Feasts - Atonement

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Feasts - Atonement

Small Group Questions Scott Parker August 14, 2016 - 1633 1. Define your image of "holiness".

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“Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. “Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the LORD and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel. . . When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.” Leviticus 16:5–10 (NLT)

2. Atonement means to cover. Before you started your relationship with Jesus, how did you "cover" or make right your sins? Before God?

Yom Kippur --

4. Read Leviticus 16:5-10. Discuss the idea of "scapegoat". Why do you think God had the people observe this commandment?

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3. Read Leviticus 23:26-32. How many times is the word deny used? How or when do you do this in your relationship with Jesus? See Luke 9:23-27.

“But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.” Hebrews 7:27 (NLT) “Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp. So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood.” Hebrews 13:11–12 (NLT)

5. Read Hebrews 7:26-27. How does Jesus' sacrifice for your sins influence your view of sin in the world and in your personal life?

6. Read Hebrews 13:13-14. Since "this world is not our permanent home", how would someone observing your life know this to be true of you?

Yom Kippur --

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“So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore. For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.” Hebrews 13:13–14 (NLT)

7. Hebrews states we are looking forward to a home yet to come. How can you and your small group cultivate this expectancy in your lives?