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How does Christ fulfill the role of the scapegoat in the Day of Atonement?

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Christ fulfills the role of the scapegoat by bearing the sins of His people and taking them away permanently.

In the Day of Atonement ritual, one goat was designated as the sin offering while the other was identified as the scapegoat. The high priest would confess the sins of the people over the scapegoat, symbolically transferring their iniquities onto it, and then the goat would be sent into the wilderness, representing the removal of sin (Leviticus 16:20-22). This act foreshadows Christ's redemptive work. In Isaiah 53:6, we read, 'All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.' Christ, as the ultimate scapegoat, bore our sins in His own body and removed them far from us (Psalm 103:12), confirming that through His sacrifice, we are free from the burden of sin and guilt.
Scripture References: Leviticus 16:20-22, Isaiah 53:6, Psalm 103:12

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