Atonement Part 4 – Atonement for Us

In the last study, we looked at the purpose of the sin scrifice. We found that although this sacrifice was needed because of the sin and uncleanness that YHVH’s people left as a stain on the temple, altars, and ark it really did not forgive them of those sins. The main reason for the sin…

Atonement Part 3 – The Purpose of the Sacrifices

In part 1 of this study, I mentioned my original ideas on atonement – what I had heard from the pulpit my entire life. From those pulpit teachings I had pieced together that atonement had something to do with forgiveness and could only be accomplished through sacrifice. But recently, I ran across a story in…