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The Feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths of the HebrewsLeviticus 16:29-31
Excerpted from: Isaiah 58 and FastingNotice that as this ritual was completed and God gave some instruction just after it, He mentions these three aspects again: (1) fasting, (2) doing no work, and (3) the offering for atonement that is made for us.
I want to key in a little bit on this doing no work, because it is very interesting. In the holy day list, back in Leviticus 23, God says "no customary work"—or, in some Bibles it will say "no servile work" or "no occupational work" shall be done on the other holy days. But on Atonement, it is like a Sabbath day. I do not know if you ever noticed this before; but on the [weekly] Sabbath day and on Atonement it says "no work shall be done." That is pretty absolute. And here in Leviticus 16, it says no work at all! The difference is very significant.
The other holy days say "no customary work," "no servile work," "no occupational work." But on the Day of Atonement it says, "No work shall be done." Why is this difference significant? I will give it to you in just a few words. On the Day of Atonement, we do no work. I am not trying to be cute, or witty, or smart. That is the answer. That is why it is significant. Because on the Day of Atonement we do not do a thing! Think about it. We have little, or nothing, to do with the work of atonement with God.
Who is the One who gave His life for our atonement? Christ. What work did we do? None. (Except, if you want to say that we sinned. We were the cause of why He had to do it.) In the work of removing our sin, how much effort are we going to have in that? None. Think about it. On the Day of Atonement, we do no work—because most of the work of atonement (of unity, of "at-one-ment" with God) is done for us by Him. And we rehearse that each year, on the Day of Atonement.
What is our work on the Day of Atonement? To afflict your soul. To fast. To be humble. To be contrite. To get yourself in the proper attitude—so that you can have a right relationship with God. That is the work we do in atonement. Think about it. How do we have unity with God?
So the Day of Atonement shows our humbling ourselves, our repenting before God, and coming into the proper attitude so that we can be "one" with Him. God says, "You shall do no work on the Day of Atonement." It is a type of showing us that we do so little in this work of atonement with Him. The only part that we have to play in it is to be humble, and to understand our place before God.
Leviticus 16:29-31
Excerpted from: Jesus in the Feasts (Part Four): AtonementAnd this is why there is such a strict command not to work on the Day of Atonement. It is impressing on us that our Savior does this atoning work Himself. Alone. Without our help. All we do basically is accept and receive it. Because we can do nothing in our own atonement except have faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
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