Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Today Israel all over the world observes Yom Kippur. (Sept. 15 to Sept. 16). Yom Kippur is the most holiest day of the year in Judaism. It is mentioned in the Bible and is known to us as the Day of Atonement. Jews traditionally observe this holiday with fastings and prayers. It is the one day in the year that the High Priest was permitted to enter the most holy place of the Temple (or the Holy of Holies) to offer sacrifice, first for himself and for his family and then for the people. The priest would sprinkle the blood of the sacrificial animals on the ark and symbolically cast off the nation of Israel's sins by releasing one of the goats into the wilderness. To Christians, the significance of Atonement is that the Lord Jesus Christ was our sacrificial lamb. The Death of our Lord Jesus was necessary for man's redemption. Scripture reference: I Cor. 15:3, 4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scrip