GOATS The 180 Church Podcast with Dr. Sammy and Friends

To truly abide in the presence of God requires that we address our sin through atonement. Throughout the Bible, we see a recurring motif of atonement by way of two goats: one goat is sacrificed and bled out to purify sin, and a second goat bears man's confession of sin and is exiled away from the presence of God. We see this motif paralleled by people - like Cain and Abel, or Isaac and Ishmael - as well as in the ritual of animal sacrifice carried out throughout history. However, over time, we became calloused and forgot the ritual's significance; and no matter how many times we offered up sacrifices, our hearts remained far from God. Mercifully, God gave man the ritual of sacrifice not as a permanent solution, but as a promise - that He would ultimately offer up Himself as the blameless scapegoat, and that He by His own doing would bridge the gap between us through His Son Jesus Christ.
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