The Day of Atonement Draws Near

Beloved Greater One Church,

Hear this with a ready heart:

Next week, Tuesday at sundown, the Sabbath of Atonement begins.

This is the Day of Atonement — the tenth day of the seventh month. It is a Sabbath of rest set apart by the Lord for remembrance of the permanent atonement made by the blood of Christ for the forgiveness of sins.

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you… It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Leviticus 23:27, 32 · KJV

Clear your schedule as much as you can. Do not treat this as an ordinary weekday with a spiritual label attached. Enter fully prepared to rest. Let the day be given to reflection and meditation on what atonement now means for us in Christ.

What this day proclaims

There is no more burden of constantly selecting animals to shed their blood for the forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 10:1-4).

There are no more Temple duties to perform, for our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19).

There is no more death sentence hanging over those who are in Christ for sin against the judgments of God, because His blood has made a complete atonement once for all (Hebrews 9:12; 10:10-18).

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).

The old shadows have found their substance. The priest has entered. The blood has been presented. The work is finished.

How we are to keep it

Rest your spirit.

Rest your mind.

Rest your body.

This is not a day for noise, hurry, or divided attention. It is a day to sit before the Lord and remember the cost and the completeness of His mercy. Afflict the soul (in fasting) — not with empty ritual, but with holy seriousness: gratitude, repentance where needed, and a quiet return to obedience.

For “to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1 Samuel 15:22). The blood has been offered. What the Lord now asks is a heart that yields to His Word.

Beloved, do not drift into this Sabbath unprepared. Finish what can be finished. Set aside what can wait. Enter ready to stop, to remember, and to rest in the finished work of Christ.

The trumpet has already sounded. Now comes the day of atonement. After this, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Ingathering still lie ahead. Walk each appointed day as it comes.

May the Lord sanctify Your Greater One Church in this Sabbath of rest.

May we remember the blood, honor the day, and live the obedience that sacrifice was always meant to produce.

Shalom and Holy Stillness to you all.