Scapegoat
Lev 16:15-22 8/29/2017
So this is where the term comes from.
The transference of guilt and shame. All the trespasses of the people placed on the head of the scapegoat.
Is this what Caiaphas meant when he advised, “that it was better that one man should die rather than the people”?
There is a certain convenience in recognizing that Jesus was destined to die for my sins. It is unacceptable.
Like Bonhoeffer, I have to admit there is something divinely counter-intuitive here.
The hope of freedom requires that we see this sacrifice for what it is: A cleansing toward freedom of the freest kind.