In Daniel 9 we hear God’s promise that the day is coming that will put an end to sin, atone for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
I suggested last week that all of this shows us that a Day of Atonement is coming. In Daniel 8 we saw Daniel’s vision of the ram and the male goat. The ram was the Persian empire. The goat was the Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great. Leviticus 16 is the only other passage in scripture that talks about a ram and a male goat. Except Leviticus 16 talks about two male goats. Where is the other goat?
Leviticus 16 says that Aaron shall offer the ram as a burnt offering for the people. Then he shall take one of the male goats as a sin offering, and the other one shall be “presented alive before the LORD to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness as a scapegoat.” And Daniel 9 says that at the end of the 70 weeks, atonement will be made.
Jesus is the other male goat. The end of chapter 9 explains the unfinished vision of chapter 8.
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