THE DAY OF ATONEMENT «YOM KIPPUR»

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, YHWH will shine forth. Our YHWH shall come, and shall not keep silent; a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people: «Gather My saints together to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice». Let the heavens declare His righteousness, for YHWH Himself is Judge. «Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am YHWH, your Elohim!»

Behold, the day of YHWH is coming! Fierce, with wrath and raging anger–to make the land and the whole earth a desolation and to destroy out of it its sinners. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened at its rising and the moon will not shed its light. And I, YHWH, will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their guilt and iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible and the boasting of the violent and ruthless. I will make a man more rare than fine gold, and mankind scarcer than the pure gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth shall be shaken out of its place at the wrath of  YHWH of hosts (Tzva’ot ) in the day of His fierce anger.   

Come close, you nations, and listen! Pay close attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and everything in it; the world, with all it produces. For  YHWH is angry at every nation, furious with all their armies; he has completely destroyed them, handed them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, the stench will rise from their corpses, the mountains will flow with their blood […] «For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven; now it descends on Edom to judge them, the people I have doomed to destruction». There is a sword that belongs to YHWH […]For YHWH has a day of vengeance, a year of requital for fighting with Tziyon. Its streams will be changed to tar, its dust to sulfur, its land burning tar that will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. In all generations it will lie waste; no one will pass through it ever again.

For behold, YHWH will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword YHWH will judge all flesh. And the slain of YHWH shall be many. “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, eating swine’s meat and the abomination and the mouse (obscene meal of pigs/swine and mice), shall be consumed together,” says YHWH! For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.

In the past, YHWH overlooked such ignorance; but now he is commanding all people everywhere to turn to him from their sins. For he has set a Day when he will judge the inhabited world, and do it justly, by means of a man whom he has designated. And he has given public proof of it by resurrecting this man from the dead.

The people were in a state of great expectancy, and everyone was wondering whether perhaps Yochanan (John) himself might be the Messiah; so Yochanan answered them all, “I am immersing you in water, but He who is coming is more powerful than I – I’m not worthy to untie His sandals! He will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) and in fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Then I watched as he broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, the sun turned black as sackcloth worn in mourning, and the full moon became blood-red. The stars fell from heaven to earth just as a fig tree drops its figs when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the earth’s kings, the rulers, the generals, the rich and the mighty-indeed, everyone, slave and free, hid himself in caves and among the rocks in the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, «Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the throne and from the fury of the Lamb! For the Great Day of their fury has come, and who can stand?»

Then the seventh angel sounded: and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, «The Kingdom of this world has become the kingdoms of our YHWH and of His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever!» And the twenty-four elders who sat before YHWH on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped YHWH, saying: «We give You thanks, O YHWH Almighty, the One who is and who was and who is to come, because You have taken Your great power and reigned. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth». Then the Temple of YHWH was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.  

Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth – to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people – saying with a loud voice, “Fear YHWH and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”  

Next I saw heaven opened, and there before me was a white horse. Sitting on it was the one called Faithful and True, and it is in righteousness that He passes judgment and goes to battle. His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on His head were many royal crowns. And He had a name written which no one knew but Himself. He was wearing a robe that had been soaked in blood, and the name by which He is called is, «the Word of YHWH». The armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses. And out of His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down nations – «He will rule them with a staff of iron». It is He who treads the winepress from which flows the wine of the furious rage of YHWH, Elohim of heaven’s armies. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: «King of kings and Master of masters».

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great YHWH, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Ps.50:2; Is.13:9; Is.34:1; Is. 66:15; Act.17:30; Lk.3:15; Rev.6:12; Rev.11:15; Rev.14:6; Rev.19:11; Rev.19:17