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Day of Atonement as a Spiritual Feast
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Leviticus 16:29  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) All "servile" work'all physical or mental labor associated with earning a living'is prohibited on all weekly and annual Sabbaths. Minor work required for food preparation is allowed for the other feasts (e.g., Exodus 12:16)'but not on the Day of Atonement. Because no food should be eaten on this day, there is no need for food preparation. Though a day of fasting, the Day of Atonement, since it is a commanded religious assembly, is a spiritual feast of God's Word. We must not live by bread alone. We should not mourn as we fast and afflict our souls on the Day of Atonement. Though we sorrow for sin and its results, we can rejoice that God will, in His plan, completely eliminate it (Revelation 21:4). Though we may feel physically weak by our fast, we can be thrilled with the hope of eternal life. The Day of Atonement, like all of God's holy days, is a time of hope and rejoicing. The Day of Atonement: The World at One with God

Acts 27:9  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) Luke, writing this over 30 years after Christ's death, makes it very clear that the early church observed this holy day. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Holy Days: Atonement

Acts 27:9  (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up) All biblical scholars know that "the fast" refers to the Day of Atonement. The evangelist Luke wrote this more than thirty years after Christ's crucifixion. If the Day of Atonement no longer existed, God would not have inspired those words! The early New Testament Church of God set the example for God's church today. And the true church of God today keeps all of God's holy days—including the fast of the Day of Atonement! The Day of Atonement: The World at One with God

 

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