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Day 38, or February the 7th. When a whole nation

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repents. Our thoughts today are rooted in Leviticus

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chapter 16, verse 30. On this day, atonement

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will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then before

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the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.

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First, the big picture surrounding this verse.

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The very special festival called the Day of Atonement,

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or Yom Kippur, dominates these two chapters.

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According to the website of the Israel Ministry

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of Foreign Affairs, it is the day of divine judgment

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and of affliction of souls, a day when the individual

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may be cleansed of sins and the only fast day

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decreed in the Bible. It is a time to enumerate

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one's misdeeds and contemplate one's faults.

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A Jew is expected on this day to pray for forgiveness

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for sins between man and God, and correct his

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wrongful actions against his fellow man. Leviticus

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reminds us that it was the day when Aaron would

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enter the Holy of Holies to seek forgiveness

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for the whole nation. This is also the place

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where we hear about the scapegoat, which took

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the sins of the people away, exactly as Jesus

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Christ did many years later. And now our action

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step for today. First the priest is prepared,

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and then he is able to serve the people by releasing

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the scapegoat bearing their sins. There are many

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today who want God to use them. but never take

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the first essential step of getting prepared

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for service. This doesn't mean we have to be

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perfect or know everything before God can use

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us. Far from it. If this were the case, then

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none of us would ever make it. A friend, new

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to Christ, wanted to preach and teach, even though

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he knew very little. He soon ran dry and became

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disillusioned. He refused to submit to a learning

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process so he could be used as a teacher, and

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sadly, eventually slipped away. John chapter

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14 verse 26 tells us, When the Father sends the

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Holy Spirit, He will teach you everything and

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will remind you of everything I have told you.

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If you are running dry, it may be that you need

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more preparation. Are you prepared? to be prepared.