What Does The Day of Atonement Mean To Christians?
The tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri) on the Bible Calendar (see also Bible Months) is the Day of Atonement. Jews call it Yom Kippur. In Hebrew Yom means day, (marked from sunset to sunset, as instructed by God) and Kippur means to pardon, or condone. The word atonement carries the meaning to English-speaking people. It means to make amends or to reconcile – to become “at one.” The observance of the Day of Atonement originates all the way to the time of Moses: “And The Lord [see YHVH, Adonai, Jehovah, LORD] spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls [see Where Is Your Soul?], and offer an offering made by fire unto The Lord. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before The Lord your God.” (Leviticus 23:26-28 KJV) The Lord commanded the Day of Atonement as a solemn annual observance of
