 24:5-6)
‘Grafted in’ . . . ‘made a part of . . .’ (Eph 2; Romans 11)
Golden Lampstand with 7 lamps – (Exo 25:37; Rev 1:12)
Light . . . Be light . . . (Exo 25:37; John 1:9)
Matt 5:14 –
Good Works? – Matt 25:34-ff ; Isaiah 58;
Light under a bushel? (10 virgins)
Lamp and Light, feet and path – Psalm 119:105
Beautiful are the feet . . . – Isaiah 52:7
‘ . . . narrow is the path . . .” – Matt 7:14
And this path leads to the Bridal Chamber –
And the bride makes herself ready – Rev 19:7-8
Ok let’s get back to ‘Kohath’ – The Assembly – and the Gold and the Oil and the Fire that we are to carry as we go –
Oil and Fire – Zech 4; 1 Samuel 16:12;
And we have an anointing (a smearing) from the Holy One. (1 John 2:20)
Gold – buy from Me gold refined in the fire . . . ? Rev 3:17
“The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me . . .
To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;” (Isaiah 61:1,3)
For I stand at the door and knock . . . Rev 3:20
The tent is dark; He is The Door and He is The Light . . .
Remember – my righteousness is not based on anything I do – but rather Christ in me, the Hope of Glory.
Fig Tree
(He) declares the end from the beginning, and from ancient times that which is not yet done, saying – ‘My counsel shall stand. And I will do all My pleasure. (Isaiah 46:10)
Moreover, the Spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the Spiritual. (1 Cor 15:46)
“This Moses whom they rejected . . . This is he, that was with the church in the wilderness . . .” (Acts 7:35,38 KJV)
Let’s take a look at the ‘Cursing of the Fig Tree’ . . .
Now in the morning, as (Messiah) returned to the city, HE was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and He said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” . . . the tree withered away. (Matt 21:18-19)
Mark 11:13 says ‘it was not the season for figs . . .’
The Fig Tree is ultimately a picture of the entire Body of Messiah.
‘made a part of the citizenship’, ‘grafted into’ (Eph 2:12,13; Romans 11:17)
In the passages in both Matthew 21 and Mark 11, we see Messiah being described as ‘hungry’ (?), He curses the fig tree, cleanses the Temple and rebukes the religious leadership and speaks of doubtless, limitless, believing Faith.
First, the word for ‘hungry’ not only means mere physical hunger. It also means ‘to ardently crave’ and ‘to seek with eager desire’. Does not Messiah ardently crave, eagerly desire fruit from His Tree, His Body?
And unlike the physical fig tree in the passage above, His Fig Tree – The Body of Believers, The Priests and Kings after His order – is to NEVER be in a season with ‘no fruit’. We are to always be about producing fruit.
The tree in these passages looked good from a distance, and was lushly covered with ‘fig leaves’, but upon closer inspection exhibited ‘no fruit’.
(side note – any reference to ‘Fig Leaves’ should automatically take us to the scene in the Garden when Adam and Eve attempted to cover themselves.)
In the passages above, Messiah rebuked the activities of the Temple and the leadership thereof, because there was no fruit, but rather the focus was on their own ‘kingdom’. (Vineyard – Matt 20)
They had ‘covered’ themselves, and perhaps because of all the trappings, they looked good from afar, but their covering was worthless and would ultimately lead to their destruction.
They had faith in themselves and what they were doing, rather than in The One Who is the only Sufficient Covering.
“For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds . . .” (Matt 5:20)
And without that doubtless, believing, expectant, reliant Faith in The One Who supports the Tree – The Root – and provides for it, we cannot produce the fruit He is hungry for.
And with Faith the size of a mustard seed, Faith that believes there is not limit in what our Messiah can do and will do for us and through us by the His work on the cross and the Gift and necessity of the Holy Spirit, we can be in a constant season of fruit-bearing that our Messiah so eagerly desires, that He is hungry for.
Now, back to the first mention of ‘Fig Leaves’.
Did you realize Adam and Eve were the first Priests and Kings?
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”” (Gen 1:28)
“And YHVH Elohim took the man and settled him in the garden to tend (serve) and keep (guard, have charge of) it.” (Gen 2:15)
They were charged with specific authority and responsibility. They failed. Israel failed. We fail.
They tried to cover themselves with fig leaves they had sown together with their own hands, and their covering was insufficient.
The Creator had to provide the only Sufficient covering – skins – which required bloodshed.
“ . . . without the shedding of blood there is no remission . . .” (Heb 9:22)
Let’s fast forward to the Tabernacle in the wilderness and the earthly, physical priesthood – an earthly picture of the Eternal Priesthood of Messiah.
Numbers 4:5-19
Kohath was to carry the Holy Things, but first, those Holy Things had to be covered with skins (?) by the High Priest so that those carrying those Holy Things did not die . . .
Without the proper covering, the Covering provided by The High Priest, it meant death for those who were to carry the Holy Things.
“And when The High Priest has finished covering the sanctuary . . . then the children of Kohath shall come to carry; and they shall not touch any Holy Thing, lest they die . . . (Num 4:15)
“ . . . make sure Kohath (The Assembly) does not get cut off; and do this so that they may live and not die . . .” (Num 4:18-19)
(John 17:12 – I didn’t lose any . . .)
“ . . . do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” (1 Cor 6:19)
“And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.” (2 Cor 4:7)
So everything that was present and taking place in the Tabernacle is to be present and taking place in this tabernacle of our bodies and in The Body Universal . . .
Wash – in the water of The Word (Eph 5:26)
Flesh on the altar – living sacrifice- we willingly put our flesh on the altar because He willingly put His flesh on the wood . . . (Romans 12:2)
And the Holy Place –
Golden Altar – incense – prayers of the saints (Rev 5:8)
Showbread & Golden Table – 12 challahs – 2 rows of 6 (Lev 24:5-6)
‘Grafted in’ . . . ‘made a part of . . .’ (Eph 2; Romans 11)
Golden Lampstand with 7 lamps – (Exo 25:37; Rev 1:12)
Light . . . Be light . . . (Exo 25:37; John 1:9)
Matt 5:14 –
Good Works? – Matt 25:34-ff ; Isaiah 58;
Light under a bushel? (10 virgins)
Lamp and Light, feet and path – Psalm 119:105
Beautiful are the feet . . . – Isaiah 52:7
‘ . . . narrow is the path . . .” – Matt 7:14
And this path leads to the Bridal Chamber –
And the bride makes herself ready – Rev 19:7-8
Ok let’s get back to ‘Kohath’ – The Assembly – and the Gold and the Oil and the Fire that we are to carry as we go –
Oil and Fire – Zech 4; 1 Samuel 16:12;
And we have an anointing (a smearing) from the Holy One. (1 John 2:20)
Gold – buy from Me gold refined in the fire . . . ? Rev 3:17
“The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me . . .
To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;” (Isaiah 61:1,3)
For I stand at the door and knock . . . Rev 3:20
The tent is dark; He is The Door and He is The Light . . .
Remember – our righteousness is nothing we do – but rather Christ in me, the Hope of Glory.
