The Yom Kippur Scapegoat
The ancient Israelites must have stood in awe when they observed the first ever, God-ordained celebration of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This ritual was different from all others the Lord had given to His beloved people as they wandered in the wilderness of Sinai. It was filled with emotion and drama. The Lord commanded Aaron, “Take from the congregation of the children of Israel twoGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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I believe Jesus became the scapegoat when he was baptized by John in the Jordan. After he came up from the waters he was driven into the wilderness by the the Spirit just as they would drive the scapegoat into the wilderness to leave the sins of the nation there. Also he met satan there and overcame the testing of the lust of the flesh the lust of the eye and the pride of life. No other man ever conquered those three temptations. Satan had identified the Messiah.
My wife and I also believe what you describe. If you start with Rosh Hashanah [Feast of Trumpets, the first of the year] as Jesus’ birth with Yom Kippur second, then all seven feasts are fulfilled in order ending with Pentecost.
If one goat is for the Lord and the other for the Devil, I don’t see how we could relate the one for the Devil to Jesus. “The goat here, the azazel goat, represented Satan, or evil. It’s the personification of evil.” That is not Jesus. Jesus was the Passover lamb. What about the separation of the sheep from the goats?
It seems to me that the azazel goat may have also represented the truth of what happened to Jesus. The sins of all man were laid upon His head and he was led away to be taken over by the devil (his torture and crucifixion). The other offering which was a blood offering was for God. But the azazel goat was representative of what happened to our sins – they went back to the devil.