“And Aaron (representing our Lord) shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.” (Lev 16:9)

“The Lord’s goat (the one for whom the LORD’s lot fell) represented the entire ‘Little Flock’ of the Lord’s faithful followers. They are all alike; they all come by way of the same ‘narrow way’; so that what is true of the company as a whole is true of each of its members. Therefore the ‘Lord’s Goat’ typified each one and his sacrifice, except that the whole must be completed before the ‘blood’ of the goat (representative of the entire body of Christ) will be presented upon the ‘Mercy Seat’.” (T 63)

“It is very important that we keep clearly in mind the difference between our work of presenting our bodies as living sacrifices and our Lord’s work, as the Great High Priest, in offering us sacrificially. The two matters are distinctly separate, as shown in the type. The goat was brought to the door of the Tabernacle and tied, picturing the covenant of sacrifice which we make. But the goat had not yet been offered and no one but the High Priest was qualified to make this offering the sacrifice. The work of the High Priest in sacrificing the goat was the only sacrifice, in the proper sense of the word.

Even after the presentation of ourselves and the Father’s acceptance, and after we have become new creatures and are members of his body, and therefore, members of the royal priesthood, there is a continuous work—the presenting of ourselves daily. So the Lord Jesus has continued the offering all throughout this Gospel age. He will finally complete this at the end of the Gospel age, when the offering will all be finished as one sacrifice and the new creatures will all be admitted as members of the glorified body.” (R4747) We saw this typified in the “Wave Offering” (Lev 8:27), in Part 3 of “The Consecration of the Priesthood”.

“Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, the Apostle says. The type shows us two offerings, yet the two were parts of one. The first represented the Head and the second the body. The two sacrifices of the Day of Atonement were really one, because the second was based upon the first.” (R4512:4)

“But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.” (Lev 16:10)

“It should be noted that the scapegoat was “presented alive” before the Lord. This does not refer to the original presentation “before the Lord.” (Lev 16:7) In the latter, two goats were presented for a sin offering (Lev 16:5); whereas, in the former, only the goat “on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat” is involved.

The contrast is really remarkable: the Lord’s goat was offered to God upon his altar dead, i.e., a sacrifice, a sin offering unto the Lord (Lev 16:9, 15); but the scapegoat was presented alive (not dead).

The Lord’s goat represents that portion of those “called in the one hope of their calling” (Eph 4:4), who are faithful in the matter of their sacrificial death as a part of the sin offering; but the scapegoat represents that portion of the same class, who because of the “fear of [this sacrificial] death are all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb 2:15) “Notes on the Tabernacle”, Page 623.

Brother Frey brings out several key points here that might have been overlooked.

First it should be noted that there is no distinction being made between the two goats when first brought forth from the children of Israel (Israel in this instance representing the household of faith, God’s typically professed people).

Secondly both of these goats were brought forth by Aaron (i.e. our Lord) accepted in him with the soul intention that they both would be used as part of his sin-offering, Lev 16:5 (this after having declared their intention to take up their cross and follow in their Master’s footsteps).

Thirdly both (having then fully consecrated themselves, having been “accepted in the beloved”, by means of the imputation of the merit of Christ, thus fully justified) were then presented before the LORD at the door of the Tabernacle, Lev 16:7 (“living sacrifices holy and acceptable”, at which time a “covenant” or binding agreement was made between the two parties wherein they agree to sacrifice not only the life that they presently possess, with all its various hopes aims, desires, and etc., but more importantly they agreed to sacrifice that life which was purchased back for them through the great sacrifice of our Lord, their restitutional life rights, which immediately upon justification were reckoned as theirs).

“Some erroneously think of the two goats as representing two different classes from start to finish. Not so; they represent the finished classes only—those who `sin willfully’ (Heb 6:4–8 and 10:26, 27) being entirely ignored, because they fail entirely and go into the second death.” (R4921:1)

“And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for (or represents) himself, and make atonement for himself (that is for the members of his body, the under priest, the fully consecrated) AND for his house (the entire ‘Household of Faith’, typically the Levites, anti-typically the ‘Great Company Class’), and shall kill the bull as the sin-offering which is for (or represents) himself.” (Lev 16:11)

“Thus considered, we see that the death of the bullock typified the offering of Jesus of himself, when he consecrated himself. This is in harmony with the Apostle’s statement respecting Jesus’ consecration or offering of himself. He quotes the prophet saying, ‘Lo I come to do thy will O’ God, as in the volume of the scriptures it is written of me’, to die and redeem many, there says the inspired writer, ‘He took away the first (i.e. he set aside the typical sacrifices) that he might establish (might fulfill) the second (the antitype, the real sacrifice for sins) Heb 10:7, 9, 14 (T 53)

The type was the serpent lifted up; the antitype was himself “lifted up”. The type was the lamb slain; the antitype was himself slain. The type was the Atonement Day sacrifices, “bulls AND goats” the antitype himself AND the Church, the “better sacrifices”. (R5054:3)

Continued with next post.