ATONEMENT, WHAT
JESUS DID FOR YOU
Leviticus 16:11-19
After the Israelites were set free from Egypt ,
God gave Moses specific instructions for
a portable Tabernacle for worship and sacrifice. The
Tabernacle represented the presence
of God while they wondered in the desert for forty years.
The articles in the Tabernacle
represented Jesus Christ.
THE SCAPEGOAT
Leviticus 16:7-10
7 Then he is to take the two goats and present them before
the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
8 He is to cast lots for the two goats — one lot for the
Lord and the other for the scapegoat.
9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the Lord and
sacrifice it for a sin offering.
10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be
presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it
into the desert as a scapegoat.
THE MISSION
The scapegoat represents the mission of Jesus. He stepped
down out of heaven to take
away the sins of the world. The sins of man are transferred
to Jesus and taken out of the
the camp, the body of
Christ. The priest would place his hand on the goat, lead it out of the camp
and push it backward over cliff to it's death. In Christ, man dies to himself and is made alive in
Christ.
The tabernacle consisted of a large rectangular area fenced off with a entry gate facing
east. In side the court yard from east to west was first a
bronze Altar where the priest sacrificed the animals, followed by a bronze
laver holding water for washing followed
by the Tabernacle tent.
1. The bronze altar was a symbol of the cross
a. Life is in
the blood. Lev 17:11
b.
Unblemished animals were sacrificed on the bronze altar.
2. The bronze
laver or basin was fill with water for washing.
a. Washing was
a symbol of the purity of man.
b. Believers
are washed clean by the blood of Jesus.
The Tabernacle tent was wood framed covered with animal skin.. The
tent comprised
of two rooms from east to west separated by a veil from
floor to ceiling. The first room
was the Holy place. In the Holy
Place was a the lamp stand of seven lights, the
table of
showbread and the Altar of Incense.
1. The lamp stand
was the light for the room
a. Jesus is
the light of the world.
b. Jesus is a
lamp to our feet.
2. The table of
showbread held 12 loves of bread representing the 12 tribes of Israel
a. Jesus is
the bread of life
b. The bread
could also represent His bruised body.
c. The twelve
tribes were camped around the Tabernacle.
3. The Altar of Incense was a symbol of our prayers.
a. The burning
Incense was symbol of our prayers going up as a sweet fragrance to
the Lord.
GOD'S SHEKINAH GLORY
The inner most room was the Holy of Holies which housed the
Arc of the Covenant.
Inside the arc of the covenant was the stone tablets (10
commandments), Aaron's rod
and a bowl of manner. Only the High Priest could enter the
Holy of Holies once a
year. In the Holy of Holies the Shekinah Glory of God appeared.
The mercies of God
comes to us through Jesus Christ.
MERCY SEAT
The Arc of the Covenant was covered with gold. The wings of
two angels , covered
with gold, span the
entire Arc. The top cover of the box was the mercy seat.
The
mercy seat was the place of forgiveness. Jesus is our place
of forgiveness.
THREE AGES, DISPOSITIONS
The Tabernacle represented three dispositions or ages. The
Court yard represented the
age of the Law. The Holy place presented the age of Grace.
The Holy of Holies
represented the New Kingdom when all
believers are reconciled to Christ after His
second coming.
SELF REPENTANCE AND DEDICATION
V:11 "Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin
offering to make atonement for himself and his household, and he is to
slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 He is to take a censer full of
burning coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground
fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain."
A. The sacrifice of the animals was done on the bronze altar
in the court yard by the
priest.
1. The bronze
altar is a symbol of the cross
2. Jesus, the
perfect lamb died on the cross for our sins for all times. Heb 10:1-10
B. Aaron represents a
type of Christ. He was the first High Priest.
1. Because he was
born in sin, before He could make an acceptable offering, he had to
sacrifice a
bull for the atonement of his own sins.
2. Christ is the atonement for our sins.
3. Christ, the unblemished lamb died for our sins.
4. We are now all
priest before God.
C. Aaron, the High Priest was the intercessor between man
and God.
1. Only the High
Priest could go into the Holy of Holies.
2. The Veil
separated the Shekinah Glory of God from the priest who
served in the Holy
Room.
3. Jesus is our
shield before the Lord.
THE ATONEMENT
V:13-14. " He is
to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense
will conceal the atonement cover above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
14 He is to take some of the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on
the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his
finger seven times before the atonement cover."
A. Aaron entered the Holy of Holies three times according to
the Bible knowledge
Commentary.
1. The Altar of
Incense was outside the veil.
a. The Altar of
Incense represents our prayers before the Lord.
2. The first time
the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies, He took a pan full of
burning coal from the Altar, sprinkled with incense to
create a smoke screen
between
him and the Shekinah Glory of God.
a. To be
exposed directed to God's Shekinah Glory was certain death.
b. Sinful man
cannot be exposed to the Shekinah Glory
of God.
c. No man has
seen God at any time.
B. The second time
Aaron went behind the Veil, he took the blood of the sacrificed bull
to atone for his
own sins.
1. He sprinkled
the blood before the mercy seat seven
times.
2. Seven is the
number of God's creative days.
3. The earth was
made perfect in seven days.
4. Perhaps Aaron
was commanded to sprinkle the blood, one time for each day.
5. Man's sin
corrupted God's entire creation.
6. Man's sins
are before God seven days a week.
THE ATONEMENT, THE POWER OF THE BLOOD
V:15-16. "He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin
offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as
he did with the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and
in front of it. 16 In this way he will make atonement for the Most
Holy Place because of the uncleanness and
rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the
same for the Tent of Meeting, which is among them in the midst of their
uncleanness."
A. The third time Aaron entered the Holy of Holies. He
brought the blood of bull
to atone for the
sins of the nation of Israel
before the mercy seat.
1. Israel
was rebellious.
2. Israel
was unclean.
3. Israel
was disobedience.
4. Through the
atonement by the blood of the sacrificed animals, God tolerated Israel .
5. Because of Jesus blood shed on the cross, God tolerates
us.
HEAVEN CORRUPTED
B. The Holy of Holies represents Heaven.
1. Heaven was
corrupted by Satan, whose name was Lucifer an Arch Angel
before his
fall.
2. Lucifer's sin
was his pride. He wanted to be God.
3. When he sinned,
some say one third of all God's angels fell with him. Heb 12:22,
Rev 12:3-9
4. That is why the
current heaven will be destroyed after the second coming of Christ.
God will create
a New Heaven and New Earth.
5. Aaron was
instructed to make atonement for the sin that was in the Holy of Holies.
TRANSFER OF SIN TO THE SCAPEGOAT
C. In the Tent of the Meeting before the people of Israel ,
the scapegoat was brought to
the priest.
1.He would lay
hand on the head of the goat and confess the sins of Israel .
2. Ceremonially,
the sins of Israel
was transferred to the scapegoat.
3. The scapegoat
was led out of the meeting to the wilderness.
4. Some
commentary writers say that a scarlet cloth was tied around the horn of
the goat. If
cloth turn from red to white while the scapegoat was led into the
wilderness,
it was accepted by God as atonement.
5. Others say the
goat was pushed over a cliff to kill it.
(Jamieson, Fausset and
Brown).
HOUSE OF GOD DEDICATED
V:17-19. " No
one is to be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make
atonement in the Most Holy Place until he comes out, having made atonement for
himself, his household and the whole community of Israel. 18 "Then he
shall come out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it.
He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it
on all the horns of the altar. 19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it
with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the
uncleanness of the Israelites. "
A. Once the ceremony was complete in the Holy of Holies,
Aaron was instructed
to do the same
outside of the Veil in the Holy place.
1. Where ever man
is, there is sin.
2. Sin corrupts
and makes the places where man goes unclean.
2. Atonement had
to be made in both rooms of the Tabernacle.
B. The Bronze Altar outside the Tabernacle also was purified with the blood of
the bull and the
blood of the goat using the same procedures as was used in the
Tabernacle.
C. The Tent Of
Meeting was called after the atonement for sins of Aaron, the people
and The
Tabernacle was completed.
1. Consecrating
ourselves before God allows us to give Him our full attention.
2. The greatness
of God is revealed in our lives when we show our love
by keeping His
commands.
3. Jesus is our
complete atonement for all times.
a. The
Israelites were commanded to perform this ceremony each year.
b. Jesus death
on the cross completed this ceremony for all times.
c. We are command to remember Jesus
sacrificial death which
do with
our communion services.
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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