Torah Class - Day 43: Commandment 4: Day of Atonement (Part 2)

Today, we continued our study of the Statutes on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Yom Kippur is the final Day of Judgment. It is the Day when Yahweh will close the "Door" to Salvation, similar to Heaven closing the door of Noah's Ark.

Atonement is the 10th Day of the 7th Month, counting from the Feast of Trumpets.

As we saw last week, the Feast of Trumpets is the Feast of the Watchmen. It is associated with the blowing of two silver Trumpets, which represent the Two Witnesses, as we saw in our study today.

Prior to the final Judgment Day, Torah requires that the testimony of Two Witnesses be given before a Judgment of Death to the rebels can be justly meted out. This work is represented in the two silver trumpets, which represent Voices – a testimony.

The Two Witnesses represent the Revelation 11 Witnesses…  Their testimony is fore-shadowed in the two spies who went into Jericho (during their inner-city work, the warning was happening daily for Jericho)…  

During this work (of witnesses) Rahab and her household are saved out of Jericho. The work of the Two witnesses – paralleling the call of the two silver trumpets is JUSTICE (coming Judgment) and MERCY (there is still time to get saved during the work of the two witnesses).

· Deuteronomy_17:6  “At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.”

· Deuteronomy_19:15  “One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.”

· Revelation_11:3  “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”

The work of the two witnesses of Revelation 11 is continuing for the final 1260 days…  

During the Feast of Trumpets the two silver trumpets blast, representing the work of the Two Witnesses. So, the final fulfillment of Revelation 11 is tied to the Feast of Trumpets.

When the Feast of Trumpets transitions into the Day of Atonement, only one silver trumpet is blown on Atonement.

Completed worksheets from this class are viewable and printable at the following link:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The following is our class schedule for March-April, 2024:

Mon & Wed, April 1 & 3 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom, on both these days.

Mon & Wed, April 8 & 10 - Torah Class will meet, as scheduled, live on Zoom, on both these days.

Mon & Wed, April 15 & 17 - No Torah Class... Due to our necessary Feast-prep week, there will be no classes during the week of April 15-18.

Mon & Wed, April 22 & 24 - No Torah Class... LWM is hosting the Spring Retreat for Passover/U.B. from April 23-30. You can join us online at www.lightedway.org. There will be no classes during the weeks of April 22-25 or April 29-May 3. Class will resume on Monday, May 6, following this break.