The word from God today is scapegoat. God spoke this to me last night in reference to Jesus. He also told me apostasy is increasing in the Body of Christ. Believers are rejecting Christ for more contemporary versions of God.
The term scapegoat originated in Jewish tradition. It was a biblical ceremony honoring God. A goat was selected and upon his head was symbolically placed the sins of the people and then the goat was released into the wilderness.
God is holy and will not be contaminated with your sin. There has to be an atonement or cleansing of your sin in the eyes of God. This is the only way you can live in contact with Him.
The animal sacrifices did not work. They had no sustaining ability to purify a human being. Once a sinner always a sinner.
God replaced the scapegoat and the system of animal sacrifices in the Old Testament with Jesus.
God created a son in His image. Jesus was appointed to be a sacrifice for sin and the method for a human being to be reestablished with God and to be transformed into the character of God.
Jesus was the lamb led to the slaughter by His Father. This is the Messianic complex. Jesus died so we can live with God forever and experience the richness of the gift of salvation every moment of our life.
The point of this discussion is you and I have an impoverished soul and can never get right with God through our own efforts or religion or doing works. You are stuck in the mud and on the outside looking at a closed door.
Jesus was innocent but prosecuted. He was punished for your sins.
Today the term scapegoat is used to blame someone for the mistakes of others. He is a target of abuse and persecution.
The scapegoat is Jesus. He is the only way you can be reconciled to Jesus and inherit the treasures of our great God.
“We have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus” Hebrews 10:19
Hal Hollister Ministry 