A Brief Walk through the Books of the New Testament - Paperbackby Tony Smith (Author) The Bible is the written Word of God that reveals to us God's purpose for His Creation. In the Old Testament, God makes it clear that mankind is separated from Him by his sin nature, and He appointed one day in the year that addressed the matters for man's sin the Day of Atonement. On the Day of Atonement, sacrificial blood was shed and taken from the sin offering in the temple, brought by the High Priest into the Most Holy