Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Some may ask, "What is this great 'Day of Atonement' when God calls for a special repentance from His people?" It is His final work in the Most Holy Apartment of the heavenly sanctuary. Christ Himself as great High Priest in His sanctuary is totally dedicated to bringing an end to the sin and suffering on this earth. Are we not called to understand, to be in full sympathy with Him?
The cosmic Day of Atonement is just what its name says--the Day of final reconciliation ("atonement" means at-one-with). It is not a difficult idea to grasp:
(1) It's when the alienated heart of humanity is at last fully reconciled to God and His holy law. Not that every human will submit to this work of "at-one-with"; many will refuse to their bitter end. But the Lord will succeed in winning a "remnant" to full oneness with Himself.
(2) They will demonstrate what "all men" could experience if only they would. This "remnant" will at last fully appreciate Christ for what He is. They will "grow up" out of the immaturity of "children" "unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ," "speaking the truth in love [agape]" (Eph. 4:13-15). Thus as their peers, in principle, they will "judge" all humanity.
(3) Opposed and ridiculed, they will "follow the Lamb [the crucified Christ] whithersoever He goeth. ... In their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God" (Rev. 14:1-5). This is generally thought of as an impossible chimera. But if it doesn't happen, Christ will forever remain embarrassed and discredited. He died specifically to achieve this goal.
(4) But this "remnant" will never be conscious that they honor Christ. The more like Him they grow to be through sanctification of the Spirit, the more unworthy will they feel themselves to be. In the final Judgment they will not assume that Christ is inviting them, "Come, ye blessed of My Father." They will look around expecting Him to call others, not themselves (see Matt. 25:31-40).
(5) Fully at-one with Him, a group will "overcome even as [He] overcame" (Rev. 3:21). His Bride will have "made herself ready" for "the marriage of the Lamb" (19:1-8). Finally--His triumph!
(6) Then at last the sacrifice of Christ will have been fully vindicated--He, not they, glorified.
(7) Daniel and Revelation clearly teach that the hour of this great Day of Atonement is NOW.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 25, 2003.
Copyright © 2011 by Robert J. Wieland.
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