The Two Goats

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The Two Goats

One a Sacrifice, the Other Sent Into the Wilderness of the World 

Galatians 2:20 gives us death, and it also gives us life. Christ was crucified in the world, and He was crucified by the world. This was the world that He possessed. (Psalm 24:1) The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Christ’s death on the cross took away sin. Adam was put to death so that this poor beggar could be set free on new ground. The slave to sin was set free in the death of the crucified one, so the new creature is crucified with Christ, and by the very act of Christ on the cross, all is finished. The work of the cross took away sin, and it was sent out by the scapegoat and released into the wilderness never to be seen again.

And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. (Leviticus 16:5)

And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. (Leviticus 16:6)

And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (Leviticus 16:7)

And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. (Leviticus 16:8)

And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. (Leviticus 16:9)

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 16:10)

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. (Leviticus 16:26) 　

 Side Note: The scapegoat is the messenger to the world. It is only mentioned four (4) times in the entire Scriptures. The message of the gospel has gone into all the world, and of course, the number four represents the world (or the wilderness).

Is there such a thing as a side note within a side note? Well here it is —  strangely, or not so strangely, the words ‘wilderness’ and ‘earth’ are both mentioned together only 4 times in Scripture. (2 Chronicles 20:24, Job 121:24, Job 38:26, Isaiah 33:9) And the words ‘wilderness’ and ‘world’ are linked together in only one verse in all of Scripture, and that is in Isaiah 14 describing Lucifer, his past and future existence. 

The scapegoat is a silent witness in that it is unseen (the number of witness is the number 2) for this scapegoat  carries the sin of the whole world so that mankind will be without excuse. No one will stand at the great white throne of judgment and declare that Christ did not die for them, or for their sin. Shall not the Judge of the whole world do right? Righteousness must answer every claim made by God, and fulfilled by the Man Christ Jesus. Once again, we refer to the two thieves, one repented and called on the Lord, he partook of the brazen altar, the cross. The other thief refused the mercies of God, but the scapegoat is the continuous witness against him bearing the sin of the whole world, going into the wilderness, and thus going into the world.

    In the type or symbolism of the two goats, the sacrifice was placed on the great altar of the cross. There the Spirit of Christ takes hold of the transgressor, and the transgressor is crucified with Him. This was made clear when Christ said to the dying thief, This day thou shalt be with me in paradise, Christ was the sacrificial Lamb for him. However, there were two thieves, one on His right and one on His left. One thief would not receive the mercies of the Son of God. He refused the sacrifice of God. Here is where the scapegoat comes in. Although the thief would not come to Christ, the payment for his transgressions was placed on the scapegoat to carry sin away. All sin was atoned for on the cross of Christ, for all must be changed. And a new creature must come forth by a divine miracle of the new birth. The old creature must die, and be destroyed in the flesh so that the man who loves the Lord Jesus is crucified with Him. It is no longer I, but Christ within me. I have been crucified with Christ, and the result of that crucifixion is my death in Christ. But now, or, nevertheless I live because the Spirit of Christ has breathed life into me. The Spirit of Christ takes the lifeless corpse and breaths breathe into a new creation far above the world of Adam because my life is in Christ. I am joined to the Man in heaven for me. It is Christ in me, the hope of glory. And now I have a new life to live, and this life (once again) has no father or mother. I am no longer in the realm of Adam. I have been supernaturally translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. God calls my salvation a gift, and so it is. I have the gift of Christ within me. The paradox is that I still have a being of flesh, and I must carry it until it is put down in death. I now live in the flesh to combat this anomaly of the Spirit and flesh. I live by the gift of faith given by the Son of God to me. He has breathed faith into my being, nevertheless, I live.

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