The Scapegoat is Satan

[TBC: In Seventh day Adventism, of the lambs sacrificed on the Day of Atonement, there was “The Lamb of God” along with “the Scapegoat.” They identify the Lord as “The Lamb of God,” and Satan as “the Scapegoat.” In John:1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
See All... and 1:36, however, John the Baptist clearly identifies Jesus as fulfilling both roles. This is a very serious point where the plain statement of Scripture must be recognized and the false teaching repented of.]

The Scapegoat is Satan?

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (Jn:3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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Moreover, when Paul referred to the old covenant holy days, which include the Day of Atonement services, he collectively called them a “shadow”. In context, the shadow is of Christ and not Satan (Col:2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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Importantly, the atonement of Christ carries such a vast load of truth that one sacrifice was inadequate to picture it. Therefore, the Old Testament used many sacrifices and symbols to point forward to Christ. The key truth of the Day of Atonement sacrifices and the two goats is that Christ not only died for our sins (first goat) but also carried them away, (scapegoat) never to be seen again (Ps:103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
See All...; Is. 44:22; Heb:8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
See All...; Ps:51:9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
See All...; Jer:50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
See All...; Rom:8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
See All...; Heb:10:17-18 [17] And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. [18] Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
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—Dale Ratzlaff (1936-2024, founder of Life Assurance Ministries and Proclamation! Magazine Seventh-day Adventist pastor for 13 years. He and his wife Carolyn left the Adventist church in 1981 when he realized he could no longer teach the investigative judgment with a clear conscience).