Today, we are keeping the Day of Atonement. However, according to the Jewish Calendar it was two days ago. Why didn't we keep it then and why do we keep it now? That's a good question and we should have a good answer.

First, we might ask our Church of God friends who keep the Jewish Calendar to hand us their Holy Day pocket calendar they keep in their wallet or purse. Now, since they don't have that with them, we ask them, when is the next Holy Day? How do you know?

You know, before I started keeping the New Moon Calendar, I couldn't have told you, even though I had been keeping the Holy Days for over 20 years. I could have told you that Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread were in the Spring and Pentecost was in the Summer and Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles were in the Fall, but that would be about it. Today, if someone were to take my pocket Calendar away, I could figure out when the Holy Days are and still keep them. So how do I know when the Holy Days are?

1. The Spring equinox is when the sun is in a certain position in the sky and you can tell this by the casting of shadows and a pole. People have built structures a long long time ago to figure this out, because they needed to know when Spring began in order to plant their crops.
2. A new moon is the first sliver of a moon you will see at sunset to begin a month.
3. If you have reports of when this occurs in Jerusalem, that should be the focal point, but without that information a local sighting should be within a day or less of Jerusalem sighting.
4. The first new moon, on or after the Spring equinox is the first day of the first month of the year.
5. Passover is on the 14th day of the first month.
6. The First day of Unleavened bread is on the 15th day of the first month.
7. The Last day of Unleavened bread is on the 21st day of the first month.
8. Pentecost is 50 days from the Sabbath within the Days of Unleavened Bread.
9. Trumpets is the First Day of the 7th month, the seventh new moon you see in a year is Trumpets.
10. Atonement is the 10th day of the 7th month.
11. The Feast of Tabernacles begins on the 15th day of the seventh month.
12. Last Great day is on the 22nd day of the seventh month.
13. A year will have an extra month added, if the equinox has not occured before the 12th new moon is spotted.

Some Church of God friends would want to differ with me on this Calendar and claim it is the Jews responsibility to keep the Calendar and we should follow when they proclaim the Holy Days are.

My reply for most Church of God friends would be as follows:

1. You don't follow when the Jews set the Holy Days. The Jews claim Passover is the 15th, but most Church of God brethren keep a 14th Passover when Jesus kept it. You also don't keep Pentecost when the Jews set it, because they count 50 days from the First day of Unleavened Bread, instead of the First Sabbath in the Days of Unleavened Bread. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong correctly saw the Jews were not setting these two days correctly, so he would not follow them. How can you tell me I should follow what days the Jews set, when you aren't doing it yourself?


2. The calculated Jewish Calendar from the centuries and centuries of use without adjustment is now off and they know it. There are postponements to adjust for sighting, since they calculated on the dark of the moon and there were postponements added that would shift the days somewhat to line up better with the Sabbaths and prevent double Sabbaths on most years. Think about it though, if you postpone something, it should NEVER be BEFORE the event. This year the Trumpets New Moon was spotted 2 days after the Jews proclaimed Trumpets. They were clearly two days off because their Calendar is now obviously off. I saw the New moon this year 2 days after they proclaimed Trumpets began and I looked for it as did others 2 days earlier and it wasn't there. You could just barely see it when it did appear, which is another clear evidence that you could not have seen it 2 days earlier.


3. Jesus Christ did not keep the Calculated Jewish Calendar. This was the clencher for me and why I realized I had to change, once I learned the truth on the Calendar. The Hillel calculated Calendar that the Jews use today did not come into existance until several centuries after the death of Christ. That was a real shocker for me when my research revealed this. This is clearly documented in Jewish history of the Calendar. They know it didn't exist before Jesus and they don't care, because they don't believe Jesus is the Messiah and that we should follow his example anyway. However, I do believe Jesus is the Messiah and we should follow his example and follow the Calendar he followed. And my research revealed to me that Jesus Christ kept the New Moon Calendar, so I changed.

Now, brethren, we don't look down on people that keep the Calculated calendar and we just hope they show us the same courtesy don't we? We can't follow the other Calendar if we know better, because to whom much is given much is expected. The Calculated Calendar is very close and I believe we should show some tolerance and respect and give people time to come to this knowledge. Quite frankly, it took me 2 years to research it and finally make the decision to change. I did not change at the snap of a finger, why should I expect others to change that quickly? I encourage others to look into it for themselves and when God is ready to open their eyes, they will see it and until then, I'm going to set the example God expects me to reguardless of what others are doing. I keep the New Moon Calendar as an example for others and as training for the World to come where I will, guess what, teach the New Moon Calendar to God's people then too. Some at that time will begin to keep the Holy Days of God for the first time, never having that truth before. Imagine how they will see us, brethren, who stood up in this dark world of Satans and are pioneers in keeping God's Holy days. We are so blessed to have the understanding of the Holy Days now!

Leviticus 23:1-4 ¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. ³"'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings. ⁴"'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season. ⁵In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.

Notice the date, First month or first new moon in spring and 14th day.

Leviticus 23:6-8 ⁶On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. ⁸But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"

Notice the dates, First month 15th day and seven days keeping the last day as a sabbath which would be on the 21st day of the month.

Leviticus 23:15-16 ¹⁵"'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed: ¹⁶even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.

Notice the date, 7 sabbaths from the sabbath in the days of unleavened bread, and the next day making 50 days. It will vary from year to year what day of the month Pentecost occurs, because the Sabbath in The Days of Unleavened Bread varies from year to year.

Leviticus 23:23-24 ²³Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Notice the date again, the Seventh month or seventh new moon is the Trumpets.

Leviticus 23:26-32 ²⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁷"However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ²⁸You shall do no kind of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. ²⁹For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people. ³⁰Whoever it is who does any kind of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. ³¹You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ³²It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."

These are very important scriptures for us today aren't they? The seventh month and 10th day of the month is today according to the New Moon Calendar that God put in the sky for us. Isn't that awesome? And also notice from these scriptures we see how God begins and ends the days. They begin at evening (sunset) and end at evening (sunset). As one day closes another day begins as the sun sinks from the horizon. Just another amazing part of God's Calendar in the sky.

Leviticus 23:33-36 ³³Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁴"Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh. ³⁵On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work. ³⁶Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.

Notice the dates again, 7th month 15th day and then 8 days later, the Last Great Day is also a holy day which would be on the 22nd of the 7th month. We realize that Jesus Christ replaces the sacrifices by fire.

God gave us these wonderful Holy Days. I sure hope we don't see them as a burden, but instead the great blessings they are that help us see and understand God's plan for the salvation of mankind. So what does the day of Atonement portray?

Leviticus 16:1-34 ¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died; ²and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat. ³"Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. ⁴He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his body, and shall put on the linen sash, and he shall be clothed with the linen turban. They are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and put them on. ⁵He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. ⁶"Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house. ⁷He shall take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting. ⁸Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat. ⁹Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering. ¹⁰But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness. ¹¹"Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. ¹²He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: ¹³and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die. ¹⁴He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. ¹⁵"Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: ¹⁶and he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness. ¹⁷No one shall be in the Tent of Meeting when he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. ¹⁸"He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of the goat's blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar. ¹⁹ He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. ²⁰"When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat. ²¹ Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. ²²The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness. ²³"Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. ²⁴Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. ²⁵The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar. ²⁶"He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ²⁷The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire. ²⁸He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ²⁹"It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you: ³⁰for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh. ³¹It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever. ³²The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments. ³³Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ³⁴"This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Let me start by telling you about four similar kingdoms. They are all real kingdoms. One happened in the past. The second is currently happening. The third will happen in the near future. The fourth will happen in the distant future.

The first Kingdom we will call the Kingdom of the Spirits. A long time ago in a place far far away, there was a Kingdom of beings. All were happy and it was a great place to be, but then something happened that caused war in the kingdom. There was a great and terrible war in the kingdom. Then something else happened that ended the terrible war and once again peace was established in the kingdom.

The second Kingdom we will call the Kingdom of Mankind. It started very peaceful, until something happened and there was war in the Kingdom for thousands of years. War after war after war after war after war after war. It became a bad place to live where war became a common thing and a way of life for most people. Then something else happened and once again peace was established and war was abolished. Once again, it was great place to live.

The third Kingdom we will call the Kingdom of the Messiah. It will start with great peace and prosperity that will be established for 1,000 years. There will be great prosperity and happiness for all peoples and then something will happen and people will become unhappy and declared war on the rulers of the world, that had established peace for 1,000 years. Once again, there will be a great and terrible war. Then, something else will happen and peace will be established again.

The fourth Kingdom we will call the Kingdom of the Father. It will start with great peace and rejoicing, and a wedding. This kingdom is different than the other kingdoms that came before it and it will replace all of them. In this kingdom there will be no more war, no more death, no more tears. For eternity, Peace will reign supreme.

Let me fill in a few more details of these kingdoms with some scriptures.

Isaiah 14:12-15 ¹²How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! ¹³You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north! ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!" ¹⁵Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

Jesus witnessed the fall of Satan when he rebelled in heaven.

Luke 10:18 ¹⁸He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

And where did Satan fall to? He fell to the earth.

Revelation 12:3-4 ³Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. ⁴His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

And the earth BECAME without form and void.

Genesis 1:1-31 ¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²Now the earth was (became) formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

The Hebrew word for "was" can be translated either "was" or "became" depending on the context and in other places it is translated became and I believe it should be translated became in this scripture. The earth became a frozen dark dead planet and scientific evidence does point to this state of our planet.

Have you seen pictures of places after a war has taken place? Reminds you of what our Solar System is like today. Waste and ruin and evidence of destruction. Now, how do I know the angels existed before the Universe was created?

Job 38:4-7 ⁴"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. ⁵Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? ⁶Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, ⁷when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

You can not sing or shout for joy, if you don’t yet exist! So we see that angels existed before the earth was created and witnessed the creation of the earth. And God renewed or refashioned the earth after the rebellion of Satan. Now do I have a scripture for that? God actually refashioning the earth? I sure do.

Psalm 104:30 ³⁰You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

If you read all of Psalm 104 you will clearly see this Psalm is speaking of the Genesis creation and it states the God renews the face of the ground.

Evolutionist believe that the universe and mankind took millions of years to form. Traditional Christians believe that the universe and mankind were both formed in about 6,000 years ago. Neither are correct. Satan has so craftily deceived the whole world.

Traditional Christians can’t even get to the 3rd verse of the bible without being led astray by Satan. The Universe is perhaps millions of years old, but mankind is only about 6,000 years old. Satan does not want the world to know about his previous failure in his rebellion against God. And he has done a pretty good job of keeping the world in the dark, hasn’t he? But he didn’t fool Jesus did he?

Luke 10:18 ¹⁸He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

Jesus knew and taught of Satan’s fall, but the world isn’t listening to Jesus are they? Scriptures show us there was a kingdom before mankind existed composed of spirit beings and Satan led a rebellion against that Kingdom with a third of the angels. Satan had established a new way of life based on Coveting and War with disastrous results.

The second kingdom, the Kingdom of Mankind, is here and now on earth before the return of Christ. It begins with the creation of mankind in a peaceful environment. The event that leads us to wars is the deception of mankind from Satan, leading them to rebellion from God and war. The event that brings peace is the return of Jesus and the banishment of Satan to the pit.

Genesis 1:31 ³¹God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Genesis 2:1-3 ¹The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array. ²On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

Peace was reestablished on the Earth.

Genesis 2:15-25 ¹⁵Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. ¹⁶Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die." ¹⁸Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." ¹⁹Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. ²⁰The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him. ²¹Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. ²²He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man. ²³ The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man." ²⁴ Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. ²⁵They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Then Satan came along and began deceiving mankind.

Genesis 3:1-6 ¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'" ²The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, ³but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" ⁴The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die, ⁵ for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." ⁶When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Satan lied and made Adam and Eve believe they had immortal souls and could not die. He is a liar and Adam and Eve did indeed die and set mankind on the course of rebellion and war. You may think coveting is one of the least commandments, but when you really think about it, it was the first sin that led to all the other sins of mankind. It leads to rebellion and war.

James 4:1-4 ¹Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members? ²You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask. ³You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. ⁴You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

The root cause of war is people wanting things that don’t belong to them and trying to take it from the ones who do posses it. It starts with coveting, leads to stealing and then to murder and war. Satan has taught mankind warfare and we have been going at each other since the beginning.

However, there is good news. Peace will be reestablished on the earth once again, but first Satan must be removed.

Revelation 20:1-3 ¹I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, ³and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

When Satan is removed there will be peace upon the entire earth. War we be a thing of the past.

Micah 4:1-6 ¹But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. ²Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem; ³and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.

With Satan removed, peace returns and war ends, a new kingdom is ushered in.

The third kingdom, the Kingdom of the Messiah, is the 1,000 year reign of Jesus Christ and the firstfruit saints.

Think of it, 1,000 years without a single war. But then something happens and war is once again a harsh reality.

Revelation 20:1-3 ¹I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, ³and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

The event that brings war is the release of Satan and he stirs the nations to war.

Revelation 20:7-9 ⁷And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. ⁹They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

The event that brings peace is the banishment of Satan again.

Revelation 20:9-10 ⁹They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. ¹⁰The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Why would God release Satan? Have you ever wondered that?

1. To test us and show that we will be loyal
2. To show us that even after 1,000 years, Satan has not changed at all, he is still full of hostility and rebellion.
3. To test the world and show, without Satan removed, we would continue to have war.

Leviticus 16:20-31 ²⁰"When he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat. ²¹ Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness. ²²The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness. ²³"Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the Holy Place, and shall leave them there. ²⁴Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. ²⁵The fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar. ²⁶"He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ²⁷The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire. ²⁸He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. ²⁹"It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you: ³⁰for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh. ³¹It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

The Goat in the Wilderness represents Satan and his banishments. Aaron the High Priest represents our current day High Priest Jesus Christ who will pronounce judgment on Satan and have him sent away. For peace to be established in a kingdom, Satan must go.

How could a goat, which typically symbolizes a sinful being, be a representation of our perfect Savior?

Zechariah 3:1-10 ¹He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary. ²Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?" ³Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. ⁴He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."

The filthy rags on our High Priest, Yahshua, are our sins brethren.

Isaiah 64:6 ⁶For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 ¹⁷Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. ¹⁸But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹ namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Jesus Christ, Yahshua Messiah is our sacrifice, and the Jews even to this day have missed this one. We cover this more at the Passover, but it is also an important part of Atonement. Without the sacrifice of the Messiah, we could not be reconciled to God.

Jesus Christ, Yahshua Messiah is also our High Priest and Savior, and once again the Jews even to this day don’t get it. We cover this more on Trumpets, but it is also an important part of the day of Atonement. Without the Messiah as our High Priest, we could not be saved.

Romans 5:6-10 ⁶For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. ⁸But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him. ¹⁰For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Hebrews 4:14-16 ¹⁴Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. ¹⁵For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

Leviticus 16:32-33 ³²The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments. ³³Then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

Jesus Christ is consecrated as our High Priest in the place of our Father in Heaven, and the Jews totally miss this, but there it is in scripture for those who have eyes to see it. Isn't that amazing how God worked the scriptures out that these truths are preserved for us?

Matthew 11:25-27 ²⁵At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. ²⁶Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

Notice, who Gave Jesus our High Priest his power? All thing have been delivered to Me by My Father, stated Jesus.

Matthew 16:27 ²⁷For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

John 5:18-47 ¹⁸For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. ¹⁹Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. ²⁰For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. ²²For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, ²³that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴"Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. ²⁸Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, ²⁹and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. ³⁰I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. ³¹"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. ³² It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. ³³You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. ³⁷The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. ³⁸You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent. ³⁹"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. ⁴⁰Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. ⁴¹I don't receive glory from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves. ⁴³I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵"Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me. ⁴⁷But if you don't believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

Now, wait a minute. Jesus thinks Moses wrote about him? Moses only wrote the first 5 books of the bible. Where is Jesus in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy? I’ll tell you where:

• It was Jesus that said, “Let there be light, and there was light.”
• It was Jesus that was the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• It was Jesus that freed Israel from the bondage of Egypt.
• It was Jesus that gave Israel the 10 commandments.
• It was Jesus that Married Israel.
• It was Jesus that brought Israel to the promised land.
• It was Jesus that sent the prophets to Israel and later to Judah.

John 14:5-11 ⁵Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?" ⁶Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. ⁷If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him." ⁸Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." ⁹Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?' ¹⁰Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.

Now where am I getting that Christ is ruling in the Father’s place?

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 ²⁰But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. ²¹For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. ²²For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. ²³But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming. ²⁴Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶The last enemy that will be abolished is death. ²⁷For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. ²⁸When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

One day the Messiah will hand back the Kingdom to the Father and it will become the fourth Kingdom.

The fourth Kingdom, the Kingdom of the Father, will occur after the 1,000 year reign of Christ and after the Great White Throne Judgement. Jesus Christ will purge the earth of all sin, all death and all tears and then there will be a New Heaven and a New Earth and the Father will come and dwell with us and there will be no more War. War will be a sad relick of the past, never to return as Satan is bound and put away for good.

Revelation 20:11-15 ¹¹I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. ¹²I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

After this Great White Throne Judgement will come the fourth Kingdom, the Kingdom of our Father.

Revelation 21:1-27 ¹I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. ²I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. ³I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. ⁴He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away." ⁵He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true." ⁶He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. ⁷He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. ⁸ But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." ⁹One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." ¹⁰He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal; ¹²having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. ¹³On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. ¹⁴The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. ¹⁶The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. ¹⁷Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. ¹⁸The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass. ¹⁹The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. ²²I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. ²³The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. ²⁵Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there), ²⁶and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter. ²⁷There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelation 22:1-6 ¹He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, ²in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ³There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. ⁴They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever. ⁶He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."

Leviticus 23:32 ³²It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."

Leviticus 16:29-31 ²⁹"It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you: ³⁰for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before Yahweh. ³¹It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

We fast because God tells us too do so. What does fasting teach us anyway?

1. Teaches us obedience by following what God instructs us to do and the world is not yet learning that lesson are they?
2. Teaches us temperance and control by denying ourselves, even though food and water is all around us, we deny ourselves and say no.
3. Cleanses our bodies physically – one of the best things you can do to purge your body of poisons.
4. Teaches us humility by showing us how frail and weak we really are. Just one day without food and water and we are pretty weak aren’t we?
5. Teaches us compassion on others who don’t get enough to eat. You know, for some people this is not a once a year thing, it is a way of life and they would be glad to get just one good meal everyday.
6. Teaches us thankfulness. In this land of plenty, we just take it for granted don’t we? We need to be more grateful for what God has blessed us with.

But WE know the day of Atonement had meaning in the past, has meaning in the present, and will have meaning in the future as well. God has opened our minds to see this and we did not come to this knowledge on our own. One day, WE will teach it to the nations. I look so forward to that day, don't you?

Micah 4:1-6 ¹But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. ²Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem; ³and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. ⁴But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken. ⁵Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever. ⁶"In that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; ⁷and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever."

May God hasten that day, when all mankind will understand and keep Atonement and strive to be At One with God as we strive today!