Morning by Morning, October 1, 2025 – The Day of Atonement, Embracing the Grace of God through Jesus Christ Who Is Our Eternal Atonement
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I open my heart and embrace Your Spirit, abiding in me as I abide in You (John 15:4; Romans 8:9). ...
On the cycles of the Biblical Calendar, today at sunset begins The Day of Atonement and continues until sundown tomorrow. It’s the final day of the Ten Days of Awe that begin with The Feast of Trumpets and end on The Day of Atonement each year (Leviticus 23:24-34). Of all the feasts and days of the Old Covenant, this is the holiest day of all — the day the high priest entered into the Holy of Holies of the temple to dash the blood of the sacrifice upon the Mercy Seat of God on top of the Ark of the Covenant between the wings of the cherubim:
“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:26-28).
Your Word says, “It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings” (v. 31).
All the feasts and days, all the Law and the Prophets, are pointing to You and ultimately fulfilled in You, Lord Jesus. As You said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). It’s just as You opened the eyes of Your early disciples on their Walk to Emmaus with You immediately after Your resurrection to see this Truth: “And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, (Jesus) expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Luke 24:27).
Today, in Christ, no longer does a high priest go beyond the veil into the Holy of Holies of a temple made with human hands with the blood of an animal sacrifice to atone for the sins of the people. In fact, today, there is no veil. There is no temple. There is no mercy seat on this earth on the holy Mount Zion of Jerusalem as there was in those days before Your Sacrifice of Yourself on the Cross.
That veil of that temple was torn from top to bottom when You offered Your Life and Your Blood as our Sacrifice on the Cross (Matthew 27:51). Today, there is no high priest, no sacrifice being offered on the Day of Atonement for the forgiveness of sins. As our Sacrifice, You were crucified, dead, buried, and raised from the dead in resurrection life and power! (Matthew 28:6) And not many years after, that temple was destroyed with not one stone left upon another, just as You had said before that day came (Matthew 24:2).
That temple was destroyed, but now we are Your temple when we are cleansed in Your Blood through our faith in You! (1 Corinthians 3:16) Now there is no veil between us and the Holy of Holies of Your Presence! For now nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord!” (Romans 8:39) The Law and Rituals and Feasts and Sacrifices were all “a shadow of the good things to come” and be ultimately fulfilled in You (Hebrews 10:1). For You are “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29)
“Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own Blood (Jesus) entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption” (Hebrews 9:12). “How much more shall the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14) “He has appeared to put away sin by the Sacrifice of Himself” (Hebrews 9:26).
“But this Man (Jesus the Christ), after He had offered one Sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one Offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified” (Hebrews 10:12-14).
Today, in Christ, we have boldness before God to draw near to You into the very Holy of Holies of Your Presence:
“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:19-23).
So on this Day of Atonement, and on every day, now that You have already, eternally atoned for all my sins, I enter into the Holy of Holies of Your Presence through the Blood of the Lamb, the Blood of Your Sacrifice of Love for me and for all who embrace the free gift of Your mercy and grace. You are our “New and Living Way,” our High Priest, and our Sacrifice (Hebrews 10:20). Your Blood is our Atonement for all our sins and failures, so that our hope, our faith, our forgiveness, and our salvation is in You alone by what You have eternally done for us (1 John 1:7; Acts 4:12). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you embrace the free gift of God you have, entering the very Holy of Holies of the Presence of God through Jesus Christ our Eternal Sacrifice of Atonement, my friend! And you have a great day!
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