𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘, 𝟱 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 !!!

𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘, 𝟱 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘

6  is  the  number  that  implies  humanity.  4  always refers to trials and hardships. The number 2 is related to the  witness.  Such  meanings  are  implied  within  these  numbers  in the Bible. 

Thus,  if  we  look  in  the  Bible,  the  number  4  appears  wherever  there  is  trials  or  hardship.  40  days  prayer  in  the  wilderness,   40-day   fasting   prayer,   and   40   years   in   the   wilderness  are  such  examples.  When  talking  of  grace,  the  number  5  is  necessarily  applied.  There  were  five  porches  by  a  pool  called  Bethesda,  where  Jesus  healed  a  certain  man  who  had an infirmity thirty-eight years (John 5:1-5).

The number 2 applies to witnesses. In order to receive the remission of sin before God, God had to accept the evidence of the  people’s  offering,  and  also  people  needed  to  have  in  their  hearts the assurance of their remission of sin before God. That is  why  two  goats  were  needed  on  the  Day  of  Atonement.  One  of  the  goats  was  taken  before  God  and  the  other  was  taken  outside the court of the Tabernacle so that the people could see Aaron’s hands on the goat. Only if the High Priest, whom God had  appointed,  laid  his  hands  on  the  goat  in  front  of  all  the  people  on  the  tenth  day  of  the  seventh  month  would  people  accept that all their sins for that year were transferred onto the scapegoat. Thus, God prepared two goats for the offering. 

One  of  the  two  goats  was  offered  to  God  inside  the  Tabernacle. Aaron would say with his hands on the goat’s head, “God!  The  people  of  Israel  have  gone  against  every  statute  of  the Law that You have taught us. They have committed murder, adultery,  and  theft.  They  were  jealous  of  one  another  and  fought one another. They worshipped other gods, did not keep the  Sabbath,  and  called  Your  Name  in  vain.”  As  he  lifted  the hands  that  were  laid  on  the  goat,  all  sins  were  transferred  immediately.

All   sins   of   the   Israelites   were   transferred   onto   the   sacrificial animal by the laying of the High Priest’s hands on its head. Then the High Priest cut the throat of the goat. He did so because  the  wage  of  sin  is  death.  What  did  he  do  after  they  drew  its  blood  by  cutting  the  throat  of  the  goat?  The  High  Priest  would  then  take  its  blood  inside  the  Most  Holy,  where  God  resided.  He  would  lift  the  curtains  and  enter  the  Most  Holy and sprinkle the blood seven times on and before the east side of the Ark of the Covenant. 

If the High Priest had forgotten to take the blood in there with him, he would have died. The reason why he would die if he  did  not  take  the  blood  or  burning  incense  with  him  was  because a person can approach God only after passing his sins onto  a  sacrifice  for  their  judgments.  Whoever  desires  to  go  before  God  must  receive  his  judgments  first.  Otherwise,  there  is  no  way  to  approach  the  most  holy  God.  Hence,  even  the  High Priest had to take the blood of the sacrifice, which already received  the  judgments  for  his  sins,  as  a  sign  of  having  been  judged  already  and  approach  God  with  faith  in  the  blood  in  order to live.

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Sermons on the Gospel of John (I) - The Love of God Revealed through Jesus, The Only Begotten Son (I), Rev. Paul C. Jong

CHAPTER 3-1, pages 223-224

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