Romans 3:23-26 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (ESV)

1. The Day of Atonement was when God would visit His people to ___________ their ___________.

2. __________________ - Jesus suffers God's wrath in our place.

3. ___________________ - Jesus removes our sins from us so they are no longer counted against us.

Scripture Readings
Leviticus 23:26-32
Acts 16:9-15
John 16:23-33

Take It With You!

During Easter we will be learning how the Israelites celebrated their God and how those celebrations point us to Jesus. Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the celebration of Christ to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with the messages.

In summary, all of this [the sacrifices on the Day of Atonement] foreshadowed the coming of Jesus Christ, our High Priest who mediates between unholy people and our holy God, the sinless substitute who died a bloody death in our place for our sins, and the scapegoat who takes our sins away to be remembered by God no more. Subsequently, only by understanding the function of the two goats is the atonement fully appreciated. Although there were two goats, there was only one slaughter. The first goat was slaughtered for the propitiation of sin. The second goat was not slaughtered, but rather sent away with sin, showing the cleansing expiation from sin... These great images of the priest, slaughter, and scapegoat are all given by God to help us more fully comprehend Jesus' work for us on the cross.

Mark Driscoll, Death by Love: Letters from the Cross. pg. 21.