Episode 45: The Guilty One Is Set Free (Yom Kippur)

We help Christians make sense of their roots so they can help the Jewish people make sense of Jesus.

On this episode of The Jewish Road Podcast:

We look at the Jewish High Holy Day of Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement.

This holiday has roots in the Old and New Testaments, and its implications are still relevant to how we live today.

Imagine being the Israelites in the wilderness and having your community's sin cast onto the head of a goat set free in the wilderness, never to return again. Or imagine being a Jewish follower of Jesus as he hung on that cursed tree. He who knew no sin became sin on our behalf. At his death, sin was removed, and the guilty ones were set free.

All of this, plus what all of this has to do with the face-off between Jesus, Barabbas, and Pilate, makes for a fascinating exploration of this holiday and its implications for us today.

Intro + Outro music
by Joshua Royal. Interlude + Engineering by Noah Davis.