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I was reading Leviticus 16 earlier. It talks about the first Day of Atonement observance that the LORD gave to the Israelites and that, “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites.” Such an interesting dynamic with the sacrifice offerings of the bulls and goats where one goat is sacrificed and the other is led out of the camp and released into the wilderness. The blood of the sacrificed animals was for the blood atonement for sins (Leviticus 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."). The goat led out to the wilderness and released was called the "scapegoat" - a name we use to this day for someone blamed for a wrong they didn't do in order to let the guilty escape punishment. The scapegoat "shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited" (Lev 16:22). The symbolism is awesome.

I love studying the history of our shared faith with the Jewish people. One day, as the prophet Zechariah said, our elder brothers and sisters will recognize and accept Jesus as their true Messiah.

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." (Zech. 12:10).

It’s interesting that when you get into the minutia of these feasts and types great Biblical truths are made known. I just recently discovered that while Pilate was having Christ tried in the Praetorium, in the Temple the sacrificial lamb was being examined by the high priest.
Upon his satisfaction the high priest would declare to the assembly, “I find no fault in him.” The lamb was bound to the altar at 9:00am and sacricied at 3:00pm. Upon its death the high priest would declare, “It is finished!”