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<p> <em>And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the  tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:  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  in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him  away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: (Leviticus 16:20,21)</em> <br><br>
  This booklet may not be for everyone. On the other hand, &quot;whosoever  will&quot; may choose to avail himself or herself of the authority and power  that God is ready to give to those who will decide to obey Him perfectly and  sternly. <br><br>
  Having been a Christian for fifty-two years and a pastor for twenty-one  of those years we are fairly well acquainted with church people. We are aware  of the reluctance of God’s people to move past the Pentecostal experience. They  know we should obey God, but the idea of coming to God with the intention of  obeying Him totally and without question seems unrealistic. In other words, the  Christian churches are filled with disobedient children. <br><br>
  In the coming new world of righteousness the thought of disobeying God  in the smallest detail will be unthinkable. But how do we get from here to  there? <br><br>
  All sin is based ultimately in rebellion, in disobedience to God. <br><br>
  Two goats were employed in the ceremony of the Jewish Day of Atonement  (Leviticus, Chapter 16). The blood of the first goat was used to make an  atonement for Israel. It was sprinkled upon and before the Mercy Seat in the  Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. <br><br>
  The sins of Israel were confessed over the second goat and it was led  away into the wilderness, portraying the removal of the presence of sin from  the camp. <br><br>
  Sin and rebellion against the Father were atoned for by the blood shed  on the cross of Calvary. The guilt of sin has been eternally removed. The  Father’s sense of justice and righteousness has been appeased. <br><br>
  But sin and rebellion have never been removed from the creation. Some of  the most highly placed of the rebellious angels, including Satan himself, are  still active in the heavens. The influence and resistance to righteousness of  the wicked angels is revealed in the behavior of people on the earth. <br><br>
  &nbsp;<em>Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day  that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before  thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of  the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one  of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of  Persia. (Daniel 10:12,13)</em> <br><br>
  <em>But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the  God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the  light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine  unto them. (II Corinthians 4:3,4)</em> <br><br>
  We understand from the Scriptures that there is coming a day of  redemption. This means that at some point in history the removal of sin, that  which was portrayed by leading the scapegoat from the camp, will take place. <br><br>
  We submit to you that the beginning of the day of redemption, of the  removal of sin from the creation, is upon us. <br><br>
  The present author was a Bible student in the old Assembly of God Berean  Bible Institute in San Diego. The time was the late 1940s. He had just received  the baptism with the Holy Spirit including speaking in tongues. <br><br>
  Soon after this a visiting teacher by the name of Oliver Ellenwood came  to the school. As Brother Ellenwood discussed the Tabernacle of the  Congregation he mentioned the feasts of the Lord (Leviticus, Chapter 23).  Something rang like a bell in our heart although we had never before heard of  the seven feasts. <br><br>
  The Lord spoke to us that the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27), the  sixth of the seven feasts, signifies judgment on the Church. We repeated this  to Brother Ellenwood and he seemed interested. During the same period of time  we became impressed with the warrior aspect of the Lord and went about our  daily duties meditating on &quot;the drums of El Shaddai.&quot; Where this  expression (the drums of&nbsp;<em>El</em>&nbsp;<em>Shaddai</em>) came from we do not  know. Today we can see the connection between the Day of Atonement and the  drums of El Shaddai. <br><br>
  From that day to the present the Lord has unfolded and verified the  awesome consequences of the spiritual application of the Day of Atonement  having to do with judgment on the Church. Many years later we discovered that  the Jews view the days from&nbsp;<em>Rosh Hashanah</em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>Yom Kippur</em>&nbsp;(the Day of Atonement) as the time when God judges the world. <br><br>
  Of late we have begun to perceive the majesty of the plan of God, His  war against evil spirits, His eternal judgment and removal of all sin from His  creation. The removal of the presence of sin will make possible the spiritual  fulfillment of the seventh and last feast, the feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus  23:34). The goal is the establishing of the Kingdom of God in the heart of  every saved person so that the Father is All and in all through Christ. <br><br>
  The authority structure of the universe is in disarray. Because of the  rebellion of the hierarchy of the heavens God is establishing a new government  and set of rulers over which His Son will reign supreme. As part of this  far-reaching endeavor the Throne of God, which from ancient times has been in  the heavens, is now in the process of being moved from the heavens to the  hearts of the saints. In fact, man was created to be the eternal Throne of God.  This is part of the general concept of the Incarnation of God. <br><br>
  The wisdom of God, His answer to the presumption of the ancient lords of  the heavens, is to move His throne (which at one time had been covered by  Satan’s wings) from the spirit realm into the hearts of the weakest of all  God’s creatures—man. But then, the mighty Christ was born in a barn! <br><br>
  How God must laugh at those who dare oppose His wisdom and power. <br><br>
As we said, this booklet may not be for everyone. But if your heart  sings at the thought of a sin-free creation, and especially if you are willing  to participate in the release of the material creation by being sternly  obedient to the Lord in all He requires of you, then what we have to say is for  you. Take hold of it. Serve the Lord with gladness, godly fear, and all the  concentration and attention of which you are capable. Do not let a more  diligent person take your crown, your talent.
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