Posted By: Elle
Is the Scapegoat Satan or Jesus ? - 03/24/10 05:53 PM
Here's something I got from another forum. Quite a shaking study.
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Azazel -- The (misunderstood)Scapegoat of Leviticus 16
..........by Doug Goslin
This study is an attempt to help us understand the depth of the atonement in relation to the two goats of Leviticus 16. Please understand that this writer knows nothing yet as I should and yet I do know that I was meant to be one with God, at-one-meant which was made possible at the cross. The Day of Atonement was a shadow of the true atonement and that atonement was experienced by the apostles.
It was both the death and resurrection of Christ that makes us one with God, not just His death. Most believers understand the good news in the death and resurrection of the Son of God and understand that without the resurrection their can be no atonement.
For many years I unknowingly deceived many people that the death and the resurrection was not enough to make us one with God. For this I repent and ask those of you that I have deceived to forgive me. I believed this was taught in the types and shadows of the Levitical priesthood but I was wrong.
For example, the Passover was connected to the exodus from Egypt and the sacrificial lamb represented Christ. The feast of unleavened bread represented getting sin out of the life. Then there was the evening and morning sacrifices, the wave sheaf, Pentecost, etc. All of them had sacrifices connected with them and a specific meaning but the feast that had the most meaning of all the feasts was the Day of Atonement.
The Day of Atonement was the only day of the year that the High Priest put on the white linen garments and entered within the veil to the Most Holy Place.
The Day of Atonement happened one day in the year because this was the day that God the Father made His children one with Him. The priests entered many times during the year into the outer court and into the holy place but only once into the Most Holy that was within the veil and notice that he wore special white linen garments for this occasion.
Why Two Goats?
The two goats were kid goats or under a year old which depicts innocence and they were taken from inside the camp of Israel which at that time was considered a holy nation. The word "Israel" means to be an over comer with God. The fact that Aaron had to cast lots upon the two goats, means that both goats had to be innocent and without spot or blemish because the lot could have fell on either one. So the goats had to represent something pure and innocent.
But, if they both represented Christ, why did there have to be two goats?
We know that when an animal dies it has no resurrection. It's spirit goes downward. We have two goats in this "shadow" because there are two parts to the plan of redemption, the death and the resurrection. The sin offering and the atonement was a two-fold plan and one goat could not have represented twofold plan.
There was another service where two birds were required for the cleansing of a person with infectious disease. The priest was to take two birds, and slay one of them and the other was dipped in its blood and then released. Lev. 14:1-7. There are differences in the two services. For example the scapegoat was not dipped in the blood of the slain goat. However there are similarities, as one bird being slain and the other released. There is no doubt that the slain bird represented Jesus’ shed blood setting people free from the condemnation of sin and forgiveness through the shed blood. The bird set free represents Jesus removing the sins and setting people free from the penalty of sin which is death.
The two goats make a complete atonement as well as the two birds.
Step One -- The Sin Offering
This represented the cleansing of mankind from all his sin, Remember a most holy God must dwell in holy places.
Here we have the sin offering. The first kid goat that was innocent without blemish representing Christ. "He that knew no sin became sin for us." The blood was shed and brought into the most holy and an atonement is made before the mercy seat. The blood is sprinkled seven times representing completeness and perfection of the cleansing that took place.
Step Two -- The Atonement
The innocent Christ was raised from the dead where His offering was accepted by the Father. This is represented by the second (two-fold) goat which is like the first goat, an innocent victim in which the lot fell to be the live goat is taken and it is presented "before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Aaron who represents the HIGH priest puts the sins of the people on the head of the innocent scapegoat (one who innocently takes the blame). A fit man, which means a man of opportunity sends the goat away into the wilderness (the land of forgetfulness) where the sins are deposited but the goat is left alive!
The man of opportunity we believe are the righteous from all generations represented by Joseph of Armathea (Joseph meaning the name of seven Israelites) who now because of the atonement made for us have the opportunity to come boldly before the throne of grace to receive mercy. The live goat did not see death but he did take the sin's of the camp of Israel into the wilderness or to the land of forgetfulness which is according to Psalms 88 the place of the dead. This is what God the Father does with our confessed sins. He forgets them sending them as far as the east is from the west. Our sins are dead only in Christ.
Nowhere in the Bible will you find any hint that Satan will bear the guilt or the sins of the people.
We believe that garments represents righteousness (white linen) or unrighteousness (filthy rags). At the cross Jesus was stripped of His garments and lots were cast for them. Lots were cast for the two goats. The garments worn by the priest during the day of Atonement were of white linen and were left in the Holy Place after the service. The cloth used to bury our Lord was white linen and these were left in the tomb when he was resurrected representing the garments of our sins which were left in the land of forgetfulness. Absolutely nothing in the whole book of Leviticus 16 nor anything at the death and resurrection of Christ do we find any clue that Satan was a sin bearer or involved in the plan of salvation.
The fit man or man of opportunity returns after getting rid of confessed sins on the head of Christ and now has the opportunity to cleanse his garments and be fit to come into the camp of God's people. Isn't this a perfect picture of the plan of salvation?
Since the cross we have the opportunity to come boldly to the throne of grace and confess our sins. We then rest from salvation by works in this Sabbath rest that we now live since the cross trusting that God has forgotten our sins and live our lives from that point on cleansing our garments in the Word of God by the blood of Jesus Christ to make us fit to be taken in to the promise land. This is what the weekly Sabbath is meant to teach us and remind us of. That we are resting from our own works and trusting in the Father to create in us a new heart and to finish the creation that He started in us.
--Doug Goslin
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Azazel -- The (misunderstood)Scapegoat of Leviticus 16
..........by Doug Goslin
This study is an attempt to help us understand the depth of the atonement in relation to the two goats of Leviticus 16. Please understand that this writer knows nothing yet as I should and yet I do know that I was meant to be one with God, at-one-meant which was made possible at the cross. The Day of Atonement was a shadow of the true atonement and that atonement was experienced by the apostles.
Originally Posted By: Rom 5:8-11
"God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled (atoned) to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled (atoned), we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." (Romans 5:8-11)
It was both the death and resurrection of Christ that makes us one with God, not just His death. Most believers understand the good news in the death and resurrection of the Son of God and understand that without the resurrection their can be no atonement.
Originally Posted By: Romans 6:3-5
"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." (Romans 6:3-5)
Originally Posted By: Romans 6:11,12
"Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." (Romans 6:11,12)
Originally Posted By: 1Cor.15:12-14
"Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." (1Cor.15:12-14)
For many years I unknowingly deceived many people that the death and the resurrection was not enough to make us one with God. For this I repent and ask those of you that I have deceived to forgive me. I believed this was taught in the types and shadows of the Levitical priesthood but I was wrong.
For example, the Passover was connected to the exodus from Egypt and the sacrificial lamb represented Christ. The feast of unleavened bread represented getting sin out of the life. Then there was the evening and morning sacrifices, the wave sheaf, Pentecost, etc. All of them had sacrifices connected with them and a specific meaning but the feast that had the most meaning of all the feasts was the Day of Atonement.
The Day of Atonement was the only day of the year that the High Priest put on the white linen garments and entered within the veil to the Most Holy Place.
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:2-4
"And the LORD said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat."
"Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on." (Leviticus 16:2-4)
"Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on." (Leviticus 16:2-4)
The Day of Atonement happened one day in the year because this was the day that God the Father made His children one with Him. The priests entered many times during the year into the outer court and into the holy place but only once into the Most Holy that was within the veil and notice that he wore special white linen garments for this occasion.
Why Two Goats?
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:5
"And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel (from the camp or holy camp) two kids of the goats for a sin offering,...[The word "two" means two-fold as in purpose, the purpose being the atonement or sin offering] And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (Leviticus 16:5)
The two goats were kid goats or under a year old which depicts innocence and they were taken from inside the camp of Israel which at that time was considered a holy nation. The word "Israel" means to be an over comer with God. The fact that Aaron had to cast lots upon the two goats, means that both goats had to be innocent and without spot or blemish because the lot could have fell on either one. So the goats had to represent something pure and innocent.
But, if they both represented Christ, why did there have to be two goats?
We know that when an animal dies it has no resurrection. It's spirit goes downward. We have two goats in this "shadow" because there are two parts to the plan of redemption, the death and the resurrection. The sin offering and the atonement was a two-fold plan and one goat could not have represented twofold plan.
There was another service where two birds were required for the cleansing of a person with infectious disease. The priest was to take two birds, and slay one of them and the other was dipped in its blood and then released. Lev. 14:1-7. There are differences in the two services. For example the scapegoat was not dipped in the blood of the slain goat. However there are similarities, as one bird being slain and the other released. There is no doubt that the slain bird represented Jesus’ shed blood setting people free from the condemnation of sin and forgiveness through the shed blood. The bird set free represents Jesus removing the sins and setting people free from the penalty of sin which is death.
The two goats make a complete atonement as well as the two birds.
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:9,10
"And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness." (Leviticus 16:9,10)
Step One -- The Sin Offering
Originally Posted By: Lev 16:15-19
"Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness."
"And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel." (Lev 16:15-19)
"And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel." (Lev 16:15-19)
This represented the cleansing of mankind from all his sin, Remember a most holy God must dwell in holy places.
Here we have the sin offering. The first kid goat that was innocent without blemish representing Christ. "He that knew no sin became sin for us." The blood was shed and brought into the most holy and an atonement is made before the mercy seat. The blood is sprinkled seven times representing completeness and perfection of the cleansing that took place.
Step Two -- The Atonement
Originally Posted By: Bible
"And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness."
The innocent Christ was raised from the dead where His offering was accepted by the Father. This is represented by the second (two-fold) goat which is like the first goat, an innocent victim in which the lot fell to be the live goat is taken and it is presented "before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Aaron who represents the HIGH priest puts the sins of the people on the head of the innocent scapegoat (one who innocently takes the blame). A fit man, which means a man of opportunity sends the goat away into the wilderness (the land of forgetfulness) where the sins are deposited but the goat is left alive!
The man of opportunity we believe are the righteous from all generations represented by Joseph of Armathea (Joseph meaning the name of seven Israelites) who now because of the atonement made for us have the opportunity to come boldly before the throne of grace to receive mercy. The live goat did not see death but he did take the sin's of the camp of Israel into the wilderness or to the land of forgetfulness which is according to Psalms 88 the place of the dead. This is what God the Father does with our confessed sins. He forgets them sending them as far as the east is from the west. Our sins are dead only in Christ.
Originally Posted By: Micah 5:18,19
"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." (Micah 5:18,19)
Originally Posted By: Psalms 103:12
"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." (Psalms 103:12)
Originally Posted By: Psalms 88:11,12
"Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Psalms 88:11,12)
Nowhere in the Bible will you find any hint that Satan will bear the guilt or the sins of the people.
Originally Posted By: 1 Peter 2:24
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wonds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24)
Originally Posted By: Isaiah 53:6
"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6)
We believe that garments represents righteousness (white linen) or unrighteousness (filthy rags). At the cross Jesus was stripped of His garments and lots were cast for them. Lots were cast for the two goats. The garments worn by the priest during the day of Atonement were of white linen and were left in the Holy Place after the service. The cloth used to bury our Lord was white linen and these were left in the tomb when he was resurrected representing the garments of our sins which were left in the land of forgetfulness. Absolutely nothing in the whole book of Leviticus 16 nor anything at the death and resurrection of Christ do we find any clue that Satan was a sin bearer or involved in the plan of salvation.
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:22-24
"And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. (Leviticus 16:22-24)
Originally Posted By: Bible
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:25,26
"And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. And he that burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp." (Leviticus 16:25,26)
The fit man or man of opportunity returns after getting rid of confessed sins on the head of Christ and now has the opportunity to cleanse his garments and be fit to come into the camp of God's people. Isn't this a perfect picture of the plan of salvation?
Since the cross we have the opportunity to come boldly to the throne of grace and confess our sins. We then rest from salvation by works in this Sabbath rest that we now live since the cross trusting that God has forgotten our sins and live our lives from that point on cleansing our garments in the Word of God by the blood of Jesus Christ to make us fit to be taken in to the promise land. This is what the weekly Sabbath is meant to teach us and remind us of. That we are resting from our own works and trusting in the Father to create in us a new heart and to finish the creation that He started in us.
Originally Posted By: Leviticus 16:29-34
"And this shall be a statute forever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourns among you."
"For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments."
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses." (Leviticus 16:29-34)
"For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments."
And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses." (Leviticus 16:29-34)
--Doug Goslin