The sermon, delivered by Steve Hopkins, discusses the significance of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and its relation to Christian beliefs. Yom Kippur, traditionally observed with sacrifices by the high priest in ancient Israel, prefigured the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ at Calvary, which occurred 2,000 years ago. The speaker explains the symbolism of the two goats used during the Day of Atonement: one representing propitiation, or satisfaction for sin, and the other expiation, or the removal of sin. Christians no longer celebrate Yom Kippur because Jesus' sacrifice is considered a once-for-all atonement for sins, making annual sacrifices unnecessary. The sermon also addresses theological debates within the Christian community, referencing Romans chapters 9 to 11, which discuss God's election and the future salvation of Israel. The speaker critiques certain contemporary views that dismiss the future role of Israel and highlights a predicted revival among Jewish people, leading them to recognize Jesus as the Messiah.

Yesterday was Yom Kippur. How many are familiar with that? Okay, so it begins Friday at evening and then goes through Saturday evening. And if you want to read about it at some point in time, you open up a Leviticus chapter 16 and you'll read about Yom Kippur, which is the Day of Atonement. So the Day of Atonement was originally, it's not being celebrated the same way today by Jews as it was because there's no temple and there's no sacrifice.

But it was originally the Day of Atonement was the annual day where the high priest would go into the temple once a year and he would go into the temple and he would make a sacrifice first for himself for the bull and then there would be two goats that would be brought in. There would be a goat that was slain for the sins of the people. The bull was for him and for his household to make atonement for their sins, satisfaction for their sins. And then the two goats were brought in. The goat is killed and the first goat, and you've heard me talk about this before, is a propitiatory sacrifice.

So makes satisfaction for sin. In both of these instances the priests lay their hands on the head of the goat. They confess the sins of the people. The first goat is slain. The blood of the bull for the atonement for the priest and the blood of the first goat is taken and sprinkled upon the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.

The second goat is brought in, which represents Expiation, which is the removal of sin. Okay, the first one is the object, the second one is the removal. I've said before, when you think of propitiation, think satisfaction for sin, atonement. When you think expiation, think removal of our sins, that goat is the one that with the sins of the people placed upon his head is sent into the wilderness to wander forever, which we get from that, that Christ's sacrifice in the first goat, our sins are atoned for, paid for, the second goat is sent out to wander forever, Our sins are forever removed from us as far as the east is from the west. This is what's taking place on the Day of Atonement.

Why don't Christians celebrate Yom Kippur? Because The day of atonement was 2, 000 years ago on Calvary. Christ there took our sins upon Himself, and He died, and He put away our sins. He made atonement for our sins once for all. There's no more annual sacrifice.

Christ is that once for all sacrifice. As I said before, there is no sacrifice in Israel today. God ended the sacrifice in Israel. In 70 AD, when the temple was destroyed since that time for 1900 years. There's been no shedding of blood for the remission of sins, pointing to the coming of Christ.

So what are we to make of all of that? Well, Hebrews 10, four says, it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away our sins. It was never that way. It was never that because of the day of atonement that the sins were put away. It was pointing to Christ who was to come who would fulfill that sacrifice.

And that's what took place at Calvary's Cross 2, 000 years ago. Second about, you know, we're talking about here in Romans chapter 9 and then 10 and 11, we're talking about God's choosing of a people, the elect, whether Jews or Gentiles, spiritual election, those who would be saved out of both the Jewish nation of those who are physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and amongst the Gentiles as well. We've been talking about this. It's just odd to me that this is happening in our day and time. There is this uprising amongst the many young men in the reformed community today who are absolutely defying Romans chapter 11 and boasting against the natural branches.

They're saying there is no future for physical Israel, which is an exact contradiction of what the apostle Paul says. He says, boast not, you do not bear the root, but the root bears you. You see, the Jews were cut off for the most part because of unbelief, and Paul will go into that in Romans chapter 11, but he says, you know, they'll be graft back in. There's a day when all Israel is going to be saved. What does that mean?

All, every single person who's ever been a Jew is going to be saved? No. It means that there's going to be such a revival amongst Judaism of those coming back to their Messiah, looking upon him whom they pierced. It was such a grief and sorrow and revival taking place of Christianity when Jews come to their Messiah. Those from the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob actually repent and believe on him, but you're gonna think the entire nation of Israel was saved.

That's what's coming. And so you have this, I don't know what it is, but something going on where there's this boasting and this even some of them siding with Adolf Hitler. If you can believe that. Even some who are siding with Adolf Hitler and saying Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther were like this together and, you know, it's pretty crazy. But at any rate, I wanted to bring that up.

So We don't celebrate the day of atonement. We celebrate the atonement once and for all fulfilled by Jesus Christ at the cross. And we need to be sharing that good news with our Jewish neighbors who one day are going to be, If they're alive at the time of this great awakening in Judaism, there will be a great number who will come to salvation, so many that you would think that the entire nation had been saved.