In
our New Testament dispensation, believers do not have to wait once a year to
have their sins forgiven, because we have Jesus Christ as Our Sin Bearer, our
Advocate and High Priest, who continues to bear our sins, and who intercedes
and pleads to the Father on our behalf.
And
because He continues forever, we have an unchangeable priesthood who is also
able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He
always lives to make intercession for them. For such a High Priest was fitting
for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become
higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this
He did once for all when He offered up Himself" (Hebrews 7: 24-27).
And so we have the consolation which says, "My little children, and these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world" (1John 2:1-2) .
The only difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament dispensation is application as we have been duly admonished saying; " Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it" (Romans 14:4-6).
Therefore, it is up to the individual to know and understand the relevance of this day which is to commemorate Jesus Christ as Our Sin Bearer, Advocate and High Priest, who continues to bear our sins, and who intercedes and pleads to the Father on our behalf and in recognition and appreciation of what the Lord has done, he who observes the day, observes it unto the Lord and he who does not observe it, to the Lord he does not observe it.
To those who would like to express their gratitude and thanksgiving to Jesus Christ for the work He is doing as our High Priest the Day of Atonement begins on Wednesday evening 15th September 2021,
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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