Day 4 – Are you ready?
Today is the fourth day of these 10 Days of Awe! If you’ve missed any of my
teachings this week, it’s not too late to
catch up here!
Jewish tradition teaches us that at
Rosh Hashanah – the first two days day of
the 10 Days of Awe – and the beginning of the New Year, God sits on His judgement throne
and evaluates His creation. He writes the names of the extremely righteous as well as the
non-repentant down in appropriate books.
The 10 Days of Awe are a traditional observance which calls God’s people to a place of
heartfelt repentance … to turn back to our Father’s heart. They lead us into
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on God’s celestial calendar!
On that one day every year – and only on that one day – the
High Priest of ancient Israel alone could enter the Holy of Holies – the most holy place on
earth, directly in the hotspot of God’s personal presence.
He would sprinkle the blood of a spotless lamb on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant seven
times, to make atonement for the people before a holy God.
This incredible symbol on the Day of Atonement –
at-one-ment – represented and
pointed forward to the ultimate moment when God and man, separated by man’s sin, are reunited
at least (at-one) by the precious blood of the Lamb of God, offered at the cross by the Ultimate
High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
That is why we honor God during the Day of Atonement celebration
He commands! We honor the Lord Jesus, the depths of His love, and the power of His blood shed for
you and me — His life-giving, soul-saving, curse-erasing, favor-bringing blood!
Having been atoned for at the Cross, our response must be to allow Christ’s love and sacrifice,
and His very Spirit, to mark us – to cause us to live differently, as we await the Lord’s
return.
Most scholars agree that Jesus will return for His church in the rapture during this Atonement season
of Tabernacles. It’s the only commanded feast season that has yet to be fulfilled historically.
As Christians, the 10 Days of Awe reminds us that we must be pure – holy before the Lord –
as a bride who has prepared herself for the one she loves:
“Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory! Give God glory, because the wedding of the
lamb has come. And the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready.”
- Revelation 19:7
Friend, every day during these 10 Days of Awe, I am bringing you and your loved ones before the Lord and
His throne of grace in prayer. If you haven’t already done so, please send me your needs TODAY so
I can cover you in prayer specifically every day as we approach the Day of Atonement, Monday, September 25.
Yours for the harvest,
Pastor Rod Parsley