tant day of the year two goats were chosen. One was for a sin offering on behalf of the people while the other was to fill the role of a scape goat. The high priest was instructed to lay his hands on the head of the scapegoat, thereby identifying him self and his people with it. He would confess their sins, symboli cally transferring them to the ani mal which was then let out into the wilderness beyond the city gates. This is carefully illustrated for us in Leviticus 16. This is exactly what Christ came to do for us as this event exhibited symbolically. Sin always separates men from God. Only Christ can remove that sin and restore us to a place of fel lowship with our Creator (II Corin thians 5:21). Have your sins been placed upon Him? Has He borne your reproach? You need only to ask Him to do so and He will. Con fess your sin to Him, as Aaron in the Old Testament did the sins of Israel. Trust Christ to remove them forever. Make Him your Saviour and Redeemer. LOOK TO THE CROSS It is important to remember that Jesus Christ came to this earth to do three things when He died on the cross. First of all, He died to remove our sins. Second, He died to satisfy God's divine justice against sin. And third, He died to reveal to all mankind the love of God. In our last study, we con sidered that first aspect. Let us now look at the exceedingly important feature of His fully satisfying God's divine righteousness, holiness and justice. Human sin must be pun ished by death. Jesus reiterated this truth which God had announced from the earliest pages of the Old Page 37
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