The day of atonement begins tonight at sunset. The Jewish community considers it the most holy day of the year. It is one of God’s appointed feasts in Leviticus 16 and 23. According to biblical law, it is a day of rest and fasting, where no work is to be done and no food eaten except by those who are sick or children. It is the only feast that requires fasting. As believers, we know Jesus fulfilled this prophetic feast through his blood on the cross, covering all our sins. I think it is appropriate to acknowledge this feast, but because we are under the new covenant and not the law of Moses, we are not required to follow its tenets. Because we believe in Jesus and his saving power, we are privileged and can live our lives knowing every sin is covered by him, and even though it is a feast of the Lord, we can be sure that Jesus covers us when we choose not to keep it. Could this feast be the beginning of Jacob’s trouble? With all the calamity we see happening throughout the world, it makes you wonder. Stay vigilant, remain repentant, and look for the blessed hope. Jesus could return at any time.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:13-14
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. Jeremiah 30:7
Doesn’t it look like these stars are in front of the clouds? Very interesting. I didn’t notice it last night when I took it.
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