6750 sin-bearer
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A person or animal that acts in God's sight in a substitutionary capacity, to whom are transferred the sins of others, together with the corresponding penalty for those sins.

The principle of accountability necessitates a sin-bearer

All are held responsible for their own sin and its consequences

Leviticus 5:17 See also Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 20:16-21; Leviticus 24:15-16; Ezekiel 18:19-20

Individuals and nations come under God's judgment for their sin

Ezekiel 4:4-6 Ezekiel's behaviour foreshadowed God's judgment on the sin of Israel and Judah. See also Ezekiel 16:58; Ezekiel 18:4; Matthew 11:21-24 pp Luke 10:12-15; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:23

God's gracious provision of a sin-bearer in the OT

God takes away the sin of those who repent

Isaiah 44:22 See also 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 103:12; Zechariah 3:4

The sacrifice of an animal to remove sin

Leviticus 5:5-6 See also Leviticus 4:1-35; Leviticus 5:14-6:7

The Day of Atonement and the removal of sin

Leviticus 16:8-10 The sacrificial goat expiated the sins of the people in the sight of God; the driving away of the scapegoat into the desert symbolised the removal of the sin of the community. See also Leviticus 16:15-19 the sin offering; Leviticus 16:20-22 the scapegoat

The function of the priests in the sin-bearing process

The priests were responsible for the sanctuary

Numbers 18:1-7

Strict regulations governed the performance of their service

Leviticus 22:9 See also Exodus 28:42-43; Exodus 30:17-21; Leviticus 16:3-4

The priests bore the sin of the people in a representative capacity

Exodus 28:36-38 See also Leviticus 10:17

Jesus Christ as sin-bearer

Jesus Christ bore the sins of the world on the cross

Hebrews 9:28 See also Isaiah 53:4-6,10-12; John 1:29; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 10:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 3:5

Jesus Christ's intercessory role as high priest

1 John 2:1 See also Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25

See also

2306  Christ, high priest
2315  Christ as Lamb
5051  responsibility
6027  sin, remedy for
6614  atonement
6648  expiation
6712  propitiation
6752  substitution
7440  scapegoat
7766  priests



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