The Day of Atonement

The month Tishri had historically been used as the first month of the Hebrew Year. That changed when God commanded Moses to make the 1st Passover the first month of their year. It was at the 1st Passover when Israel left Egypt that the saga of sacred feast days began. The Feast of Passover celebrated the anniversary of Israel's deliverance from Egypt. The Feast of Pentecost marked the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai some 50 days after the crossing of the Red Sea. But the two tablets of stone upon which the Law was written were destroyed by Moses at the base of Mount Sinai when he found the children of Israel worshiping a golden calf. The question is, did it alter God's redemptive plan for the human race and leave it highly flawed?

Richard O. Govier (1928-2018) was a Protestant pastor and missionary and travelled the world in that capacity. He planted a number of churches as well as training pastors who served in Brazil, Chile, Argentina and across the United States.