It is the Lord who decides who and how we should approach Him. If you listen to debates and questions from atheists and agnostics you will often hear things that presume we can decide how to approach God. It is up to God, not us.
Aaron had seen the consequences of going against God's ways with the death of his two sons. First he had to make a sacrifice. Then he had to put on the sacred clothes, having washed himself beforehand. For us, this means we have to rely on the blood of Jesus to pay for our sin, we need to repent, and we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Next there was the scapegoat. One was chosen by lots from two. This showed that it was God, not man, who chose the sacrifice.
Aaron had to sprinkle the blood from the sacrificial bull with his finger. So again we see an intimate connection between Aaron and the sacrifice.
The scapegoat was to take all the peoples sins. Aaron had to confess the peoples' sins over the goat. The goat would then carry away all the sins of the people. Now of course the goat had no such effect, but was pointing the way forward to the One who would truly take our sins away. Jesus has taken our sins away. We need no longer be burdened by guilt.
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