The First Yom Kippur at Mount Sinai

The first Yom Kippur, a day of atonement, occurred at Mount Sinai after the Exodus from Egypt. While Moses was receiving the Torah, including the Ten Commandments, from Elohim on Mount Sinai, the children of Israel made and worshiped a golden calf. When Moses descended from the mountaintop and discovered their sin, in his furious anger, he broke the tablets. Nevertheless, after he chastised them, made them drink the ashes of the calf in the water, and 3,000 idol worshippers died, he returned to Yah on Mount Sinai in order to make atonement for their sin. Think about that when we read this and what He said about making atonement.

In Exodus 32:30-33, it is written, "Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, 'You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord. Perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.' Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, 'Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold. Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.' And the Lord said to Moses, 'Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.'"

Most Bible scholars and historians will place the golden calf catastrophe on the biblical date of Tammuz 17th. Subsequently, Moses went back up to the mountain for the second time for 40 days and 40 nights to intercede for them. However, there was no assurance of Yahw's forgiveness. Finally, Moses went up Mount Sinai for the final segment of 40 days and 40 nights to intercede for the forgiveness of the nation of Israel, which was the new moon of Elul, the month of repentance or the month of forgiveness. Accordingly, if Moses was up 40 days and 40 nights on Mount Sinai, then the 40th day would be on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. In other words, Yah forgave the nation of Israel, and Moses received the new tablets of stone on the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. And just like Moses, Yeshua will receive the same verdict from the Almighty on the Day of Atonement, as the Jewish people repent and receive the Lamb of God, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham, as their Messiah and King. Yeshua will meet them at Mount Sinai face to face for one final time to reveal that He is their Redeemer from Zion, the Anointed One, and the Holy One of Israel.

So, before we move on, I want to go through something really quick before we get to Ezekiel 20, which goes through the Mount Sinai meeting again. But my friends, we've gone through this trajectory that Moses was up on Mount Sinai, three sets of 40. Deuteronomy 9, we'll go through that with you very clearly. But what happened is, again, Shavuot to Tammuz 17th, or the fourth month, the 17th day, that's 40 days. As you can see on the calendar, Shavuot to Tammuz 17th is 40 days. That was the first 40. And they built the golden calf. He came down, killed 3,000 people, and went back up on Tammuz 18th. Then came back down the day before Elul 1. That's the second set of 40. Again, Deuteronomy 9. I'll go through that with you. And then he went back up on the last day of the last 40, from Elul 1 to Tishrei 10. There are only 29 days in Elul. So, it goes 10 extra days into Tishrei, the Day of Atonement, which is pretty phenomenal when you think about it from Moses's standpoint.

So, what was Moses doing during that time? He was interceding for the people. If you go read him, he was interceding for the people. He asked God to show him His glory. He said, "I'll show you my goodness. We'll pass before you." And then he said, "Please go before us, because we don't even want to go if you don't go in front of us." So, he came down Mount Sinai on the Day of Atonement with the new tablets. It's totally amazing. A new beginning. The verdict was sealed for good.

Think about the verdicts on Trumpets to Yom Kippur were weighed in the balance. Moses was dealing with the balance on Mount Sinai for especially 10 days, but even through the month of Elul as well, to repent for the people. He was more concerned about God's character and the people than himself. Isn't that amazing? Today, you don't find that. But he was more concerned with that. He was more concerned about God's reputation, because Yah wanted to destroy them. And he said, "No, please remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the promises to the people. You know, please blot me out." And he said what he said.

So, my friends, this is a beautiful time of intercession. And I know you, most of you guys know these things, especially during the 10 days. Moses got the righteous rendered verdict. Yeshua got the righteous rendered verdict from the time of testing. Jonah, excuse me, the Assyrians got the righteous rendered verdict when after 40 days. Joseph got the righteous rendered verdict on the Feast of Trumpets. Nebuchadnezzar didn't get the—he got the righteous rendered verdict, but it was exile, because of his behavior. But he still got the verdict at that time. So, my friends, this is a very important time, as we keep saying this stuff. Feast of Trumpets to Yom Kippur, you're weighed in the balance, whether people know it or not. Nations are weighed in the balance, whether they know it or not. And then the verdicts are given.

Remember these solar eclipses that we've had on the Feast of Trumpets the last two years? Remember those? We don't have it this year, but the last two years on the Feast of Trumpets, we had two solar eclipses. Now, go look at the Middle East. Go look at Venezuela. Go look at everywhere. Go look at European countries. Go look at Russia, Ukraine. Go look at the verdicts that are being given, and go look at the trajectory that all these nations are on, because that's when the books are open for the nations. So, the last two years, we had two solar eclipses, year after year. And go look at what the nations have done since that time. Judgment on the nations.

So, again, my friends, it's all over the place how this works. Even the constellation of Tishrei, or the seventh month, is Libra, if you want to call it that: weighed in the balance scales. So, there's a reason why the scales are on this month and not on Passover, or Nisan, or on Sivan, or Kislev, or next month, during this month, because we're weighed in the balance. And the scriptures do point to that over and over again, with Jonah, with Nebuchadnezzar, with Joseph, with Yeshua, with Moses, with Israel, with goodness, it keeps—Belshazzar, with Daniel 5. It keeps going on, but we have to understand how it works on the calendar. Like I said, it all goes back into understanding the trajectory of the calendar. And then when we read the scriptures, like, "Oh, okay, well, that happened during this time because that's when they got the verdict."

When Yeshua gets the verdict in Daniel 7 and Psalm 2, please read those. That's going to be on the Feast of Trumpets when the verdicts are given, because He is returning on the Feast of Trumpets. So, my friends, it's all over the place to try to put this all together, but we have to understand the times and the seasons and how God orchestrated these things through the scriptures. But we've got to know the knowledge so that we can put that together.

When we read Genesis 41, Joseph got the righteous rendered verdict after two full years. Man, that's pretty amazing to put together. On the Feast of Trumpets, he got the righteous rendered verdict, released from prison. That's pretty amazing to me. Then Nebuchadnezzar, then Yeshua, Moses, you name it. It goes forward and forward with this knowledge that we can share with other people, because this is a very important time, and a very important day to get with the Most High, to repent, and really get with Him, with you, your family, your friends, whoever He's got you to intercede for, your nation. I mean, all nations need prayer right now.

So, this is a super important time, the 10 days, or the Days of Awe, however you want to call it. There's a very important time from Feast of Trumpets to the Feast of Yom Kippur, when the verdicts are sealed one way or the other. So, we've got to really receive that and understand that it's a very important time with the Most High God. Amen. And amen and amen.