Part 2 Monday, September 28th was the
continuation of the celebration of the Day of Atonement. It began Sunday, September
27th several minutes before sunset and ended after nightfall
on the 28th. The Day of Atonement is called “Yom Kippur” in Hebrew.
On the Day of Atonement, in the days of the Temple, the High
Priest would make his yearly journey through the tabernacle to go behind the
vail of the Holy of Holies to offer the blood of a goat sacrifice for the sins
of the Jewish people. This sacrifice would not take away their sins, but would
push them forward for another year, in which the Day of Atonement sacrifice
would be made once again. (Hebrews 10:4, Leviticus 16:15).
"And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to
make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.
And he did as the LORD commanded Moses." - Leviticus 16:34 KJV
"And he shall take the two goats, and present them
before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron
shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for
the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell,
and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the
scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with
him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness." - Leviticus
16:7-10 KJV
It is interesting that Pilate put Jesus and Barabbas before
the people to choose which would be crucified and which would be set free. The
name “Barabbas” is a Hebrew name which means “son of the father.” So, the
choice to the crowd was Jesus, the Son of the Father, or Barabbas, the son of
the father.
The crowd chose Barabbas to be set free, and Jesus to die. It
appears the sacrifice of the goat on Yom Kippur was a shadow of the sacrifice
of Jesus: one was set free, and the other was to die.
To be continued…
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