Jesus & Barabbas = Sacrifice & Scapegoat (Lev 16)

[Bismarck]

Leviticus 16 details the sacrificial protocol for the Scapegoat:

Then he shall take the two goats and set them before YHWH at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for YHWH and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for YHWH and use it as a sin offering, but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before YHWH to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
Leviticus 16:8-10

This seems to echo the story of Yeshua haNotzri and Barabbas in the Gospels. Compare also Pilate's handwashing to v.26:

And he who lets the goat go to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
Leviticus 16:26

This would seem to paint Pilate as the analog of Aaron... yet, Fischer and Fischer in "The Distortion: 2000 years of Misrepresenting the Relationship between Jesus the Messiah and the Jewish People" explicitly relate Pilate's handwashing to High Priestly ritual (pg. 30). Furthermore, the statement "His blood be upon us" is a reference to the sacrificial atonement of blood, and Yeshua as the "perfect sacrifice" to achieve atonement (ibid, pg 25).

 

[blackbird]

In reality----Jesus Christ is both the sacrifice and the scape goat in fulfillment of Jewish Law

It is hardly fitting that a hardened criminal such as Barrabas would suffice God's plan of taking sin away---such as what the scape goat pictured