Then we’re going to have to stand as a witness to God, and many will have to die. That’s just the way it is. No one loves to be a martyr. No one wants to be a martyr. No one chose to be a martyr. All the apostles were martyred. Christ was martyred. He was crucified. And so if it’s good enough for Christ, then..., brethren. Whatever we do, whenever we have any of these challenges come along, what does the word of God say. That’s what it needs to be. Not what we think, or what we do. Whether we be challenged by some doctrinal question just like Satan would say, “Well, if these days are holy unto God, why don’t other churches keep them? Why do you keep them? Only the Jews do.” You have to say, “…It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone,…” That’s why we fast on this day, brethren, so that we know we don’t live by bread or food or the physical things alone. “…But by every word of God” (vs. 4). Now I want everyone of those who are Sunday-keepers, or know Sunday-keepers, to read this and then you come and tell me or anyone else that you don’t have to keep the commandments of God, particularly the Sabbath and the holy days. Because you’ve already lost your case if you believe this. And if you don’t think that we should keep them, don’t come and tell me that you believe this, because you don’t. You may profess that you do, but in reality you don’t.

So then the temptation gets even greater. “And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time” (vs. 5). Now Jesus knew that when He would come to the fullness of the kingdom He would rule the world, correct? Jesus knew that He was to have power over all the nations, right? Didn’t the prophecy that we just read, that He was born to rule them with a rod of iron, didn’t He know that? Sure He did. So Satan’s coming along and saying, “Hey, You can have it now. I will give it to You.”

“And the devil said unto Him, All this power…”, so Satan has power. “…All this [authority- Satan has authority] power will I give Thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;…”, he says. He owns it, he controls it. It’s owned by God, but God delivered it to him, because Adam and Eve fell and did not reject him. Now notice, “…and to whomsoever I will I give it” (vs. 6).

“Whomsoever I will, I desire, I choose”, Satan says, “I give it. And I’ll give it to You, and then I will present You right here. We’re at the temple, right. We’ll go to the temple next and I will present You as the Messiah.”

So Jesus had the choice of becoming the false messiah at this point, and misuse the power of God, break the prophecies which He Himself gave, and under the great duress of having fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and being tempted the whole time, there’s a catch. Verse 7, “If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be Thine.” Satan has a kingdom. Satan has a throne. Satan deceives the world. Satan has power. Satan has authority. Satan has demons, his own angels, and he rules this world.

Now then, if you want to know who’s worshipping Satan the devil, just check out the richest people in the world and you’ve got it, because he gave it to them. Because they worship him. And how do you think the beast power is going to come in.

Let’s go to Revelation 13, and we’ll come back here and finish. Because the beast power is going to accept all of these conditions. The beast power, yes, is not only going to accept them, but he is going to promulgate them. And the false prophet is not only going to accept them and worship him, he is going to build it up. I mean we are talking about some great and awesome times which are coming.

Revelation 13:1, “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns [there it is, Satan’s system again], and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power…” That is, his dunamis, his great power. He’s going to be a powerful person. “…And his seat [throne]…” So he’s going to take over Satan’s throne. Just as Jesus said, “I overcame and am sat down in My Father’s throne”, so the beast is going to prevail with Satan and sit down with Satan in his throne. “…And [his] great authority” (Rev. 13:1-2). And that authority is going to be over all nations, and kingdoms, and kindreds, and tongues.

“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;…”, because someone is going to rise up and say, “This is of the devil”, and seek to kill it. But it won’t happen. “…And his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon…” So there will be people that worship Satan. That’s what this is all going to involve at the end. God wants to know now, “Whom are you going to worship? Are you going to worship Me and be at-one with Me? Or are you going to worship Satan and be at-one with him?” “…They worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast: who is able to make war with him?” (vs. 3-4).

And when that deadly wound was healed “…there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,…” So you see, that choice is going to involve some pretty powerful things. And unless you are at-one with God, you are going to be in serious trouble. That’s why this world can never have peace, this world can never have salvation, and we as Christians can never have peace as long as Satan the devil is here. It won’t happen. “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:…” He’s going to think that finally the victory is here. “…And power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear” (vs. 5-9). Brethren, let us hear today. Let us hear today. We cannot play around with anything to do with Satan the devil. And we can never be fully at-one with God until he is put away.

Now let’s go back to Luke 4:9. “And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple,…” So here is Jesus and the devil, correct? Yes. Where? At the temple on one of the pinnacles. “…And said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence:…” And if Jesus would have done that, I am sure that Satan would have been able to manifest himself in his full wicked glory and say, “Behold, the messiah.” And Jesus would have been the false messiah. The stakes were really great here, brethren.

He said, “…cast Thyself down from hence: for it is written [even quoting scripture and quoting it correctly], He shall give His angels charge over Thee, to keep Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” Now that is Christ referring to Himself. How dare he take the prerogatives that God has given the blessings, and tempt God to do something wrong to make God rescue Him from the evil. Now He’s not necessarily saying that Satan was tempting the Lord God, being in the person of Jesus Christ. But it’s possible to have that meaning.

“And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season” (vs. 10-13). Now we don’t know exactly how long that was, but we will see that Satan was there to bother Him all along. Let’s continue and see that.

Let’s go to Matthew 16. Let’s see how Satan was always there. Satan was always there in the person of Judas Iscariot, wasn’t he? Yes. He deliberately chose him, didn’t He? Yes. And didn’t Jesus say to the twelve when they said, “Where will we go?” And He said, “I have chosen the twelve of you, haven’t I, and one of you is a demon.” So He knew. Matthew 16, let’s see what happens. Satan the devil appeals to our human nature and to even to do things that appear good, that appear to be a righteous cause.

Matthew 16:21, “From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciple, how that He must [that means ordained, obligatory] go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him,…” Now the implication is that he actually went up and put his hands on Jesus and looked Him straight in the eye, “…saying, Be it far from Thee, Lord;…” We’re going to keep this thing from You. We’re not going to let this happen Lord. “…This shall not be unto Thee” (Matt. 16:21-22).

“But He turned, and said unto Peter,…” Notice this. This wasn’t the first time that Satan was after Peter. Notice, He said, “…Get thee behind Me, Satan:…”, because it was ordained that He do this in order to pay for the sins of the world. It was ordained that He do this to overcome Satan. It was ordained this that He do this to bring salvation to those that He calls. It was ordained that He do this so that the world could receive forgiveness of their sins in God’s plan and time. He said, “Get thee behind Me, Satan: thou art an offence unto Me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men” (vs. 23). Isn’t it mans way to rise up and do something good? “Get you behind Me Satan.” So Satan was there dogging Jesus all of the time.

Let’s go to Mark 4 and let’s see that Satan can take away. Satan can take away, if you let him, that which is sown in your heart. Let’s pick it up in verse 15. The sower sows the word, verse 14. “And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.” So Satan can take it away. How can he take it away? By coming in with his little missiles of temptation. By coming in to put doubt in your mind. By coming in to take it away from you by deceitfully using the scriptures so that you can give up the word of God. So Satan can take it away if you let him do it. And he will.

Now, he can also put it into someones heart to do something. Just put in your notes here, Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphira. “Why did you let Satan put it in your heart to lie.” So Satan can put in, Satan can take out. Satan can also enter into. Remember at the last Passover when they wanted to know who would betray Jesus. And John leaned back on Jesus chest and asked, “Who is it Lord?” And Jesus said, “The one to whom I dip the sop and give it.” So He dipped the sop and gave it to Judas, and immediately Satan entered into him and he departed and Jesus said, “Go do what you have to do. Do it quickly.” Who do you think was there stirring up the strife when they were striving as to who was to be the greatest? Do you think that was of the Spirit of God? No. That’s why Jesus said, “I want you to understand one thing, you’re not to be arguing who’s to be the greatest. You’re not to be like the great ones and the kings of the Gentiles to lord it over their subjects. But you are to be serving. And the greatest among you is the one who serves.” And may every minister burn that in their brain forever. Because if you don’t you’re taking Satan’s part in trying to administer the church.

Satan can come and destroy. Job 1. Satan can come before the presence of God, can’t he? Yes. Remember the account there where the sons of God, being the angels of God came before God, and Satan was there in their midst and God said, “Well, where have you been?” He said, “Oh, walking to and fro in the midst of the earth.” So Satan can come before God until that final war in heaven when he’s cast down to the earth. Now you see, that’s why another ritual with the Day of Atonement is so most important.

Let’s go to Leviticus 16. This is the most unusual ceremony and sacrifice, which is commanded to be on the Day of Atonement, of any that there is in the whole Bible. And in some ways this is also a bit enigmatic because some people think that both of these goats are for God. And we will see that it is not, because we need to understand that it’s impossible to do away with sin unless Satan is removed. You can never be at-one with God until Satan is removed. Look at what it was with the disciples where we just read it there with Peter coming to Jesus. Satan was right there. Ok.

Now let’s come to Leviticus 16. You can read the account of how the high priest was to make himself all cleansed, put on the white garments. And the high priest could go into the holy of holies. The only time he could be at-one with God was on the Day of Atonement, and he represented the whole people. But here is what he was to do in addition to his own sacrifices, which he offered for himself, for the nation, and for the priesthood.

Verse 5, “And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.” And that ram was the normal sin offering, which they gave. “And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house” (Lev. 14:5-6). You see, the priest had to do this for himself because he was sinful too, so he had to be purified for himself and his house.

Then after he did that, verse 7, “And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.” Now here is what has to happen. God has to make the choice. God has to show which one is His sin offering. Which one then was to be for the Lord. “And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat [azazel]” (vs. 7-8). Now Azazel is another name for Satan, and rightly applied so. Now, the two goats do not represent the sacrifice for God. One is for the LORD, the other is for Azazel. Now some people say, as we will come to it, that when Aaron confessed the sins over the head of the second goat to be sent out into the wilderness, that that was Christ bearing our sins and taking them away. No, no, no. Because you have to account for the author of sin. And the author of sin must be dealt with in a different way than the sins that we have forgiven. And Satan is the one who has the power to reach in, he has the power to influence us. And so we cannot truly be without sin until Satan is removed. And what he does to us, we cannot repent of because we are not Satan. And let’s understand something most clear, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ does not pay for the sins of Satan the devil. He bears those on his own head.

Now let’s read on. “And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the [azazel] scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness” (vs. 9-10).

Now let’s come over and see how these things were done. Verse 15, “Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people,…” He’s already taken care of himself, and the tabernacle, and everything. Now the only thing left is the congregation, the children of Israel, the people. “…And bring his blood within the veil [that’s Christ coming for the forgiveness of our sins], and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: and he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins:…” (vs. 15-16).

Now let’s go back and analyze this verse. He shall make an atonement for the holy place because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins. Now if they had all their sins forgiven, which they did, why then confess all the sins upon the goat that’s led away, unless this has another function entirely? All their sins are forgiven here. All their uncleanness, “…all the transgressions in all of their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel” (vs. 16).

Now, question: when you sin and you repent, is it forgiven? Yes. Do you cease sinning? No. When will you cease sinning? When you’re made a spirit being. Ok? When you have repented of your sins, and when it has been forgiven you, who is there to still tempt you? Satan, the devil. So you cannot, you cannot completely be at-one with God and get rid of sin until Satan is removed. That’s why the azazel ceremony. It is not two aspects to one atonement of Christ. It is the two aspects to removing of sin. Number one being the atonement of God, and number two to make the atonement complete by confessing all the sins over the head of the live goat and to send it away. And the wilderness, surely can never be likened unto God’s throne in heaven above. The wilderness, if you read Jeremiah 17… Here hold you place, let’s go to Jeremiah 17 for just a minute and let’s see who the wilderness is reserved for. That is not sending another aspect of Christ up to heaven to take away our sins. That is done in the first sacrifice in the sprinkling of the blood before the mercy seat.

Now let’s pick it up here in Jeremiah 17:5, “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert [that’s the wilderness], and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited” (Jer. 17:5-6). That’s why the goat was sent out there. And that’s why it was sent out alive, because it’s removing the author of sin, who comes before the presence of God to accuse us day and night, just like in the book of Job. So sin must be accounted for. As I have said, Satan is there in all the important part. He was there to tempt Adam and Eve. He was there when they sinned, and now he must be removed. And all of the responsibility of everything that he has ever done in the temptations and sins that he has caused and perpetrated upon all people must be laid upon his head because he alone is responsible and there is no sacrifice for his sins. That’s why this goat is sent out alive bearing the sins of the children of Israel, which he was responsible for.

Now let’s pick it up here in Leviticus 16:20. “And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins,…” Remember they’ve already been atoned for by the goat that was sacrificed and the blood brought within the holy of holies. So here he is doing this to place it all upon the head of this goat. Isn’t it interesting, one of the symbols of Satan the devil is a goat. And isn’t it interesting that only God can reveal the true Savior and the false savior. That only God can reveal the true God and the false god. That’s why these two goats, when they were presented, they got two goats that looked nearly identical as possible. So the lot had to be cast so that God would choose His sacrifice, and God would choose which one was Satan to put the sins of all the people upon the head of the goat.

“…And all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited [away from human beings]: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness” (vs. 21-22). And then they have to come back and cleanse themselves, and so forth. And the man who would come back would cleanse himself.

And it says right here in verse 29, “And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: for on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:…” (vs. 29-32). And aren’t we to have linen clothes put on us, and isn’t Christ, isn’t He dressed with white linen clothes as our High Priest? Yes.

“And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses” (vs. 33-34).

Now then, there’s something else that’s very interesting with the sacrifice of Christ. And Ira Hatch mentioned this to me. And I think that there is something to it. I have not had time to study through to find out the substance of it. There may be something to it. I do not know. But we have to know this, that on the day that Jesus died the one who was let go, Barabbas, he was let go, wasn’t he? There was also another one that was possessed of Satan the devil that got off, and that was Judas Iscariot.

Now what happened to Judas Iscariot? He went to a place uninhabited. He went to a place over the valley of Hinnom where the fire of gehenna is going to be and hung himself and his bowels burst forth. Now many times when they would take the goat out into the wilderness, they would go ahead and push him over a cliff. Could that be symbolic of what happened to Judas Iscariot? I do not know, but I think that it is something that we need to at least consider in this whole situation concerning the sins that Satan caused, the sins that Judas Iscariot did when Satan entered into him to betray and to kill Christ.

Now let’s go on a little bit further. Let’s understand some things here. Let’s see the fulfillment of this spiritually. Let’s go to Revelation 20, because when Christ returns one of the first things He’s going to do is get rid of Satan the devil. He’s going to have an angel take him and bind him just exactly like the strong man who took the goat which was for azazel, led him off into the wilderness away from the people. So the angel is going to come and take Satan and bind him a thousand years, and he’s going to be put away from the people, because the kingdom of God cannot start until Satan is removed. You can’t have righteousness as long as Satan is there. You cannot have right government as long as Satan is there. You cannot have right religion universally for the whole world as long as Satan is there. Nothing can be done to implement the bringing of the kingdom of God until Babylon is destroyed, and Satan is removed. That’s why all of these movements of one-worlders, the kingdom now, and we’re going to make the kingdom now, just is not true. It isn’t going to happen that way at all. Just isn’t true whatsoever.

Now let’s pick it up here in Revelation 20:1. “And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit…”, or the abyss - and that will be the wilderness during the millennium. And wherever the abyss is that’s where it’s going to be. “…And a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season” (Rev. 20:1-3). Well we’ll cover that when we come to it on the Last Great Day.

However, we need to understand something here most important. That Satan has to be removed just like the goat for azazel has to be removed. Satan has to be removed. So I think that that is the proper and the true explanation, as a matter of fact, convinced beyond any shadow of doubt that that is the true explanation of Leviticus 16, that one goat is for the LORD, one goat is for azazel, and the fulfillment of that is in Revelation 20.

Now let’s go back to Psalm 109. This is quite a Psalm, and this talks about how, actually how Satan has ruled the world, as it were, and what he has done to this earth. “Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise; for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me [and that’s what’s happening right today in this society]: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue” (Psa. 109:1-2). Now just picture not only this society, but picture this in the person of Jesus. All of these things happening to Jesus. And remember, Jesus was wholly alone. He put no trust in any man because he knew what was in them.

“They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.” Sure is of Christ, isn’t it? “For my love they are my adversaries:…” That is, for my love of God they are my adversaries. “…But I give myself unto prayer.” So just think of this as Christ and the battle against Satan and his forces. “And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set Thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.” That’s exactly what happened. “When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.” That’s what happens to all of those who are professing all of these doctrines of Satan the devil. “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” A prophecy of what? Judas Iscariot, right? Yes, let another take his office, correct? Remember when they had to cast lots to see who would be the replacement for Judas Iscariot? This is what they quoted. “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour” (vs. 3-11). And on and on, all the things that God shows that’s going to happen to the wicked.

Now down here in verse 17. “As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.” Is this a prophecy of Judas Iscariot hanging himself and his bowels bursting open? Could very well be. Was he not possessed of Satan the devil? Yes. “Let it be unto him as a garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul” (vs. 17-20).

Now let’s come down here to verse 21. “But do Thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for Thy name’s sake: because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.” Did that not happen to Christ? Didn’t He say that “I am poor and needy and humble, and take upon my yolk and follow Me?” Yes, He did. “I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.” Could this also be of the prophecy of the 40 days and 40 nights when He was under this great temptation? “My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. I became also a reproach unto them:…” So you see many of the Psalms blend in and out from one event to another event. It goes from part of the time from the crucifixion to another time when He was in the temptation, and part of the time the evil one, and part of the time to Satan, and part of the time to the evil people, and part of the time to Judas Iscariot. So, all of these Psalms blend in. “I am become a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.” And they say what? If God delighted in you, if you be the Son of God, come down off the cross and then we’ll believe you. “Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to Thy mercy:” (vs. 21-26).

Verse 29, “Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude. For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul” (vs. 29-31). Was that not about Christ? Was He not saved from death? Yes. Doesn’t it say there in Hebrews 5 that He had to pray with cryings and tears, strong cryings and tears unto Him Who is able to save Him from death? Yes.

Now let’s go back to Psalm 108. Let’s see how Jesus kept Himself in the way that He ought to be. And here’s what we need to do, and here’s the ultimate of what we need to do to be at-one with God today. “O GOD, my heart is fixed;…” At-one with God, totally on God, loving God, serving God. “…I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.” Then he goes on saying here, verse 4. “For Thy mercy is great above the heavens: and Thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.” Let’s come on down here to verse 12. “Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for He it is that shall tread down our enemies” (Psa. 108:1, 4, 12-13).

Now let’s come over here to Psalm 110:1. “The LORD said unto my Lord [this is actually Jehovah said to Jehovah, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” And what is the last enemy which is to be destroyed? Death. Death is the last enemy. Sin is the last enemy. Getting rid of Satan is getting rid of the one who causes all of this, and causes all of the death.

Now let’s go to Revelation 20 and we will see the final fulfillment of the Day of Atonement, because there are two fulfillment’s of the Day of Atonement in Revelation 20. Verse 10. Here is the final fulfillment of the Day of Atonement when Satan will be destroyed, cast into the lake of fire. “Where he destroyed” can mean destroy him as a being, but also destroy everything that he does and stands for, and puts him in the lake of fire.

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are [were cast], and [they] shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” “They” refers to Satan and the demons. So before we can go into the second resurrection and the great white throne judgment, before we can go into New Jerusalem and God the Father coming on earth to be with His family, Satan has to be put away forever. And this is the final fulfillment of it in Revelation 20:10.

So that’s why, brethren, this Day of Atonement is so important, and why we fast and do no work at all on this day. We’ll see you at the feast. And if not, we’ll see you on video.