Thoughts on Parshat Acharei Mot אַחֲרֵי מוֹת Means after the death of the two sons of Aaron the High Priest

Background Leviticus 16 The two goats. One for the Lord (L’-Yahweh) A scapegoat (L’-Azazel) These two goats are one picture, the first is an Atonement, the second for the Removal of sins.

Different names: Yom Kippur Day of Atonements יוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים, Yom HaKippurim Leviticus 23:27 - 28; 25:9. A Sabbath of solemn rest שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן, Shabbat Shabbaton, Leviticus 23:32 A holy convocation מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ, Miqra Qodesh (mikra kodesh), Leviticus 23:27

Acharei Mot Foreshadowing the Death of Yeshua Concerning the death of Yeshua in relation to the two goats: It was a propitiation (1 John 2:2). It was a substitution (2 Corinthians 5:21). It is His blood that cleanses the believer from sin (1 John 1:3-9)

Biblical Omens / signs Matthew 27:51-56, Mark 15:38-41 & Luke 23:45, 47-49 The darkening of the sun The tearing of the temple curtain The resurrection of dead saints The earth shook

Non-Biblical Omens / Signs “Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the western light [of the menorah] went out, the crimson thread remained crimson, and the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand. They would close the gates of the Temple by night and get up in the morning and find them wide open”. Rabbi Jacob Neusner in The Yerushalmi, p. 156-157 Based on Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 6.5.3 & Yoma 39a&b

So How was Yeshua The Azazel - the Scapegoat? 2 Corinthians 5:21 “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” Isaiah 53:6 “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” 1 John 3:5 “You know that He appeared in order to take away (our) sins, and in Him there is no sin.”