Opening Context; Sacrifice and The Law
Instructions delivered by God to Moses for Aaron and his male descendants (the Jewish priests).
Leviticus 16:3-22 (the third book of the law):
Lev 16:3. Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place:
with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a
burnt-offering.
Lev 16:4. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall
have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre
shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he
shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
Lev 16:5. And he shall take of the congregation of the
children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and
one ram for a burnt-offering.
Lev 16:6. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-
offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for
himself, and for his house.
Lev 16:7. And he shall take the two goats, and set them
before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting.
Lev 16:8. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one
lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel.
Lev 16:9. And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the
lot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering.
Lev 16:10. But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel,
shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement for
him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
Lev 16:11. And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-
offering, which is for himself, and shall make
atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill
the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself:
Lev 16:12. and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire
from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of
sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
Lev 16:13. and he shall put the incense upon the fire before
Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the
mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Lev 16:14. and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and
sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the
east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the
Take away from this:
• The ritual / protocol of sacrifice
• The scapegoat, and how sins are laid upon it and banished with it
• What the sin offering involved
• Understand the meaning of the sacrifice to the ancient Jewish people
blood with his finger seven times.
Lev 16:15. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering,
that is for the people, and bring his blood within the
veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of
the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and
before the mercy-seat:
Lev 16:16. and he shall make atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel,
and because of their transgressions, even all their sins:
and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth
with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
Lev 16:17. And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting
when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place,
until he come out, and have made atonement for
himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly
of Israel.
Lev 16:18. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before
Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of
the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat,
and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
Lev 16:19. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with
his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from
the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
Lev 16:20. And when he hath made an end of atoning for
the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he
shall present the live goat:
Lev 16:21. and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the
head of the live goat, and confess over him all the
iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their
transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them
upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by
the hand of a man that is in readiness into the
wilderness:
Lev 16:22. and the goat shall bear upon him all their
iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the
goat in the wilderness.
The Prophet Isaiah

A prophet (8th Century BC) to Israel; called be a prophet by God at a time when great destruction was
planned for the sinful nation of Israel.

Isaiah 6:1, 6:8-13:

Isa 6:1. In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train
filled the temple.
...
Isa 6:8. And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here
am I; send me.
Isa 6:9. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye
indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but
perceive not.
Isa 6:10. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their
ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their
eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their
heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Isa 6:11. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered,
Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses
without man, and the land become utterly waste,
Isa 6:12. and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the
forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Isa 6:13. And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn
be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock
remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the
stock thereof.

Take away from this:

• Isaiah is commissioned not to save but to oversee the destruction of Israel
• The only remainder of Israel will be the holy seed; the kernel of God

Moving forwards, Isaiah was given a prophesy about what would happen post destruction; all historical
evidence demonstrates that the promised utter destruction did take place.

Isaiah 11:1-

Isa 11:1. And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock
of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
Isa 11:2. And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of
Jehovah.
Isa 11:3. And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and
he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither
decide after the hearing of his ears;
Isa 11:4. but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and
decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he
shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with
the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 11:5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist,
and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
Isa 11:6. And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them.
Isa 11:7. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young
ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw
like the ox.
Isa 11:8. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the
adder's den.
Isa 11:9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 11:10. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root
of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto
him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be
glorious.
Isa 11:11. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover
the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from
Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from
Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isa 11:12. And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and
will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together
the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the
earth.
Isa 11:13. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they
that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy
Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isa 11:14. And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the
Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the
children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon
Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey
them.
Isa 11:15. And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of Isa 11:16. And there shall be a highway for the remnant of
the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like as there
wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land
seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod. of Egypt.

This 'shoot of Jesse' is the 'arm of God' who is going to bring about salvation... later on more specific
prophesy is provided, I will only provide a short section of it to give a general idea.

Isaiah 42:1-4

Isa 42:1. Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen,
in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon
him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Isa 42:2. He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to
be heard in the street.
Isa 42:3. A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly
burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth
justice in truth.
Isa 42:4. He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set
justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 53:1-12

Isa 53:1. Who hath believed our message? and to whom
hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Isa 53:2. For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as
a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty
that we should desire him.
Isa 53:3. He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from
whom men hide their face he was despised; and we
esteemed him not.
Isa 53:4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted.
Isa 53:5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isa 53:6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all.
Isa 53:7. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he
opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the
slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is
dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
Isa 53:8. By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who among them considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the
transgression of my people to whom the stroke was
due?
Isa 53:9. And they made his grave with the wicked, and
with a rich man in his death; although he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isa 53:10. Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put
him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering
for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
Isa 53:11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my
righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their
iniquities.
Isa 53:12. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he poured out his soul unto death, and was
numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of
many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Points of note:
• This shoot of Jesse is not to be splendid like a king of the world
• He is to bear the troubles and sins of mankind
• Through bearing the troubles and sins he is to heal mankind
• The sins are laid upon him to carry [cf scapegoat in Leviticus]
• He is to be oppressed, judged and condemned to death
• By knowledge of him many people will be saved and he will bear their sins
• He is to be counted sinful due to the sins he carries, and being innocent pray for forgiveness

Importantly, all this is recorded long before Christ; there is historical evidence to support all of this. In
additional the text can be found in the Torah as well as the Bible. Christians believe this root of Jesse
to be Christ (which means 'the anointed' rather than being an actual name).