10/2/2008 10:35 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus:
The high priest offers the sin offering for the people
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Leviticus 16:7-10, 15-22
Message of the verses:
“7 And he shall take the two
goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats;
one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. 9 And
Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a
sin offering. 10 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.
“15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin
offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do
with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon
the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16 And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of
Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he
do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the
midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle
of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place,
until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And
he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement
for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the
goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And
he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse
it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel
20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of reconciling
the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall
bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the
head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children
of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon
the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the
wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their
iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the
wilderness.”
There are
some very interesting points that are made in this section of Scripture. The two goats are considered to be one sin
offering, one would be killed and one would carry away the sins of the people
into the wilderness never to be seen again.
The blood of the slain goat was also put on the mercy seat, and at the
base of the mercy seat just as the blood of the bull, but then it was taken
into the holy place and applied on the brazen altar in order to cleanse
it. The man who would take the scapegoat
into the wilderness had to wash himself before he came into the camp again
because that goat was part of the sin offering too.
There is no
forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood and that is why one of the
goats had to die, however the scapegoat carried away the sins of the people
never to be seen again. John the
baptizer said of Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world.” The Psalmist wrote, “As far as
the east is from the west, so far has He remover our transgressions from
us.” I am glade he said east from west
and not north from south.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I must confess that there are far too many
times when I take for granted this truth of Christ paying completely for my
sins and they will never be brought up again.
I truly need to ask the Lord to forgive me for not thinking about this more
often and give praise to the Lord for providing this way of having my sins
forgiven and to be adopted into His family.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- I want to remember the process that it took in order to have my sins forgiven. I believe that in partaking of the Lords Supper that I am to reflect on what Christ did for me on the cross in order to secure my salvation and then to look forward to the fact that He will be coming again in order to take me to heaven to be with Him forever.
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:8-13
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
- For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
- Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- You shall not murder.
10/2/2008 11:21 AM
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