The Day of Atonement (2)

1a. Sin is an affront to a Holy God.

God cannot be

1b. Atonement for Sin is needed.

reconciliation between God and man.

offered on behalf of the sinner to a Holy God.

2. Atonement requires humility

3. Jesus is Our Atonement.

Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

It is all but inconceivable that ancient Israelites could watch the painful slaughter of animals as their sin offerings to Yahweh and not come away with a profound sense of the wrath of God that had to be propitiated.