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which must be trodden into the vat of God's wrath
(Revelation 14: 14-20). םי ִִּ֣רֻּפִּכ ַה םוֹ ֧י) It shall be a holy convocation for
you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering
Many times Yeshua warned that there will be crying and made by fire to The Everlasting. 28 And you shall do no

grinding of teeth. This expression is used at least 6 times work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement
in the "Brit 'Hadasha" (the Renewed Covenant) especially
in Luke 13:28 (yc) where Yeshua says, « There will be (yom hakippurim: םי ִִּ֣רֻּפִּכ ַה םוֹ ֧י), to make
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Avraham atonement (verb Kaphar: cover, to make the
and Yitz‟hak and Yaakov and all the prophets in the Atonement) for you before The Everlasting your God.
kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. » It is 29 For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that
therefore very useful to remind to the believers that it‘s same day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And any

good to question oneself regularly, to examine oneself in person who does not work on that same day, that
a good conscience in the light of the Scriptures... to person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You
know if we are doing God's will (Matthew 7:21 to 27). shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute
(‘hukah) forever throughout your generations in all
7. Feast of Atonement/ Yom Kippur : your dwellings. 32 It shall be to you a shabbat of
solemn rest (Shabbathon), and you shall afflict your
« Yom Kippur » literally means: the day of atonement. souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from
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speaks. The first is the fast of the 4 month (which is 17 shabbat ». (A goat for atonement and a scapegoat carrying away
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Tamuz), the second is the fast of the 5 month (which is iniquities, sins and transgressions)
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the 9 of Av), the third is the fast of the 7th month
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(which is the 10 Tishri, the day of Yom Kippur) and the « …And according to the Torah almost all things are
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fourth is the fasting of the 10 month (which is the 10 purified with blood, and without shedding of blood
Thevet) (Zechariah 8:19). there is no remission forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22) ».
Elsewhere, it is also written that The Everlasting takes

The Everlasting, the God of Israel, announces that these pleasure in mercy: " Who is a God like You, pardoning
four days will be turned into days of joy and elation, in iniquity and passing over the transgression of the
days of rejoicing for the house of Judah. Thus and remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger
precisely, on these dates, something very good will take forever, because He delights in mercy (Micah 7:18)».
place not only for Israel but also for the nations that are Sacrifices were, then, a means of expressing The
grafted on the root of Israel. These days are therefore Everlasting's grace in the face of sins, transgressions, and
prophetic days. They will see through Yeshua HaMashia‘h iniquities.

called THE CHRIST, their fulfillment come true. (Service of the Cohanim in the Temple)
Christ Yeshua, Himself emphasizes the merciful
But what is Yom Kippur ? Yom Kippur is therefore a day of atonement for sins, character of our Heavenly Father by saying, « But go and
transgressions and iniquities committed during the year. learn what this means: I desire mercy and not
For this, let us return first to the source of the When the Temple existed, the High Priest entered once a sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but
Scriptures. Leviticus 23:26 to 32 (yc) tells us: « 26 And year, only that day in the part of the Temple called sinners, to repentance (Matthew 9:13) ».
« the Holy of Holies ». He came there with the blood of
The Everlasting spoke to Mosheh (Moses), saying: the sacrifice to make atonement on the propitiatory. The

27 « Also the tenth day of this seventh month whole process is described in chapter 16 of the book of The blood of the Lamb sank to complete this Feast once
shall be the Day of Atonement (yom hakippurim: Leviticus. This ceremony already permetted to show to and for all. This doesn‘t necessarily mean that it‘s a

all, the grace of God for the repentant sinner. reason not to celebrate it. On the contrary, this holiday