Friday, June 20, 2014

Atonement

Leviticus 16:6-10 – “Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and use it as a sin offering, but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.

Isaiah 53:6-7,9 – All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth…And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Application:

  • ·         The Lord laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all, just as the priest laid his hands on the scapegoat and symbolically put Israel’s sins on it.
  • ·         Jesus remained silent before the chief priests and Pilate and before Herod.
  • ·         The manner of His death would indicate that, as far as those who condemned Him were concerned, He was to be buried with executed criminals.



All Scripture verses taken from ESV

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