Even after returning from Babylon, Israel and Judah remained unclean, since holiness is not transferable, and animal blood could never remove sin. God has appointed a time, Daniel's seventy weeks, to cleanse and restore them, culminating at Christ's return. After Jacob's Trouble, a humbled remnant recognizes the One they pierced. God opens a fountain for sin and uncleanness, gives a new heart and His Spirit, and reunites Israel and Judah under the New Covenant. Christ ends rebellion (pesha), completes sin (chata), and reconciles iniquity (avon). The Day of Atonement pictures this reconciliation, with its two goats showing Christ's blood atoning and His bearing sins away. Cleansed, Israel becomes the nucleus of His Kingdom and an example nation to the world. Also see sermons and articles about 'Israel, Cleansing of'.

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  • Ezekiel 36:33
    ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt.
     
  • Isaiah 44:22
    I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
    And like a cloud, your sins.
    Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

     
  • Jeremiah 33:8
    I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.
     
  • Jeremiah 50:20
    In those days and in that time,” says the LORD,
    “ The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none;
    And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found;
    For I will pardon those whom I preserve.

     
  • Ezekiel 16:63
    that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” says the Lord GOD.’”
     
  • Ezekiel 37:23
    They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
     
  • Daniel 8:14
    And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”
     
  • Daniel 9:24
    "Seventy weeks are determined
    For your people and for your holy city,
    To finish the transgression,
    To make an end of sins,
    To make reconciliation for iniquity,
    To bring in everlasting righteousness,
    To seal up vision and prophecy,
    And to anoint the Most Holy.

     
  • Micah 7:18-19
    Who is a God like You,
    Pardoning iniquity
    And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
    He does not retain His anger forever,
    Because He delights in mercy.
    He will again have compassion on us,
    And will subdue our iniquities.
    You will cast all our sins
    Into the depths of the sea.

     
  • Zechariah 3:4-5
    Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, “Take away the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.” And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by.
     


Related Scriptures

  • Isaiah 44:23
    Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it!
    Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
    Break forth into singing, you mountains,
    O forest, and every tree in it!
    For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
    And glorified Himself in Israel.