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66 “The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself …”

Leviticus 16:22

 Such is the mercy of the Lord that the people did not have to bear their own iniquities but were provided for by the Lord. We in our day can look back and see the provision that was made for the saints of the past and know that we have been provided for too. The sacrifices of the animals were a living picture of the sacrifice of Christ that they could look forward to in faith. So we also look back in faith at the great sacrifice for sin that was made by Jesus. He is our great sin-bearer and has paid the price of our sin completely,so that there is nothing more for us to do but believe and receive that blessing of full salvation.

 Just as the scapegoat bore away the sin of the people into the wilderness, so our sins are sent far away from God into His forgetfulness so that we can go free.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”

 Romans 8:1

 Our precious Saviour has bourn away all our punishment and pain in His own body on the tree so that we can be fully forgiven and become part of the kingdom of God. He is the heavenly scapegoat who has carried away all our iniquity and purged us clean and causes us to walk worthy of the Lord. All the glory is His for He has procured it on our behalf and so we glorify His name above all. Let us walk worthy today and ever seek to please Him who we love.