and there are these points:
Hebrews 8
22 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make an atonement for your souls upon the altar,
since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.
The scapegoats blood was not shed.
Leviticus 16:20,
21 And
when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat.
The scapegoat (live goat) was brought
AFTER the atoning (slain goat).
Leviticus 16:20,
21 And when he has
made an end of atoning for the Holy Place, the tabernacle of meeting, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat. Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it
all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall
send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.”
Note: It is shown that Satan is the responsible agent in sin. The scapegoat, which represents Satan, in no way bears, or pays for, our sins. Only Christ [
1 John 1:7] bears the penalty for sin [Isaiah 53]. That's why Lord's goat was slain. Jesus alone "taketh away the sin of the world" [
John 1:29]. Scapegoat comes after
END of atoning for the people by the blood of the Lord's goat. This service simply shows that Satan is the final responsible agent in sin. He is charged with the sins that he lead the redeemed to commit.
Scapegoat contaminates
Leviticus 16:26 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”
Note: Another reason why the Scapegoat cannot represent Christ is because it contaminated people who came into contact with it. Surely, this can’t be a symbol Christ (
John 1:29).