Ark of the Covenant

[Deborah13]

In the temple, behind the veil in the Holy of Holies was the Ark of the Covenant. Inside the Ark were the 10 Commandments written and engraved on stone. Once a year the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to bring the blood of the sacrificial lamb to cover the sins of the nation of Israel for one year. The priest would sprinkle the blood on the ark.
Why did the priest do this?

Before the priest entered the Holy of Holies he would be sure to be right with God in all things. They would tie a cord to the priest so that if he died in there they would be able to pull him out. They could not enter the Holy of Holies.
Why might the priest die in the Holy of Holies?

 

[tim-from-pa]

In the temple, behind the veil in the Holy of Holies was the Ark of the Covenant. Inside the Ark were the 10 Commandments written and engraved on stone. Once a year the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to bring the blood of the sacrificial lamb to cover the sins of the nation of Israel for one year. The priest would sprinkle the blood on the ark.
Why did the priest do this?

Before the priest entered the Holy of Holies he would be sure to be right with God in all things. They would tie a cord to the priest so that if he died in there they would be able to pull him out. They could not enter the Holy of Holies.
Why might the priest die in the Holy of Holies?

The Tabernacle and Ark is a detailed study in and of itself rich with types and shadows of things to come in Christ. To answer your specific questions, the ark, or I should say its cover, represented the throne of God. The High Priest "acted out" per God's instructions exactly what Christ would do for us when he presented His shed blood before the throne of God.

As for pulling him out, if the Sacrifice was not acceptable, he would be killed. So they needed a rope so that nobody else needed to enter and likewise be killed. Nobody but the High Priest was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies and even then only one a year on the Day of Atonement. That day, BTW is coming up in the very near future, roughly two+ weeks from now.

 

[Deborah13]

The Tabernacle and Ark is a detailed study in and of itself rich with types and shadows of things to come in Christ. To answer your specific questions, the ark, or I should say its cover, represented the throne of God. The High Priest "acted out" per God's instructions exactly what Christ would do for us when he presented His shed blood before the throne of God.

As for pulling him out, if the Sacrifice was not acceptable, he would be killed. So they needed a rope so that nobody else needed to enter and likewise be killed. Nobody but the High Priest was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies and even then only one a year on the Day of Atonement. That day, BTW is coming up in the very near future, roughly two+ weeks from now.

Thank you, I wasn't sure I had understood this correctly and will continue to the study the types and shadows, the old testament is filled with them and I think there is much to learn.
The sprinkling of the blood on the mercy seat of the ark is I think so telling. God sees the blood of the sacrifice there between Him and the 10 Commandments. Jesus today as our mercy seat and His blood shed to cover our sin. He is our High Priest as well. He has fulfilled all the requirements.

 

[Mitspa]

Thank you, I wasn't sure I had understood this correctly and will continue to the study the types and shadows, the old testament is filled with them and I think there is much to learn.
The sprinkling of the blood on the mercy seat of the ark is I think so telling. God sees the blood of the sacrifice there between Him and the 10 Commandments. Jesus today as our mercy seat and His blood shed to cover our sin. He is our High Priest as well. He has fulfilled all the requirements.

Consider this? that the veil that seperated the "Holy place" from the "Holy of Holies"
This great curtain was torn as The Lord died upon the Cross! The veil represented His Body that was torn for us! That we might have free access to the Mercy Seat!

Heb 10:19


Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20



By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;



The work He done on the Cross has yet to be touched by most believers!

 

[John 8:32]

Thank you, I wasn't sure I had understood this correctly and will continue to the study the types and shadows, the old testament is filled with them and I think there is much to learn.
The sprinkling of the blood on the mercy seat of the ark is I think so telling. God sees the blood of the sacrifice there between Him and the 10 Commandments. Jesus today as our mercy seat and His blood shed to cover our sin. He is our High Priest as well. He has fulfilled all the requirements.

What was inside the Ark?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

What was the Ark?

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

The Ark is an exact replica or model or pattern or shadow of what is in Heaven. Is there an Ark in Heaven?

Rev 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

What do you suppose is inside the Ark in Heaven? What was in the Ark that Moses made?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven just as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on earth. That was an exact pattern of what Christ did on the Wave Sheaf Offering of 31AD.

He offered His blood in place of ours for our sins. What is sin? The breaking of the law (the Ten Commandments)...

1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

 

[tim-from-pa]

What was inside the Ark?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

What was the Ark?

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

The Ark is an exact replica or model or pattern or shadow of what is in Heaven. Is there an Ark in Heaven?

Rev 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

What do you suppose is inside the Ark in Heaven? What was in the Ark that Moses made?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven just as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on earth. That was an exact pattern of what Christ did on the Wave Sheaf Offering of 31AD.

He offered His blood in place of ours for our sins. What is sin? The breaking of the law (the Ten Commandments)...

1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

John: On a side note here, maybe I'd like to discuss with you on the "other forum" about that passage in Revelation regarding if that ark in heaven is the same one or another? You know us "Indiana Jones" types who like to search for that stuff.

 

[Deborah13]

Consider this? that the veil that seperated the "Holy place" from the "Holy of Holies"
This great curtain was torn as The Lord died upon the Cross! The veil represented His Body that was torn for us! That we might have free access to the Mercy Seat!

Heb 10:19


Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20



By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;



The work He done on the Cross has yet to be touched by most believers!

So true. We have access to Jesus our Mercy Seat

 

[Deborah13]

What was inside the Ark?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

What was the Ark?

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

The Ark is an exact replica or model or pattern or shadow of what is in Heaven. Is there an Ark in Heaven?

Rev 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

What do you suppose is inside the Ark in Heaven? What was in the Ark that Moses made?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven just as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on earth. That was an exact pattern of what Christ did on the Wave Sheaf Offering of 31AD.

He offered His blood in place of ours for our sins. What is sin? The breaking of the law (the Ten Commandments)...

1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Thank you for all the scriptures. They walk us through to the redemption of our Lord. I'll have to study the Wave Sheaf offering.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

What was the Ark?

Another question of interest is who is the Ark?

While there are many pictures and types of Jesus in all the things of the Mosaic temple, it's interesting to see who is the Ark.

Like many of the other things in the Temple, the Ark is a picture of Jesus himself, who we carry around in the tabernacle of this tent, this temporary temple of our bodies as we wander this wasteland awaiting our entry into the Promised Land of the kingdom.

 

[smaller]

Another question of interest is who is the Ark?

While there are many pictures and types of Jesus in all the things of the Mosaic temple, it's interesting to see who is the Ark.

Like many of the other things in the Temple, the Ark is a picture of Jesus himself, who we carry around in the tabernacle of this tent, this temporary temple of our bodies as we wander this wasteland awaiting our entry into the Promised Land of the kingdom.

Very good JB!

And as a friend of mine pointed out, the Ark was covered in badger skins, an unclean animal. In the Torah it is actually a 'rock' badger.

This is a picture of the present condition of our earthly temple, presently covered and concealed in part by the fact of our uncleanness in sin in this present world, yet understanding the Perfect Seed of His Spirit within the temple, behind the veil.

s

 

[nmwings]

Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven just as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on earth. That was an exact pattern of what Christ did on the Wave Sheaf Offering of 31AD.

It is not my intention to offend, but please allow me to correct this common mistake: a Wave Offering and a Sheaf Offering are 2 separate and distinct offerings, and neither of them involves putting blood into the Holy of Holies (in Heaven or on the earth.)

Although all of the different sacrifices are a picture of the Messiah in some form or another, I would have to say that the sacrifice of the Red Heifer gives us a more accurate description of what He did for us.

While there are many pictures and types of Jesus in all the things of the Mosaic temple, it's interesting to see who is the Ark.

Like many of the other things in the Temple, the Ark is a picture of Jesus himself, who we carry around in the tabernacle of this tent, this temporary temple of our bodies as we wander this wasteland awaiting our entry into the Promised Land of the kingdom.

Yes! In fact every piece of furniture in the Tabernacle/Temple teaches about the Messiah!

 

[John 8:32]

It is not my intention to offend, but please allow me to correct this common mistake: a Wave Offering and a Sheaf Offering are 2 separate and distinct offerings, and neither of them involves putting blood into the Holy of Holies (in Heaven or on the earth.)

Although all of the different sacrifices are a picture of the Messiah in some form or another, I would have to say that the sacrifice of the Red Heifer gives us a more accurate description of what He did for us.


Yes! In fact every piece of furniture in the Tabernacle/Temple teaches about the Messiah!

Lev 23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Lev 23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
Lev 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Actually, this is a one time a year Feast, not a wave offering or a sheaf offering. The Mishnah, written a few centuries after the time of the first century church, describes how a messenger would go out and bind the standing stalks of grain into sheaves so that it would be easy to cut. The priest, followed by his entourage, would come to the field, sickle in hand, and ask, "Is the sun set?", to which the people would answer, "Yes!!" "Shall I reap?" "Reap!!" The priest then cut off a standing stalk of grain, then took it to be prepared for the offering the next morning. The wave sheaf had been chosen in advance, as Christ was. It was tied in a bundle, symbolizing His captivity. It was cut loose from the ground just at sunset – just the time at which Christ rose from the dead after three days and three nights in the tomb. The cutting of the grain symbolized Christ's actual resurrection. The harvested first sheaf underwent a rigorous preparation before the omer elevating ceremony. The heads of grain were separated from the stalks as part of the preparation before they were elevated before the altar. Notice in these quotes from the Mishnah regarding how the grain was removed from the sheaves and prepared for the elevating ceremony:

"'They used to parch it with fire. ... They used to beat it with reeds and the stems of plants that the grains should not be crushed. ... [They] put it in a grist mill and took therefrom a tenth which was sifted through thirteen sieves. ... They put in oil and the frankincense thereof" (Menahoth 10,4).

You might see some similarities to what the Messiah experienced, being beaten with rods, and scourged to within an inch of His life, but without breaking any of His bones. The oil would represent the Spirit of God, which He had without measure, and the frankincense would reflect His prayers (Revelation 8:3).

An omer of grain was also used in other Levitical sacrifices as a measure for a sin offering. For example, in Leviticus 5:11: "If, however, he [an Israelite bringing a sin offering] cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, he is to bring as an offering for his sin a tenth of an ephah [one omer] of fine flour for a sin offering. He must not put oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering."

Remember that one omer is equal to one tenth of an ephah. I can’t help but wonder if it might somehow be significant that the omer of grain to be elevated – representing the Messiah who was accepted as the sin offering and Passover sacrifice to atone for our sins – was one-tenth, or one tithe of, the measure or volume of a man? Is there significance to His being likened to a tithe of humankind in some sense? I can't help but wonder.

As with many other types of offerings, the priest would take the omer of grain, elevate it over the altar before YHVH, and bring it back down again. The picture we may have had, where the priest would wave actual sheaves of grain back and forth, is not supported by scripture, other than the mistranslations into English. After all, which would be better in portraying the meaning and significance of this ceremony – to simply cut stalks of grain from the earth and fan them over the altar, or to suitably prepare this sacred offering to elevate before YHVH, an offering that meant more than generations of priests ever realized?

Many priests over many generations participated in the harvesting and preparation of the sheaf (omer) to be waved (elevated). Perhaps that's why so many of the priests in the first century A.D. came to see that the new sect of Yeshua's followers, which came to be called the sect of the Nazarenes (Acts 24:5), was truly the new and right way to go (Acts 6:7)!

When was it waved? Here is another area where what we thought was plainly written in scripture is simply not there! Nowhere in the biblical instructions, in Leviticus 23 or any other scripture, does it say that the omer of grain is to be elevated during the Days of Unleavened Bread (DUB)! Nowhere! The expression is not "on the morrow after the Sabbath during the Days of Unleavened Bread," but merely, "on the morrow after the Sabbath." -Jack Lane

 

[Deborah13]

Another question of interest is who is the Ark?

While there are many pictures and types of Jesus in all the things of the Mosaic temple, it's interesting to see who is the Ark.

Like many of the other things in the Temple, the Ark is a picture of Jesus himself, who we carry around in the tabernacle of this tent, this temporary temple of our bodies as we wander this wasteland awaiting our entry into the Promised Land of the kingdom.

Good point. He is our covenant with God.

 

[Deborah13]

John8:32 said,QUOTE - Remember that one omer is equal to one tenth of an ephah. I can’t help but wonder if it might somehow be significant that the omer of grain to be elevated – representing the Messiah who was accepted as the sin offering and Passover sacrifice to atone for our sins – was one-tenth, or one tithe of, the measure or volume of a man? Is there significance to His being likened to a tithe of humankind in some sense? I can't help but wonder.


Interesting - Just a thought. When we give tithes, a tenth, back to God that tenth is blessed and blesses the whole including the other 90%. Don't have time right now to find the scripture for that, sorry.
So the omer representing the Christ be raised up, going back to God as an perfect offering for the rest. His blessedness blessing us?

 

[nmwings]

Actually, this is a one time a year Feast, not a wave offering or a sheaf offering.

I do not negate that the Wave offering or Sheaf offering is a picture of Messiah. I firmly believe that ALL of the offerings teach about the Messiah. All I was trying to say is that neither of these 2 offerings involve blood in the Holy of Holies as you had incorrectly stated earlier.

 

[John 8:32]

What was inside the Ark?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

What was the Ark?

Heb 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

The Ark is an exact replica or model or pattern or shadow of what is in Heaven. Is there an Ark in Heaven?

Rev 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

What do you suppose is inside the Ark in Heaven? What was in the Ark that Moses made?

1Ki 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven just as the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on earth. That was an exact pattern of what Christ did on the Wave Sheaf Offering of 31AD.

He offered His blood in place of ours for our sins. What is sin? The breaking of the law (the Ten Commandments)...

1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

I do not negate that the Wave offering or Sheaf offering is a picture of Messiah. I firmly believe that ALL of the offerings teach about the Messiah. All I was trying to say is that neither of these 2 offerings involve blood in the Holy of Holies as you had incorrectly stated earlier.

What I stated was that on the Wave Sheaf of 31 AD, Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven and presented His blood as a sacrifice for us, His blood in the stead of our blood and the Wave Sheaf was a pattern or shadow (Col 2:17). Notice this part of the Wave Sheaf offering command...

Lev 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

This lamb represents the Lamb of God...

Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

 

[nmwings]

What I stated was that on the Wave Sheaf of 31 AD, Christ entered the Holy of Holies in Heaven and presented His blood as a sacrifice for us, His blood in the stead of our blood and the Wave Sheaf was a pattern or shadow (Col 2:17)

His entire ministry, death, burial and resurrection was in accordance with every requirement of the Law. I do not question the fact that He entered the Holy of Holies. But I do question the timeframe you suggest. As I'm sure you know, the Temple here on earth is a replica of the one in Heaven (not only in form but also in law.) Since here on earth the Holy of Holies was entered only once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), I simply will not believe that Messiah would break His own rules and enter the Holy of Holies on the wrong day.

 

[tim-from-pa]

The Mishnah, written a few centuries after the time of the first century church, describes how a messenger would go out and bind the standing stalks of grain into sheaves so that it would be easy to cut. The priest, followed by his entourage, would come to the field, sickle in hand, and ask, "Is the sun set?", to which the people would answer, "Yes!!" "Shall I reap?" "Reap!!" The priest then cut off a standing stalk of grain, then took it to be prepared for the offering the next morning. The wave sheaf had been chosen in advance, as Christ was. It was tied in a bundle, symbolizing His captivity. It was cut loose from the ground just at sunset – just the time at which Christ rose from the dead after three days and three nights in the tomb. The cutting of the grain symbolized Christ's actual resurrection. The harvested first sheaf underwent a rigorous preparation before the omer elevating ceremony. The heads of grain were separated from the stalks as part of the preparation before they were elevated before the altar. Notice in these quotes from the Mishnah regarding how the grain was removed from the sheaves and prepared for the elevating ceremony.......

I like this explanation. I remember there was some story somewhere about the priest and his sickle and cutting the stalk of grain for the wave offering. I was looking on the Internet ironically earlier today about this and could not find anything. I should have known all I would have to do is ask my buddy John 8:32! :yes Thanks for that. I agree that's how it all happened (i.e. with Christ raising from the dead) but like I said I just could not find it.

 

[smaller]

I like this explanation. I remember there was some story somewhere about the priest and his sickle and cutting the stalk of grain for the wave offering. I was looking on the Internet ironically earlier today about this and could not find anything. I should have known all I would have to do is ask my buddy John 8:32! :yes Thanks for that. I agree that's how it all happened (i.e. with Christ raising from the dead) but like I said I just could not find it.

Someone earlier stated the 'wave' offering was never waived.

One thing a person who digs around a bit in Jewish spiritual thought is a very deep (and abiding) respect for 'eternal' God and His Hand showing in creation itself. In many ways the creation physical is an allegory of the spiritual in a reverse play on the literalist only slants.

The wave offering is waved in the field in which it grows. And waved so by the 'wind.' Grown by 'light.' Brought up out of and from beneath the darkness of the earth by 'rain' and the death and new birth of the seed itself.

No two individual grains are alike, ever. Their molecules are intimate to each grain and to each harvest there has yet to be two absolutely identical on a molecular scale. Every single thing that happens to each grain all the way up from the seed to the harvest is entirely unique to the seed and the ultimate produce of same. There is nothing in the entire process that is totally identical to any other grain. Quite incredible when you think about it, His Hand of eternity shown in this way.

The grain offering is also symbolic of 'harvested' mankind.

Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

It's quite a set of very beautiful spiritual pictures. Just depends on how close a look one might be led to take. It is problematic to think of ourselves this way. But even post harvest there is also a bit of work that will still go on, like being ground to powder by the stone...:eeeekkk

s

 

[John 8:32]

His entire ministry, death, burial and resurrection was in accordance with every requirement of the Law. I do not question the fact that He entered the Holy of Holies. But I do question the timeframe you suggest. As I'm sure you know, the Temple here on earth is a replica of the one in Heaven (not only in form but also in law.) Since here on earth the Holy of Holies was entered only once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), I simply will not believe that Messiah would break His own rules and enter the Holy of Holies on the wrong day.

Think about this, the High Priest could only enter the Holy of Holies in the earthly tabernacle once a year. What was in the Holy of Holies? What did it represent? The throne of Almighty God. Who is Christ?

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Now...

Joh 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

Joh 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

So, who communed with Adam and Eve?

Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Gen 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Gen 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Who talked with Moses face to face...

Exo 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Who did Moses see...

Exo 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Exo 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exo 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exo 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exo 33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Why, it was the one who became Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the one in the Old Testament known as YHVH, LORD or maybe a little more accurately The Eternal, since that is what is meant here. Anyhoo, at His death (and He really did die) what happened to the veil in the Temple?

Mat 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

so that the Holy of Holies was exposed. Where did Christ go?

Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

He went into the Holy of Holies in Heaven and sat down beside the Father (where He had been in the past) and this was on the Wave Sheaf offering not on the Day of Atonement.

Although it involves His sacrifice...

Lev 16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.

Lev 16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
Lev 16:16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Lev 16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Lev 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
Lev 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.


Atonement pictures something else. It is part of the fall harvest Feast Days. It pictures the world being made AT ONE with God at the return of Christ. It also pictures this event in Rev 20...

Rev 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Lev 16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

Lev 16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
Lev 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Lev 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Finally, the real culprit in sin and misery will have the full responsibility laid on his head and he will bear it. This does not excuse our sin or our responsibility, but it identifies and punishes the prime mover.