Leviticus 16 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Leviticus 16.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/16/1/s_106001

Notice the repeated phrase “make atonement.”

Meditate on verse 30.

 

For it is on this day that atonement shall

 be made for you to cleanse you;

you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

 

The Day of Atonement was the day, every year, when blood sacrifices were made to cleanse the people from all their sins.  Atonement means “at-one-ment.”₁  The LORD wanted to be one with His people, but He could not be in the presence of sin. Leviticus 16 gives God’s requirements to be “at one” with Him.  The blood from the sin offerings covered sinful impurities, and a scapegoat was sent into the wilderness, symbolically bearing the sins of the people.

God’s requirements to be at one with Him have not changed.  Blood still must cover sins, and we need a scapegoat.  Jesus Christ is the sin offering and the scapegoat.  The day Jesus becomes your Savior is your Day of Atonement.  He is the only blood sacrifice that makes atonement for your sins, allowing you to be at one with God (Romans 3:23-25).  He is the scapegoat bearing all your sins, taking them away, so you can live at one with Him in righteousness (1 Peter 2:24).

Pray Leviticus 16:30-31 in thanksgiving for your Day of Atonement and for those who need a Day of Atonement. 

 

“LORD, thank You for the day You made atonement to cleanse me. 

Thank You that I am clean from all my sins before You. 

Thank You for the solemn rest that comes from You. 

Keep my soul humble before You.

LORD, please let _________ desire their

Day of Atonement with You.

Because of Your blood, Jesus~”

 

1. Easton’s Bible Dictionary.

 

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