“And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: and Aaron shall _lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness_.” Verses 20, 21. NOTE.—The offering of the Lord’s goat cleansed the sanctuary. By this offering the sins of the people, transferred there during the year, were, in type, atoned for; but they were not by this offering finally disposed of, or destroyed. The scapegoat, symbolizing Satan, the great tempter and originator of sin, was brought to the sanctuary, and upon his head were placed all these sins which Satan had tempted God’s people to commit. 18. What final disposition was made of the sins of the people? “And _the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited_: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.” Verse 22. [Illustration.] The Scapegoat. "And Aaron shall ... confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel." Lev. 16:21. 19. What was this earthly sanctuary and its round of service? “Which was _a figure_ for the time then present.” Heb. 9:9. 20. Of what sanctuary, or tabernacle, is Christ the minister? “A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, _which the Lord pitched, and not man_.” Heb. 8:2. 21. Of what was the blood of all the sacrifices of the former dispensation only a type? “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but _by His own blood_ He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Heb. 9:12. See Eph. 5:2. NOTE.—Through the sacrifices and offerings brought to the altar of the earthly sanctuary, the penitent believer was to lay hold of the merits of Christ, the Saviour to come. In this way, and in this way only, was there any virtue connected with them. 22. At the death of Christ, what miraculous occurrence signified that the priestly work and services of the earthly sanctuary were finished? “Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, _the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom_.” Matt. 27:50, 51.