King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: The Day of Atonement
Date: Thursday February 02, 2012
Today's Chapters: Leviticus 16-18

Hello My Friend,

God gave the things of the world to be desired and possessed as He intended, to be used by His grace and glory. God wants us to have things, but believer's must learn not to desire or possess things that introduce sin. The world draws the heart from God and the more the love of the world prevails, the more the love of God fails. Three are three things in the world that destroy our relationship with God, 1, the lust of the flesh, which is the appetite of indulging in sensual pleasures. 2, the lust of the eyes, which is the appetite of seeking something that belongs to others. And 3, the pride of life, which is the appetite of one's own power and glory.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever...And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.” - 1 John 15-17,28,29.

The Day of Atonement was the one day of the year that the high priest could make an atonement for the entire congregation for their sins of the past year. In addition to the normal sin, trespass, and peace offerings were two goats, one for God and one to be the scapegoat. A scapegoat one that takes the blame and punishment for others. “Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering...And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.” -Leviticus 16:3,6-10.

Since it was for the entire congregation Aaron, the high priest, in a sense, took on all their sins. Aaron had to put his hands on the scapegoat, placing all the sins of the people on that goat, he said a prayer and let the goat take off into the wilderness, taking all the sins with it. This entire ceremony represents Jesus Christ, first, He is our high priest, He took on every sin known to man. Second, He became the sin sacrifice, and third He became the scapegoat, which takes away all the sins of those who believe in Him, making an atonement for their sins. Jesus took the blame for all of us and died for all of our sins, only those who believe in Him will receive the atonement for their sins. “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” -Romans 5:10,11.

Did you ever see a person hooked up to a heart monitor? There is a line that goes across the screen, you hear bleeps when the heart beats. The bleeps are a persons lifeline, the thing that keeps the heart beating is the blood, without blood pumping into it you would hear flatline instead of a lifeline. Blood is so important to God that He gave strict commands on how to handle blood.

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.” -Leviticus 17:11-14.

There is nothing more powerful than blood to bring life to a person, I am anemic and there are times when I get so drained that nothing cures me, but eating a good steak. The rich blood in that meat brings me back to life, if you have Jesus in you, you have His blood pumping through you, He is your lifeline, He brings life to you. Jesus said, “Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.” - John 6:53-57. This is spiritually speaking, when we receive Christ we spiritually eat the sin sacrifice, drink of the blood that He shed for us, which then His rich blood gives us life.

While all sin wrecks our relationship with God, some are just plain disgusting to Him, the most disgusting are of the flesh. Fleshly lusts war against the soul and will certainly be the ruin of it, God commanded Israel to abstain from all lusts of the flesh.

“After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD...Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.” - Leviticus 18:3-6,20-23.

We think that what we see going around the world is something new, it is not new to God. There is not one thing in this life that God has not seen already over the centuries, this includes every immoral act of the flesh such as fornication, adultery, incest, bestiality, homosexuality, and even bringing immorality into the marriage bed. We are children of God, that means that we are to start acting like it and not do the things that we see or have done while we were in the world. Yes, we may have done some things while in the world that we were ignorant to, but that does not give us an excuse to do them now. A saved soul has much more to affliction to deal with than one who never knew Christ. Why? To get them to repent, to turn away from living in sin. “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” - 2 Corinthians 7:10.

Today's Psalm: 116:17 - “I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.”

Today's Proverb: 21:3 - “To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”

Today's Prayer: God, thank You for Your indwelling Spirit that replaces my sinful nature with that of a spiritual nature. As I walk in Your ways year after year, I am aware of sins that wreck my relationship with You. Help me to remove all the sin that keeps me from receiving the desires and possessions You have for me for my faithfulness to You. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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