Azazle / Scapegoat
This comes from a dissucussion concerning the scapegoat and IJ and the sanctuary service:
"..Let's examine this ceremony in short detail and look at some of the significant aspects of it. According to Lev 16:7-10 , there were two goats brought by Aaron the high priest to the door of the sanctuary for the atonement sacrifice for the congregation. He casts lots and one of the goats was for the Lord and was killed and one was to be kept alive and offered as a scapegoat or for Azazle.
Now according to nearly all of the scriptures concerning atonement it takes the shedding of blood to make that atonement or for the cleansing of sin to take place. However, in verse 10 we see the word atonement used for the scapegoat part of the ceremonoy. How could this be since the goat was kept alive and set free to die in the wilderness without shedding of blood? Confusing? Let's continue a little further.
In Lev 16:20-22 we find that this part of the day of atonemet was the last thing done during Yom Kippir or the day of atonement. Vrs 20, "After he had made an end of reconciling the Holy Place , and the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, he shall bring the live goat,"
So let's look at what we have so far:
1. All of the reconciling for sins had been done.
2. The live goat shed no blood but was set free to die alone in the wilderness.
So what is meant by the word atonement used in verse 10?
Atonement defined is : To reconcile or a satisfaction for wrong doing, expiation etc.
Now considering both goats were presented before the Lord initially and the atonement was the removal of all sins from the congregation the scapegoat seems to be alluding to the final dispensation of sin upon satan himself. I say this because it was the final part of a ceremony which was designed to cleanse the sins of Israel away. Also, all of the sins of Israel were placed on this goats head.
The word Azazle has a strong connotation to satan or something separated from God. So the conclusion that this was a symbol of Christ may not have a good foundation. At this time I tend to embrace the concept that Azazle was symbolic of the final despensation of sin placed on satan at the end of the thousand year period...."
and from the Great Controversy...
Important truths concerning the atonement are taught by the typical service. A substitute was accepted in the sinner's stead; but the sin was not canceled by the blood of the victim. A means was thus provided by which it was transferred to the sanctuary. By the offering of blood the sinner acknowledged the authority of the law, confessed his guilt in transgression, and expressed his desire for pardon through faith in a Redeemer to come; but he was not yet entirely released from the condemnation of the law. On the Day of Atonement the high priest, having taken an offering from the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood of this offering, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, directly over the law, to make satisfaction for its claims. Then, in his character of mediator, he took the sins upon himself and bore them from the sanctuary. Placing his hands upon the head of the scapegoat, he confessed over him all these sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the goat. The goat then bore them away, and they were regarded as forever separated from the people.{GC 420.1}
This comes from a dissucussion concerning the scapegoat and IJ and the sanctuary service:
"..Let's examine this ceremony in short detail and look at some of the significant aspects of it. According to Lev 16:7-10 , there were two goats brought by Aaron the high priest to the door of the sanctuary for the atonement sacrifice for the congregation. He casts lots and one of the goats was for the Lord and was killed and one was to be kept alive and offered as a scapegoat or for Azazle.
Now according to nearly all of the scriptures concerning atonement it takes the shedding of blood to make that atonement or for the cleansing of sin to take place. However, in verse 10 we see the word atonement used for the scapegoat part of the ceremonoy. How could this be since the goat was kept alive and set free to die in the wilderness without shedding of blood? Confusing? Let's continue a little further.
In Lev 16:20-22 we find that this part of the day of atonemet was the last thing done during Yom Kippir or the day of atonement. Vrs 20, "After he had made an end of reconciling the Holy Place , and the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, he shall bring the live goat,"
So let's look at what we have so far:
1. All of the reconciling for sins had been done.
2. The live goat shed no blood but was set free to die alone in the wilderness.
So what is meant by the word atonement used in verse 10?
Atonement defined is : To reconcile or a satisfaction for wrong doing, expiation etc.
Now considering both goats were presented before the Lord initially and the atonement was the removal of all sins from the congregation the scapegoat seems to be alluding to the final dispensation of sin upon satan himself. I say this because it was the final part of a ceremony which was designed to cleanse the sins of Israel away. Also, all of the sins of Israel were placed on this goats head.
The word Azazle has a strong connotation to satan or something separated from God. So the conclusion that this was a symbol of Christ may not have a good foundation. At this time I tend to embrace the concept that Azazle was symbolic of the final despensation of sin placed on satan at the end of the thousand year period...."
and from the Great Controversy...
Important truths concerning the atonement are taught by the typical service. A substitute was accepted in the sinner's stead; but the sin was not canceled by the blood of the victim. A means was thus provided by which it was transferred to the sanctuary. By the offering of blood the sinner acknowledged the authority of the law, confessed his guilt in transgression, and expressed his desire for pardon through faith in a Redeemer to come; but he was not yet entirely released from the condemnation of the law. On the Day of Atonement the high priest, having taken an offering from the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood of this offering, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, directly over the law, to make satisfaction for its claims. Then, in his character of mediator, he took the sins upon himself and bore them from the sanctuary. Placing his hands upon the head of the scapegoat, he confessed over him all these sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the goat. The goat then bore them away, and they were regarded as forever separated from the people.{GC 420.1}
