Matt and Josh talk about goats. They discuss the complex logic of atonement and purification, and how the blood of goats, lambs, pigeons (and even flour) spread life to maintain connection with God’s presence, and how Jesus accomplishes this through his ascension, rather than his death.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:32 GOATS
06:28 The Oscars and Begonia
08:42 Impurity and Sacred Space
11:02 What Is Atonement?
21:04 The Problem with Moral Impurity
26:00 Sin Affects the Land
33:34 Prophets that Critique Offerings and Predict Destruction
37:47 Jesus as a Purification Offering
41:29 Recapping the Various Understandings of Jesus’s Death and Atonement
50:43 Through Death and Curse to Resurrection and Restoration
54:41 Outro

Books or references:
Lamb of the Free by Andrew Rillera
Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord by L. Michael Morales
Leviticus by Jacob Milgrom

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