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3. It was typical of the preaching of the gospel, by which joyful sound souls were to be called in to serve God and keep a spiritual feast to him. The conversion of the nations to the faith of Christ is said to be by the blowing of a great trumpet, Isa 27:13.
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the Lord.
26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of
atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
A repetition of the law of the day of atonement, that is, so much of it as concerned the people.
1. They must on this day rest from all manner of work, and not only from servile works as on other annual festivals; must it be as strict a rest as that of the weekly sabbath, Le 23:28,30,31. The reason is: For it is a day of atonement. Note, The humbling of our souls for sin, and the making of our peace with God, is work that requires the whole man, and the closest application of mind imaginable, and all little enough. He that would do the work of a day of atonement in its day, as it should be done, had need lay aside the thoughts of every thing else. On that day God spoke peace unto his people, and unto his saints; and therefore they must lay aside all their worldly business, that they might the more clearly and the more reverently hear that voice of joy and gladness. Fasting days should be days of rest.
2. They must afflict their souls, and this upon pain of being cut off by the hand of God, Le 23:27,29,32. They must mortify the body, and deny the appetites of it, in token of their sorrow for the sins they had committed, and the mortifying of their indwelling corruptions. Every soul must