Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement is the highest holy day of the Jewish calendar. In today’s lesson, we take a look at the text from Leviticus while remembering the Jewish community who just observed this significant day last week.
As the title of the lesson is penned, Micah was called to stand firm for God against such corruption and speak of the judgment that was to happen against both Israel and Judah.
We find in this week’s lesson followers of Christ not so different from us. They have wrestled with the reality of unmet expectations when Christ is crucified.
In today’s lesson we learn 10 of the 12 spies discouraged the people by suggesting that they could not inherit the land promised by God. The children of Israel rebelled against God, and as a result, He decreed that they wander in the desert for 40 years, with their children entering the promise land instead of them.