This is a repost of 2021 and 2023 Atonement sermon, so the dates in the sermon video apply to 2021. This year 2024, Day of Atonement is Saturday Oct 12 on the Hebrew calendar. Some keep it on other days. Otherwise, all the information is timeless. How can a day we afflict ourselves in fasting be a positively joyous day? What is the Day of Atonement all about? Is it a day of covering (Yom Kippur) or coverings, plural? Is it really about punishment, God’s wrath, God’s judgment – as so many believe? And is this day really largely about Satan as the azazel goat, and having him be put away with sins placed on him? Or can Satan have ANY part in this precious holy atoning day? Shouldn’t our emphasis be on the goat that was killed for atonement -- as well as the goat of departure (azazel) and all that those two kid goats tell us about God’s plan for the future? Who was allowed to work, and worked hard, on this Day? And why must we do NO work at all on this day? What does Kippur or Kippurim mean? May the true meaning of this day fill your heart with joy.