Did I miss something somewhere?

[AlanOfPC]

Back in the days of the earthly sanctuary, you had the sacrificing of animals to atone for sin. The sinner would lay his hand on the goat and symbolically transfer his sin to it, then slaughter it as a sacrifice. So Christ comes to fulfill his life's mission but did I miss where the pivital point came where the sins of humanity were laid on him like the symbolic type?

 

[AndrewK788]

Back in the days of the earthly sanctuary, you had the sacrificing of animals to atone for sin. The sinner would lay his hand on the goat and symbolically transfer his sin to it, then slaughter it as a sacrifice. So Christ comes to fulfill his life's mission but did I miss where the pivital point came where the sins of humanity were laid on him like the symbolic type?

Hello,
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but I'll answer best I can since no one else has replied to your post yet.

The sacrificing of animals did not in itself atone for sins. It was symbolic and representative of the faith in a Savior that was to come. Those were the shadows of what would come, which was Christ. The sins of humanity could only be paid for by Christ, because he was without sin. So in that aspect the sins of humanity were always on him from the day Adam and Eve fell because he was the only chance for salvation.

I think I see what you mean when you referred to the symbolic laying on of hands, but that is exactly that: symbolic. It was representative of the fact that the sins of humanity were on Christ, the spotless Lamb.

I hope this helps.

your brother in Christ,
Andrew

 

[Jon0388g]

Back in the days of the earthly sanctuary, you had the sacrificing of animals to atone for sin. The sinner would lay his hand on the goat and symbolically transfer his sin to it, then slaughter it as a sacrifice. So Christ comes to fulfill his life's mission but did I miss where the pivital point came where the sins of humanity were laid on him like the symbolic type?

Hi Alan,


I think you may be confusing two different aspects of the sacrificial system. The laying on of hands is the act of repentance: confession and transferral of guilt. This is different to the once for all sacrifice made by Christ on Calvary.


At the beginning of the Hebrew Calender, the sanctuary had to be inaugurated. It is covered in Exodus 28-30, and 40. This included the altar in the outer court, and the dedication sacrifice which is described here:


"And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar." Exodus 29:11-12



The act of pouring out the blood at the bottom of the altar signifies the blood of Christ, shed for the sins "of the whole world", and which forms the foundation of our justification. This was the ratifying sacrifice which kick started the heavenly ministry in the sanctuary, just as the sacrifice of the bullock started the earthly ministry in the sanctuary.



The act of laying hands on the victim is a shadow of whenever we individually confess and repent of our sins - killing the lamb symbolised claiming the once for all shed blood and it's great efficacy. This is an essential point, because although Christ's blood was symbolically poured out at the base of the altar for the sins of the world, the world will not be saved. Only those who claim that shed blood can enter heaven.




Hope this helps! I think Andrew sums it up more clearly than me





Jon

 

[RND]

If I may add my understanding in the mix I believe we first need to look at the sacrifice of the passover lamb and what it's significance in the whole process of the sanctuary service entails. The blood that covered the door posts was symbolic of Jesus Christ's blood covering our sin. "...sin lieth at the door..." Which when accepted by faith is an act of being "justified."

Yet, one could not approach the tabernacle unless they had first become an Israelite either by birth or by initiation, accepted the passover lamb, and become "circumcised" - just like a native born Israelite. See Exodus 12:49-49.

Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

See Numbers 15:13-16 also.

So in answer to your initial question Alan

"So Christ comes to fulfill his life's mission but did I miss where the pivital point came where the sins of humanity were laid on him like the symbolic type?"

I see it as the covering of sins as being done and there acceptance as an act of faith by the individual that desires himself and his family to avoid the curse of the angel of death. The sacrifice is there, it has been done and completed, yet it still must be accepted before one is allowed in the heavenly sanctuary where, instead of offering the blood of bulls and goats, now offers up "spiritual sacrifices" that are acceptable to God.

1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Hope that makes sense.