This Yom Kippur will you find peace in your soul?
Rabbi Jochanan Ben Zaccai’s dying words:
“When Rabban Jochanan Ben Zaccai now lay languishing, his scholars came to visit him: whom he seeing began to weep. To whom they said, ‘O thou light of Israel, thou right-hand pillar, thou strong hammer, whence are those tears?’ To whom he replied, ‘If men were about to carry me before a king of flesh and blood, who to-day is here, and tomorrow is in his grave, — if he were angry with me, his anger is not everlasting; if he should cast be into bonds, his bond are not eternal; if he should kill me, his killing would not be eternal: and I might perhaps pacify him with words, or soften him with a gift. But they are ready to lead me before the King of kings, the Lord, holy and blessed, who lives and lasts for ever, and for ever and ever; who if He be angry with me, His anger is eternal; if He bind me, His bond is eternal; if he kill me, his killing is eternal; and whom I cannot either appease with words, or soften with a gift. And moreover, there are two ways before me, one to paradise, another to hell; and I know which way not they will lead me. Should I not weep? (Berakhot, fol. 28b)
If this great man of Judiasm did not know where he was to be lead at his death, what are we to do?
If you think there’s two Covenants, one for Jews one for Gentiles think again. There is only ONE Covenant. It’s the same for Jews and Gentiles alike. You sin once and that’s it. No hope but separation from God. There is no Atonement except by the blood on the altar and the altar does not exist since there is no Temple. Because of the sin in everyone’s life there is an infinite separation between you and God. Only the Mashiach (Yeshua) can bridge that separation since He shed His blood for the atonement of sin. Your part is to Confess you are a sinner before God, ask for forgiveness, recognize that Yeshua paid for your sins by His blood. This is the only point when God will cast your sins into the sea of forgetfulness and remember them no more. Where will you spend Eternity? Your Choice, Good works can never erase our sins. Only Mashiach Yeshua paid for sin by His blood. Salvation is by faith alone lest any man should boast.
In Jeremiah 31:30 God says He will seal a new covenant with the House of Israel
Where will you spend Eternity?
Your Choice, Good works can never erase our sins.
Only Mashiach Yeshua paid for sin by His blood.
Salvation is by faith alone lest any man should boast.
The faith In Mashiach Yeshua who alone atoned for sin.
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