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On Yom Kippur, YHVH commanded the Priest to bring two animals for sacrifice at the Tabernacle as described in Leviticus 16. After sacrificing a bull on his own behalf, he would take two goats on behalf of the nation. After casting lots, he sacrificed one animal as the sin offering. The second was called the Azazel or scapegoat. The priest would symbolically lay the sins of the people on the head of the goat and this scapegoat would then be led away by a ‘fit man’ to a place outside of the camp.
This particular sacrifice would occur once a year, and was just a temporary covering for sin for the nation. Year after year the Israelites repeated this tradition to ensure sins were covered and names were sealed in the Book of Life. But there has been no Temple for over 2000 years and no sacrifice for Atonement either.
But Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, was always meant to be a symbol of pointing to something to come—something much greater and something to celebrate. That something is a ‘Someone’ ….Yeshua! He came and willingly laid down His life for the sins of all people. In doing so, He splashed His blood all over the streets of Jerusalem, the City of the Great King. The blood of Yeshua, which we claim for ourselves, atoned for our sin; His resurrection provided for our salvation.
The scapegoat was to be taken, by a ‘fit’ man, outside the camp and led away…. carrying all the sins of the nation symbolically on his head. Much of Israel has missed its visitation by the ‘Someone’. We pray for the revelation of the Jewish Messiah to come to them.
In Lev. 16 different words are used to describe the sin of God’s covenant people: “uncleannesses”; “transgressions”; “iniquities” and “sins”. All four words are plural to show the vastness, frequency and utter depravity of humanity. Yeshua dealt with all of them at the cross.
Isaiah 53: 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul and be satisfied. By His Knowledge My Righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Yeshua is the fit man….and the fit man was taken outside the camp and led away to carry our sins away. We are blessed to plead the blood of the sacrifice Lamb, Yeshua, over our lives. We are forgiven and we are loved by the One who created us. He certainly went to a lot of trouble and time and pain to pay the price for His Bride. His strategies are working and His tactics will result in the salvation of many.
Read Psalm 100-102
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Psalm 100-102
100 Shout with joy before the Lord, O earth! 2 Obey him gladly; come before him, singing with joy.
3 Try to realize what this means—the Lord is God! He made us—we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Go through his open gates with great thanksgiving; enter his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is always good. He is always loving and kind, and his faithfulness goes on and on to each succeeding generation.
This particular sacrifice would occur once a year, and was just a temporary covering for sin for the nation. Year after year the Israelites repeated this tradition to ensure sins were covered and names were sealed in the Book of Life. But there has been no Temple for over 2000 years and no sacrifice for Atonement either.
But Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, was always meant to be a symbol of pointing to something to come—something much greater and something to celebrate. That something is a ‘Someone’ ….Yeshua! He came and willingly laid down His life for the sins of all people. In doing so, He splashed His blood all over the streets of Jerusalem, the City of the Great King. The blood of Yeshua, which we claim for ourselves, atoned for our sin; His resurrection provided for our salvation.
- Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
- With the shedding of His blood there is no further sacrifice for sin.
The scapegoat was to be taken, by a ‘fit’ man, outside the camp and led away…. carrying all the sins of the nation symbolically on his head. Much of Israel has missed its visitation by the ‘Someone’. We pray for the revelation of the Jewish Messiah to come to them.
In Lev. 16 different words are used to describe the sin of God’s covenant people: “uncleannesses”; “transgressions”; “iniquities” and “sins”. All four words are plural to show the vastness, frequency and utter depravity of humanity. Yeshua dealt with all of them at the cross.
Isaiah 53: 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul and be satisfied. By His Knowledge My Righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Yeshua is the fit man….and the fit man was taken outside the camp and led away to carry our sins away. We are blessed to plead the blood of the sacrifice Lamb, Yeshua, over our lives. We are forgiven and we are loved by the One who created us. He certainly went to a lot of trouble and time and pain to pay the price for His Bride. His strategies are working and His tactics will result in the salvation of many.
Read Psalm 100-102
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Psalm 100-102
100 Shout with joy before the Lord, O earth! 2 Obey him gladly; come before him, singing with joy.
3 Try to realize what this means—the Lord is God! He made us—we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Go through his open gates with great thanksgiving; enter his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is always good. He is always loving and kind, and his faithfulness goes on and on to each succeeding generation.