Happy Yom Kippur

Beginning sundown yesterday (because Jewish days start at night) and going through today is the celebration of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. On this special day, the high priest would go into the Holy of Holies and sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice on the mercy seat for the sins of the people. Today, Yom Kippur is still celebrated by Jews. I don't know if this is true for every Yom Kippur, but I found it interesting that it was on 9.22. For Hebrews 9:22 says, "In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Later in verse 28, it explains how Christ shed his blood for our sins. The book Hebrews spends a lot of time explaining how Christ is our high priest. Jesus Christ, the high priest, entered heaven, a holy sanctuary, and presented the blood sacrifice, not of animal, but His own perfect blood. Hebrews 9:26 tells us this is why we don't have animal sacrifices. So even though we're not Jewish, let us hold Yom Kippur as almost like a 2nd Good Friday, a day we remember what our Savior did to pay for our sins.