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The Trail of of Sins

God's Plan of Salvation

Introduction

This study addresses the record of our sins and tracks that record from the Day of Atonement ceremony found in Leviticus 16, all the way to Revelation 20, revealing God's plan of Salvation for the human race from the beginning of the Bible to the end. Then, we will look at some common misconceptions and why they don't agree with the instructions given to Moses by the Creator.

Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement ceremony

For a full study of this yearly ceremony, see Part 1 and Part 2 - the scapegoat.

In this study, we will focus mainly on 1) God's goat (the sin-offering); 2) the High-priest and the blood of the sin-offering; 3) the scapegoat. These topics will be listed in order, because order is important, in this context.

  1. God's goat (the sin-offering)
    1. Through the casting of lots, this goat was chosen by God, which is why it is referred to as "God's Goat". Compare this with "the lamb of God" - God's Son (many Bible passages).
    2. The meaning of "sin-offering" is that the sins of the people were symbolically transferred from each person to the sin-offering. Then this goat was killed by the High Priest and burnt on the alter of sacrifice in the courtyard of the sanctuary.
    3. God's Goat, the sin-offering symbolizes God's Son, Jesus - our Messiah, who bore our sins on the cross. The penalty of sin is death. So, Jesus died to pay our penalty for our sins - death. This was to satisfy demands of the moral law.
    4. The sins were not removed from the sin-offering nor from our sin-offering(Messiah) until a later time. Jesus still bears the record of our sins, as explained later...
  2. The officiating High Priest is also a symbol of our Great High Priest, Jesus, in the following acts:
    1. The blood of the sin-offering was used by the High Priest to atone (definition of "atonement") for the sins of the people(Lev16:15-19), etc... He did this by sprinkling the blood of the sin-offering(representing Messiah) on the mercy-seat, just below the presence of God Almighty.
    2. Likewise Jesus makes atonement for us with His own blood (Heb9:11-28). This is why He is our only mediator with God. No one can come to God, except through Jesus(Jn14:6). When we sin and confess our sins to God, this is why and how are sins are forgiven and we are cleansed from all our unrighteousness(1Jn1:9).

Desiring to live by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah (Deut8:3; Matt4:4)

-Sid Nash: 11/14/2025. Latest version: