• Means to put blame on one person
• For what another person did
• God initiated this, using goats
• During Yom Kippur  (or the Day of Atonement)

THEY TOOK TWO GOATS

• And drew lots
• One would be sacrificed for the Lord
• The other would be the scapegoat

THEY WOULD USE SOME OF THE BLOOD

• From the slaughtered goat
• To paint the tips of the horns on the scapegoat

Aaron would place all the sin of Israel

• On the goats head
• And then they would turn the scapegoat loose

AS THE GOAT DISAPPEARED INTO THE DESERT

• It carried with it, the sins of Israel
• Never again to be seen

AS JESUS DIED UPON THE CROSS

• He became our divine scapegoat

He was guiltless

• Yet He took our guilt upon Him
• He was slaughtered for our sakes
• And now our sins
• Have been carried away with Him

AS WE ENTER INTO HIS SUPPER

• Let us do as we were commanded to do

“He gave thanks for the bread and said, this is my body, which is for you -

do this whenever you eat it, in remembrance of me.  And after supper He took the cup and said, “This is my blood, which is poured out for you.  Do this every time you drink of it – in remembrance of me.