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Today is the great day of atonement, a.k.a. Yom Kippur
This day is not like Xmas or New Year's or Birthdays. Absolutely do not wish your Jewish acquaintances a happy Yom Kippur because today is especially set aside for them to be disgusted with themselves. (Lev 16:31 & 23:27-29)
It's okay to wish them a satisfactory day of atonement, but definitely not a pleasant experience. In point of fact, it is curse-worthy for Jews to be pleased with themselves on Yom Kippur; so don't encourage them.
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Re: September 25, 2023
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FAQ: Isn't Judaism equally as useful as Christianity for sinners seeking God's forgiveness? Isn't that the whole purpose of Yom Kippur, a.k.a. the Day of Atonement?
REPLY: Pinning one's hopes on the Day Of Atonement is futile. For one thing: there's no one to perform the ritual seeing as how there is neither a Temple nor a fully functioning Aaronic high priest on duty in Jerusalem at this time. In point of fact, neither of those two essential elements of the Day of Atonement have been in Jerusalem since 70 AD. But that's not the worst of it.
The original sacrificial system was effective-- to a point --for addressing the peoples' actions, and for sanitizing their bodies, but totally ineffective for addressing the people themselves, viz: their persons, the core of their being.
When Adam tasted the forbidden fruit, his perception of decency underwent a radical change. Whereas before, he was comfortable seen undressed; afterwards he was uncomfortable seen naked even by his wife.
The thing is: Adam's moral compass went awry, i.e. his conscience became humanistic.
● Gen 3:22 . . And The Lord God said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
In other words: Adam began looking to his own intuition for moral direction instead of looking to his maker, viz: Adam became a tin God.
Point being: none of the Levitical system's rituals address the corruption inherent within the human conscience that came about by means of the forbidden fruit incident.
● Heb 9:13-14 . .The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God.
The Greek word translated "consciences" basically pertains to mental activity especially as it pertains to moral perception. So we're not talking about outwardly sinful behavior here. (cf. Rom 2:16 and Heb 4:12)
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FAQ: Isn't Judaism equally as useful as Christianity for sinners seeking God's forgiveness? Isn't that the whole purpose of Yom Kippur, a.k.a. the Day of Atonement?
REPLY: Pinning one's hopes on the Day Of Atonement is futile. For one thing: there's no one to perform the ritual seeing as how there is neither a Temple nor a fully functioning Aaronic high priest on duty in Jerusalem at this time. In point of fact, neither of those two essential elements of the Day of Atonement have been in Jerusalem since 70 AD. But that's not the worst of it.
The original sacrificial system was effective-- to a point --for addressing the peoples' actions, and for sanitizing their bodies, but totally ineffective for addressing the people themselves, viz: their persons, the core of their being.
When Adam tasted the forbidden fruit, his perception of decency underwent a radical change. Whereas before, he was comfortable seen undressed; afterwards he was uncomfortable seen naked even by his wife.
The thing is: Adam's moral compass went awry, i.e. his conscience became humanistic.
● Gen 3:22 . . And The Lord God said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
In other words: Adam began looking to his own intuition for moral direction instead of looking to his maker, viz: Adam became a tin God.
Point being: none of the Levitical system's rituals address the corruption inherent within the human conscience that came about by means of the forbidden fruit incident.
● Heb 9:13-14 . .The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God.
The Greek word translated "consciences" basically pertains to mental activity especially as it pertains to moral perception. So we're not talking about outwardly sinful behavior here. (cf. Rom 2:16 and Heb 4:12)
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