There are Two Goats

I will be speaking tonight at the Troy University BCM. I know most of the students there well and am excited to have to oportunity to teach on therir turf. I am going to deal with lofty topics and I pray God will give them ears to hear.
I have been reading Death by Love by Mark Driscoll. Form that book, I have been reminded of the great importance of both sides of atonement, as pictured in the OT celebration of the Day of Atonement. I have included below the first installment of notes from my talk at the BCM. I will include the entire outline and more notes tomarrow, as I will also present this for Wednesday night Bible Study at my church this week.

I. The Day of Atonement
One of the central events of the OT was the act of atonement. The annual celebration of atonement was Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). This was the most important day of the year.
The Day of Atonement was intended to deal with the sin problem between humanity (the nation of Israel in particular) and God. The entire nation was called to repent of sin and trust God for salvation from sin and its effects. There was an expectation that each individual would confess is own sins and have his own personal faith in God. So, what was done by the High Priest for the whole was only active in the individual through their personal faith.
Of the many prophetic elements of this day, one stands out. On that day, two healthy goats, without defect, were chosen to represent sinless perfection.
A. The Sacrificial Goat
The first goat was a sin offering. Acting as a substitute for sinners who rightly deserved death as the penalty for their sins, the goat was no longer innocent when it took on the guilt of sin. Its perfection was exchanged for the imperfection of the people. The blood of the goat represented life as payment for sins.
1. OT Action: The first goat was slaughtered by the High Priest. (Lev. 16:2-16)The priest would sprinkle some of the blood of the goat on the Mercy Seat (atop the Ark of the Covenant) in the Most Holy Place. The dwelling place of God was cleansed from the sin of the people and His holy wrath toward their sin was satisfied.
2. Gospel Picture: Doctrine of propitiation; sacrifice whereby God’s wrath is removed from its object (US). We are no longer under God’s wrath, our sin is atoned for and covered by the blood of a perfect substitute. Our guilt is exchanged for His perfection. Double imputation, where He takes our sin and gives us His righteousness. That is why we are made righteous by the blood. The goat representing propitiation foreshadowed the cross, where the just wrath of God was satisfied through death as penalty for sins. Jesus did not just die for your sins, but also to satisfy your wrath toward those who sin against you.
B. The Escape Goat
The second goat was an escape goat. Acting as a scapegoat, the animal represented the reality that every person was made filthy by sin.
1. OT Action: The High Priest, acting as a mediator between sinful people and their holy God, would take the second goat and lay his hands on the animal while confessing the sins of the people. (Lev. 16:20-30)
This goat would then be led away in to the wilderness and let go, sent away from the sinners, symbolically carrying their sins with it.
2. Gospel Picture: Doctrine of expiation; whereby our sins are taken away so that we are made clean. When the priest lays his hands on the goat and sends the animal away, it is a picture of how we are cleansed from our defilement by our High Priest, Christ Jesus. The goat representing expiation foreshadowed the cross, where Jesus washed us white as snow. Jesus did not just die for your sin, but also to scorn your shame and take away the defilement of the sin committed against you.

II. Application of Atonement
A. Christ Died for your Guilt
Guilt - We are guilty of sin.
Wrath - God is not mad at us, He hates sin.
Anger - To be angry but to not sin is to understand that Jesus satisfied the anger of God, and while we should be angry when God is angry, we are to leave justice to Him, for He is the only just one.
Revenge - Jesus did not just die for your sins, but to satisfy your wrath toward those who sin against you.
B. Christ Died for your Shame
Shame - Our sin is despicable.
Separation - Just like Adam, our sin causes us to hide from God and cover ourselves.
Defilement - Jesus did not just die for your sin, but to scorn your shame and take away the defilement of the sin committed against you.
Filth - We are a dirty people and we live among a nation of dirty people.
III. Two Goats:
Propitiation and Expiation,
Forgiveness and Cleansing,
Dead to Sin and Alive to Righteousness,
Blood and Water,
Holy and Blameless.