Leviticus 16: 20-28, “ 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: 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. 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 the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.”
Before the live goat, the scapegoat could be taken away into the desert Aaron had to take the goat and confess the iniquities and transgressions of Israel. This was a vital step because there is no way to deal with sin unless we accept that we have sinned, repent of that sin and then believe in what God can do. There is no automatic process for dealing with sin. We are often told, today, that we can blame other people but that is not so. However, once we are willing to confess our sin and repent of our sin then we can follow the way that the Lord has established and our sin will be dealt with forever. This is not so much and issue of permanently confessing sin but never going on to live in the joy of having our sins dealt with. This is more a matter of believing that the Lord is able to deal with sin and leaving the sin with Him. If we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ we will have everlasting life.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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