The day that Israel comes to a standstill. The whole nation comes to mourning. You can hear wailing at the Western Wall. Yom Yippur or the Day of Atonement – the most serious day in Israel and the most solemn of the seven feasts ordained by God in the Old Testament.
Nestled between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Tabernacles, Yom Kippur is a day of fasting, reflecting and repenting. Jews also seek out those whom they have wronged to ask for forgiveness. For Christians, it points to Jesus as the atonement for our sins.
All humanity has sinned. We have all fallen short of God’s glory and holy standards. The wages or consequences of sin is death, or eternal separation from God. But God, in His infinite love and grace hatched a redemption plan. That plan was His only begotten Son, Jesus.
Sinless Jesus suffered and died on the cross to atone for our sins, so we did not have to. Because of Jesus’ atonement, we can also reflect and boldly come to God for forgiveness for the wrongs we have done unto Him and others.
How do the practices on Yom Yippur point to Jesus? And how did the name Yom Yippur come about when it’s not written in the Bible?
Mandy and Robbo unpacks it all for us in their series on Yom Kippur on Vision Radio’s Foundations program. Listen to Part 1 below. Watch out for Parts 2 and 3, coming soon on your local Vision Radio station, on Vision Christian Media’s app or online.