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- 時間: 2025-1-16 06:30I. Introduction: the Day of Atonement
1. The origin of Yom Kippur
The Lord called Moses to go up the mountain to get the tablets of the Law, but the people were worshiping the golden calf at the foot of the mountain. When he came down from the mountain and saw the people being presumptuous, he broke the tablets of the Law in anger. Moses went to make atonement for the sins of the people and asked the LORD to forgive him. If he refused, his name would be blotted out of the book of life. The LORD did not agree and replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book." ( NIV, Exodus 32:33)
Moses did not lose heart and repeatedly begged God to forgive sins for the sake of the people! In the end, because the people also repented, the LORD finally agreed! Moses once again followed God's command and went up the mountain to get the tablets of the law. He fasted on the mountain for forty days, and the day he came down was the tenth day of the seventh month. He designated this day as the Day of Atonement, because God had forgiven Israel's sins. -
I. Introduction: the Day of Atonement
