Leviticus
16 – The Great Day of Atonement
The
Day of Atonement pointed to Christ and His redemption as did no other ceremony,
sacrifice, or ordinance of the Old Testament.
It reveals Christ, as our Great High Priest, going into the Holy of
Holies for us. The instructions for the priest were made after the death of
Nadab and Abihu, who intruded into the Holy Place and were killed by the direct
judgment of God. God made it clear that
“You can’t at all times come into my place.” For us today, we can come any time
and any place and enter the presence of God; that is, provided we come through
Christ. The High priest alone performed the ritual. The work of atonement was
his. He pictured Christ. Christ was
alone with the sins of the world. Christ was forsaken of both God and man when
He was made sin for us. Nevertheless, He and the Father agreed regarding the
plan of salvation. The High Priest laid aside his garments of glory and beauty
and put on the linen garb as the other priests. Our Lord did not lay aside His
deity, but He put aside His glory when He came down to this earth and became a
man.
Aaron
offered a sin offering for himself and his family and maybe included the whole
tribe of Levi. The two goats were one sin offering. One was offered as a sin
offering. The other was taken into the wilderness. It was called a Scapegoat.
After that Aaron went into the Holy of Holies for the people. The atonement
covers the Holy Place because of the contamination of Israel. Even the brazen altar must have the blood
applied because this is where the sins of Israel were confessed and atoned. The
laying on of hands on the goat is now identified as the sins of Israel. The
live goat disappeared into the wilderness, never to be seen or found again. The
one who led the goat into the wilderness was contaminated by contact with the
live goat and must wash his clothes and bathe himself.
We
were separated from God by sin, but Christ died for us. He is the One who took away our sins when He entered
the Holy Place with His own blood.
Please
read the scriptures to get a fuller understanding of God’s Word.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary, NKJ Bible and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary
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