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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Christian and the Day of Atonement, #38
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (II Corinthians 6:16)
Purging the House of God. The Christian Church is the new- covenant counterpart of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. God's throne (the Ark of the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle) is being created in the hearts of the believers.
God has no intention of making a sinful, self-willed heart His eternal home (I Corinthians 6:15-20; II Corinthians 6:16-7:1). The Christian, therefore, should be diligent in confessing his sins as they are revealed to him by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:13).
We have come now to the time in our Christian experience when the Lord desires to drive the money changers, so to speak, from the house of God (the hearts of the believers, not the buildings in which they assemble).
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Malachi 3:3)
John the Baptist said concerning Jesus: "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he shall throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner, but he shall burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire" (Matthew 3:11,12).
We are to be baptized not only with the Holy Spirit but also with the fire of God's judgment on the sins we are practicing. We can stand in the Day of Judgment if we will anchor our hope inside the Most Holy Place (Hebrews 6:19). If we choose to do so, we can avail ourselves of the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, in this manner cleansing ourselves from our sins.
The following passage describes the Christian Day of Atonement:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:7-9)
We are of the opinion that the above-mentioned confession, forgiveness, and cleansing is the Christian fulfillment of Israel's Day of Atonement.
John the Baptist commanded the people of Israel to repent, to confess their sins, and to be baptized. The Holy Spirit brought forth the ministry of John just before it was time for the Lord Jesus to be revealed.
In the same manner the Day of Atonement comes just before the feast of Tabernacles. The feast of Tabernacles typifies, we believe, the coming of the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit to dwell forever in the believer (John 14:23).
To be continued.