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Yom Kippur
The Great Day Of Atonement-- a.k.a. Yom Kippur --is huge in the Levitical sacrificial
system because when the ritual is conducted properly by the appropriate holy men,
it addresses an entire year of the nation of Israel's sins.
However, there has been neither a Temple nor a a fully functioning High Priest on
duty in Jerusalem since Titus the Roman destroyed the city in 70AD so it has been
impossible for +/- 1,955 years to follow the instructions for Yom Kippur given by
Lev 16:2-34. Consequently Yom Kippur has been sort of on-hold, and the people of
Israel have not been able to avail themselves of its benefits for quite some time.
In reality, Yom Kippur is a temporary expedience because the sacrifices involved in
the ritual are of such low value. The reason being that human life was created in
the image and likeness of God whereas the remainder of life on earth wasn't. Thus
the value of human life is infinitely greater than the value of all other natural forms
of life including the sacrificial animals appropriated for Yom Kippur.
What that boils down to is this: The life of a sacrificial animal cannot satisfy the
degree of justice that's rightfully due the sins committed by human life.
Consequently; Yom Kippur's ritual is an adequate resource for the people of Israel
in their quest to obtain cleansing, but nigh unto useless as a resource in their quest
to obtain innocence.
NOTE: Never, ever, wish your Jewish friends and/or associates a pleasant Yom
Kippur. It's okay to wish them a satisfactory Yom Kippur but never a pleasant one
because it's not a feel-good day like Christmas and birthdays.
Quite the contrary Yom Kippur is specifically a day for them to be depressed; viz: a
day of sadness and self-affliction per Lev 16:29-31, Lev 16:31, Lev 23:27, and Lev
23:32, which is from a Hebrew word meaning to mistreat, humiliate, oppress, break
the spirit, demean, abuse, weaken, injure, abase, etc. On that day; the people of
Israel are required to think of themselves as disgusting, deplorable, and despicable.
Those who think and/or speak well of themselves on that day accrue an instant
curse upon themselves. (Deut 27:26)
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Yom Kippur
The Great Day Of Atonement-- a.k.a. Yom Kippur --is huge in the Levitical sacrificial
system because when the ritual is conducted properly by the appropriate holy men,
it addresses an entire year of the nation of Israel's sins.
However, there has been neither a Temple nor a a fully functioning High Priest on
duty in Jerusalem since Titus the Roman destroyed the city in 70AD so it has been
impossible for +/- 1,955 years to follow the instructions for Yom Kippur given by
Lev 16:2-34. Consequently Yom Kippur has been sort of on-hold, and the people of
Israel have not been able to avail themselves of its benefits for quite some time.
In reality, Yom Kippur is a temporary expedience because the sacrifices involved in
the ritual are of such low value. The reason being that human life was created in
the image and likeness of God whereas the remainder of life on earth wasn't. Thus
the value of human life is infinitely greater than the value of all other natural forms
of life including the sacrificial animals appropriated for Yom Kippur.
What that boils down to is this: The life of a sacrificial animal cannot satisfy the
degree of justice that's rightfully due the sins committed by human life.
Consequently; Yom Kippur's ritual is an adequate resource for the people of Israel
in their quest to obtain cleansing, but nigh unto useless as a resource in their quest
to obtain innocence.
NOTE: Never, ever, wish your Jewish friends and/or associates a pleasant Yom
Kippur. It's okay to wish them a satisfactory Yom Kippur but never a pleasant one
because it's not a feel-good day like Christmas and birthdays.
Quite the contrary Yom Kippur is specifically a day for them to be depressed; viz: a
day of sadness and self-affliction per Lev 16:29-31, Lev 16:31, Lev 23:27, and Lev
23:32, which is from a Hebrew word meaning to mistreat, humiliate, oppress, break
the spirit, demean, abuse, weaken, injure, abase, etc. On that day; the people of
Israel are required to think of themselves as disgusting, deplorable, and despicable.
Those who think and/or speak well of themselves on that day accrue an instant
curse upon themselves. (Deut 27:26)
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