Old Testament Commentary - Leviticus 16

by Don R. Hender

A stated prayer invoked design is state in the Lord's Prayer which he taught his followers to pray to God in Heaven for. In those requisted desings is that forshadowed desire set up of things to on earth as they are in Heaven. Even the covenant performances of the tabernacle/temple were to be so ordered and performed after the order and fashion of heaven. Amid that set up is that the Son is to stand and act in the stead of the Father in all things as Aaron's sons and their sons according on down through the generations was to perform so that the Son the the Father was to act and perform in that order after the similitude and in the stead of the father in all things pertaining to the covenant performances. Indeed this is as was set out first in heven when Elohim called and sellected his firstborn righteous son to stand in the stead of the FAther in all things as to the administration of the order of the priesthood authority by that anoiting of devine investiture for as stated in D&C 130:5, only those who do pertain unto this earthly creatation do minister unto it. Thus the Celestial Father, being advanced of the temporal estate, did anoint his first born son Jehovah to act in his stead in all things, and to be that Mediator, Advocate and Intercessor between temporal man and Celestial God, that only in and through or 'Ministering God Jehovah, who is the same as Jesus Christ our Saviour and REdeemer; and that through him and him only is man saved and returned to the presences according to the doctrine and gospel of Jesus Christ. There is not other way under hevean given where by man may be saved.

The Performance and Ordinance of the 'Day of Atonement' was an annual rememberance of the eternal perspective of Jehovah as Jehoshua who was anointed as the authoritive 'priest' of the Father to represent the Father and minister in all things in this second estate in the Father's stead. By that divine investiture Jehovah is the Father in all things before us, giving the glory to the Father. Further as the anointed of the Father, Jehovah as Jehoshua [Jesus], the BRANCH, would make atonement for the sins of mankind, redeeming them from the fall. Thus the performance and ordiance of the Mosaic Law was given to commenmorate this anointing and atonement of Jehovah. A vision of the related preexistence events was given to Zechariah. (See Zechariah 3 & Hebrews 9).

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            CHAPTER 16
How and when holy place must be entered by Aaron—Sacrifice offered to reconcile Israel to God—
Scapegoat carries away sins of the people—Sins of all Israel forgiven on day of atonement.
Day of Atonement given in Law of Moses in similitude of Jehovah anointed to minister in 'The Priest's Office' in his Father's stead by divine investiture and to make an atonement for the sins of the world to redeem man from the fall.     Day of Atonement
This annual performance was in similitude of Jehovah as Jehoshua [Jesus] from his anointing by the Father to the performance of the atonement and judgement. (See the reference in Hebrews of 2^a below)

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two ^asons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died^a;
2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the **^aholy place within the ^bvail before the mercy seat^a, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will ^cappear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Unacceptable Before God The ordiances of God are God's. Man cannot change them according to the mind and will of man, else man is left to define God rather than comeing to know the turth of who God is. This is the unchangableness of God. We do not define him, he defines himself and reveals himself to us. When God sets out ordinances and performances and commands man that they are to perform such ordiances and performances, these ordinances and performances must be performed according to God's direct and not man's preferred concept of them. To attempt so to impose the mind of man upon the ordiances and performances of God is a sin, it is the blasphemous act of showing a lack of humility and meekness before God. Lucifer displayed such lack of humility and meekness before the throne of God when he opposed the Plan of the Father and Jehovah the Son, whom the Father had selected. For the blasphemy before God, Lucifer and his followers where cast out of the presence of God. Later, in the days of Adam, Lucifer pursaded Cain to so perform blashphemously before the altar of God. The sacrificial remembrance of the atonement was shown forth in the blood of the sacrificial animal. And when Cain brought grain and offered in the stead of the proper animal sacrifice, he did corrupt the holy ordiance of God at his own mind, convience and will, placing will above God's and thus himself above the command of God showing a total lack of meekness and humility before God, just as had Lucifer done in the preexistence. Cains offering was therefore unacceptable and if Cain would not change his attitude of lack of humility before God, he would be cast off just as Lucifer had been before him. This was the case of the two sons of Aaron. They performed the sacred oriance of the Lord, not according to the manner prescribed by God, but in the manner in which they themselves did define, thus showing great disrespect and lack of humility before God. This type of 'prideful' attitude displayed before God is not acceptable to God. It corrupts the truth of God. If allowed, it would be the means of man defining God according to the convienence, mind and will of man, and thus the end of God, understanding God as God in reality and truth is. This God cannot allow man to do, and the penalties for such 'rebellion' against God are great. In the case of the sons of Aaron, they were immediately struck dead. 1^a they offered before the LORD, and died The corruption of a sacred offering before the LORD in his holy place is a serious matter. The LORD did not have respect unto Cain's offering as it was contrary to the law of animal sacrifice which represented the atoning sacrifice of the Son. The very sacred ordinance of the day of atonement was in similitude of the atonement of Christ, Christ being the priest who would so offer an accept sacrifice before God and Christ only. Only one priest was to enter and perform this ordinance in the Holy of Holies in the similitude of the only one Redeemer. When both sons of Aaron went in together it misrepresented the ordiance. In the vision of the event, only one was accepted before God (See Zechriah 3) When two entered, it poluted the ordinance and brought into remembrance Lucifer and Jehovah as Jehoshua before God when only Jehovah as Jehoshua was allowed to enter as represented by the properly anointed high priest in similitude of Jehovah as Jehoshua [Jesus].

2^a holy place within the vail before the mercy seat This of course is the 'Holy of Holies' or the Holiest Place colored in yellow in the illustration above. And it is not the outer 'holy place' shown above where was the candlestick or Moriah and the golden table of shew bread. This was within the veil and in the presence of the ark of the covenant and in the presence of God who sat upon the mercy seat of the ark in judgment.
1^a Lev. 10:1 (1-2)
2^a** Heb. 9:12 (7, 12, 24-25);
     Heb. 10:19 (19-22)
  ^b TG Veil
  ^c Ex. 25:22; Ex. 29:42 (42-43);
     Ex. 40:34 (34-35);
     D&C 97:16 (15-17);
     D&C 109:5 (5, 12-13);
     Abr. 2:19 (19-20)

3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young ^abullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He shall put on the holy ^alinen coat, and he shall have the ^alinen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen ^amitre shall he be attired: **these are ^aholy garments^a; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. 4^a these are holy garments These holy white linen garments are the holy garments of the priesthood of God, the holy garments of the temple. In conjunction with the 'law' meaning the Law of Moses, these were worn by the high priest who did represent Jesus Christ in the commemorative ordinance performance of the Day of Atonement. The 'Day of Atonement' was in similitude of the atonement of Jesus Christ which was part of the plan of the Father as set upon Jehovah, the Son from before the foundation of the world (See Zechariah 3). As explained by Paul, Jesus Christ did fulfill this ordiance of the Law of Moses bring the blessings of the atonement to all who accept Christ and so live worthy to receive it blessings. 3^a Deut. 33:17
4^a Lev. 16:23; Lev. 16:32;
      Gen. 3:21; Ex. 28:2;
      Ex. 28:42; Zech. 3:4;
4^a HEB cap; Zechariah 3:5;
      Zech. 3:5 (commentary)

6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat^a**.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin ^aoffering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 8^a Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the LORD, and the other lot fot the scapegoat

9^a 3 Ne. 9:22 (15-22);
     D&C 21:9

The Ram of Ur The image of the Ram clothed and standing at the tree of life in the left column was found at the site of the city of Ur. Whether those who made it and used it where of the true faith or not is unknown. To the truth faith it represents Jehovah at the tree of life as that source of salvation as seen in vision by Lehi and Nephi and other prophets of God. But since those of Ur not only included Abraham, who was of the truth faith, but others who had profaned and corrupted the true religion of God into pagan idolatry, it is unknown that exact design and use of this ancient artifact. It does to the true believer help to establish that the pagan religions of the world are but corruptions from the true religion. But to the historians who do not believe, they use it to establish the opposite that Judaism and thus Chrisitianity did evolve out of paganism. They play the game of the chicken or the egg and which came first, and they do ignore all the acient scriptural records which is the truth and Word of God upon the matter.

11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
12 And he shall take a ^acenser full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
13 And he shall put the ^aincense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is ^bupon the testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the ^ablood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 12^a HEB shovel
13^a Rev. 8:3 (2-4)
    ^b IE upon the ark containing
       the stone tablets and other
       written revelations
14^a Lev. 4:5 (5-6)

15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their ^atransgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 16^a TG Transgression

18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the ^ahorns of the altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 18^a Lev. 4:7

20 ¶ 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:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his ^ahands upon the head of the live goat, and ^bconfess 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 ^cfit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall ^abear upon him all their ^biniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 21^a TG Hands, Laying on of
     ^b Heb. 10:3; TG Confession
     ^c HEB appointed
22^a Mosiah 14:11
     ^b TG Jesus Christ, Types of,
        in Anticipation of

23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the ^alinen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy ^aplace, and shall leave them there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water ^ain the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 23^a Lev. 16:4; Lev. 16:4;
23^a D&C 109:13
24^a HEB in a holy place

27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement^a in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 27^a blood was brought in to make atonement It is a 'blood' atonement. While the priest performs the acts, it is the blood of the animal which is the actual atonement sacrifice. And it is in similitude of the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, both in Gethsemane and upon the cross. In the garden he freely gave his blood, a sinless offereing for sin. And upon the crose he gave his life that man might live again, he being the first fruits of the resurrection. 29^a OR humble
     ^b Ex. 12:48 (19, 48-49);
       Ezek. 47:22
31^a Mosiah 13:18 (18-19)

29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall ^aafflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own ^bcountry, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
30 For **on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you^a**, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
31 It shall be a ^asabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

**30^a on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you** The words which are italicized 'the priest' is not in the Biblical text but was added by the King James translators as to the translator it made sense that this is who was making the atonement. And while the 'priest' performed the atoning sacrifice, it was actually the blood of the animal which constituted the antonement in similitude of the blood of Christ. Without 'the priest' being added the translation is simply that ' on that day is an atonement made for you', which takes it out of the 'officiator' making the atonement and places the object making the atonement the actual blood of the animal which was in the similitude of the blood of Christ. 29^a OR humble
     ^b Ex. 12:48 (19, 48-49);
       Ezek. 47:22
31^a Mosiah 13:18 (18-19)

32 And the ^apriest, whom he shall ^banoint, and whom he shall ^cconsecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead^a, shall make the atonement^b, and **shall put on the ^alinen clothes, even the ^aholy garments^c:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the ^acongregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

An Everlasting Statute The Covenant of God made with man is the 'Everlasting Covenant'. Any ordinance, convocation or performance authorized by God to be in similitude of this 'Everlasting Covenant' is an 'Everlasting Performance' or as stated here an 'Everlasting Statute'. This does not mean that such ordinance, convocation, statute or performance would be held forever in and of itself, for the would make it, a mere act of worship, a 'selfsustaining' act in and of itself without any truth of reality upon which it is based. And that reality upon which it is based is the Atonement of Christ.

Now herein is the reality which the statute did represent. It was the sinless sacrifice for sin performed by the 'Suffering Messiah'. Thus rather than an act unto itself, it did portray that which was 'Everlasting', and that is the Atonement of Christ and that it would be Everlasting and would stand forever. As we know, the Old Testament performance known as the 'Day of Atonement' was fulfilled and had its end of its performance when Christ did perform that infininate atonement during his mortal ministry.

Thus the 'satute', the temple ordinance and performance of the 'day of atonement' was fulfilled and had an end in Christ. And that of which it was in a similitude of, Christ's Atonement, will stand forever, it being the Everlasting Covenant of God. And to the end of fulfilling His Work and His Glory, which is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. That is the 'life' of the statute of performance. It lives in Christ and now that Christ has come and performed that which it was a similitude of, it is now fulfilled and does have an end to its ritualistic performance.
And thus the name 'everlasting statute' does not mean the performance of the similitude is an everlasting ritual, for ritual in itself is nothing and is dead. But that which it portrayed, as it portrayed the 'Everlasting Covenant' which is fulfilled in the Atonement of Christ. Everlasting meaning and referring to God and His Son, that being one of their names 'Endless' or 'Everlasting', without beginning or end. And it is Christ who brings the life of 'Everlasting' to the similitude of the statute performance. And since Chris has come and has performed that which the statute did look foreward to and point to, that it is now complete and fulfilled, then so is the similitude of the statute. And the statute has its end and fulfillment in Christ.
32^a whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead The 'priest' who is consecrated to minister in his father's stead is Jehovah, the firstborn son of the Father in the spirit. He was anoited and ordained before the foundation of the world in the preexistence. Jehovah ministers to this second estate in his Father's stead, as the father is not of this estate and therefore does not minister to it himself (D&C 130:5).
32^b shall make the atonement Jehovah, this priest acting in the Father's stead, in his condescention, shall come to earth to descend below all to be the one who makes the atonement for the sins of man.
32^c shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments In the days of the Old Testament these 'holy garments' where the Law of Moses type of the 'holy garment of the priesthood' which represented the 'coat of skins' placed upon the nakedness of Adam by the hand of the Lord. These 'holy garments' today are associated with the endowment of the holy melchizedek priesthood, which is the priesthood after the order of the Son of God, that is after the order of Jesus Christ. Under the lesser Law of Moses, which was to bring man to Christ, foreshadowing him in all things of its performances and ordinances, these 'special holy garments' where only worn as a symbolic 'shield' of protection to the administering priest while in the Holy of Holies, within the vail of the temple. Today under the higher law of Christ, our own holy garments of the temple are worn by all those who have entered into the endowment of the Holy Priesthood of God in the temple of God. And since the atonement has been completed by the Savior, that holy endowment of the High Priesthood is upon the mortal temple of man, the body of man, and the garment is worn at all times by the worthy of the Church between the temporal temple of the tabernacle of mans body and the world as a protection against the world. Our now endowed being, now protected by the holy garment of the priesthood as our spirit is housed within our temporal body and is now endowed unto the Lord. 32^a Num. 27:21 (21-23)
     Joshua, whose name is Jesus,
     was in similitude of the
     anointing & consecration of
     Christ in by the Father in the
     preexistence in this instance.
    ^b TG Priesthood, Aaronic
    ^c 2 Ne. 5:26; Mosiah 23:17
32^a Lev. 16:4; Lev. 16:4;
33^a TG Church

In Similitude of Heaven** Each Holy Ordinance and Performance set forth for man to perform by the priesthood, power and authority of God here upon earth is a similitude of what has been previously set into order and ordained of God in the preexistance to be perform for man's salvation by Jehovah during the course of this second estate's existence from its beginning until its end. All of these holy earthly ordinances, convocations and performances point to Jehovah and his performance as the anointed and consecrated Son of God, being God by that divine investiture of the Father to so perform such in the Father's name and by that grand power and authority of God to the end of bringing to past the imortality and eternal life of man. And all these earthly ordiances, convocations and performances, whether of the time of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ or Joseph Smith and our day, have and do but point us to Him, the Great Jehovah, the God of Heaven and Earth, the very Eternal Father who have been placed as such by his endowment by the Father of our Spirits. And each such ordiances, convocation and performance denotes and signifies none other. And they do encompass such events from that relative preexistant organization and ordination of such until the completion of every design and plan of it.
And thus it is in each such ordinance, convocation and performance there can be seen in it the very similitude of heaven and such earthly performances there ordained and set forth until the end of the earth's second estate probation. Thus in the performances of the Day of Atonement as set out in the Law of the Old Testament, it can be seen that it is a similitude of, and an embodiment of all that encompasses the 'Atonement of the Son of God' from the election, selection, anointing and consecration of the Son Jehovah to his Atonement in Gethsemane and upon the Cross, to his Resurrection, Second Coming and even to that final day of judgment and acceptance of the whole of it by the Father at the end of time. It encompasses from the beginning to the end of the matter as portrayed in the vision of Zechariah in the third chapter of that book. And when in Leviticus 16:32, the High Priest is anointed and consecrated in ord to act in the Father's stead, to perform the Atonement, and to be clothed in the holy garments of the priesthood of God forever; it is in that grand similitude of prepresentation extenting from the Father's preexistant endowment of the Son to act in the stead of the Father to perform the work of the Atonement from before the foundation of the earth to the end thereof. And there, as portrayed in the vision of Zechariah, Jesus, that is Jehovah the Great High Priest was clothed in the holy garment and power of the priesthood of God forever, having been ordained to perform the Atonement as the BRANCH, given power and authority to judge and rule in His Father's house and kingdom forever and to perform all things from the beginning of creation to the end thereof in order to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
Thus when in verse 32 it states that 'the high priest, whom he shal anoint, and whom he shall consecrate', it is a similitude of God the Father's anointing and consecration of Jehovah as the great high priest of heaven. And that Jehovah would 'minister in that high priest's office in his Father's stead' meaning that by that divine investiture God the Father of Spirits did anoint and consecrate Jehovah to be our God, the act in the Father's Father's stead as the Father during this second estate's existence, being one so called from among the spirit children of God, as only those who are of and pertain to this second estate can so minister unto it, the Father being advanced in his own progression beyond any such earthly mortal carnal estate of existence as this is. Thus the Son of God was elected and anointed by the Father to act and perform as the Father, as our God, as our Mediator, as our Advocate with the Father, performing all things by, through and in the name of the Father. And thus was Jehovah the first born Son of God in the spirit made to be our God of this second estate, to perform the creation thereof under the direction of the Father, to be the Lord God Jehovah of the Old, the New and the Millennial Day, to the end thereof of this mortal frame of existence. It is He, the Son of God who is this creation's Alpha and Omega. He stands at it beginning unto the end thereof. He compasses from that eternity of the preexistence to that eternity of Celestial Glory. He is from all eternity to all eternity. And He is our God so established by the Father, to whom in all humility and meekness, He our Redeemer and Savior, gives all glory to. That is the Son give all glory to the Father, He having so glorifing the name of the Father in performing all that is needful in bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Yes, all things do testify of Him.

Scriptural Text [& Editorial]	Commentary & Explanation	Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
CHAPTER 16 How and when holy place must be entered by Aaron—Sacrifice offered to reconcile Israel to God— Scapegoat carries away sins of the people—Sins of all Israel forgiven on day of atonement.	Day of Atonement given in Law of Moses in similitude of Jehovah anointed to minister in 'The Priest's Office' in his Father's stead by divine investiture and to make an atonement for the sins of the world to redeem man from the fall.	Day of Atonement This annual performance was in similitude of Jehovah as Jehoshua [Jesus] from his anointing by the Father to the performance of the atonement and judgement. (See the reference in Hebrews of 2^a below)
1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two ^asons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died^a; 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the *^aholy place* within the ^bvail before the mercy seat^a, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will ^cappear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Unacceptable Before God** The ordiances of God are God's. Man cannot change them according to the mind and will of man, else man is left to define God rather than comeing to know the turth of who God is. This is the unchangableness of God. We do not define him, he defines himself and reveals himself to us. When God sets out ordinances and performances and commands man that they are to perform such ordiances and performances, these ordinances and performances must be performed according to God's direct and not man's preferred concept of them. To attempt so to impose the mind of man upon the ordiances and performances of God is a sin, it is the blasphemous act of showing a lack of humility and meekness before God. Lucifer displayed such lack of humility and meekness before the throne of God when he opposed the Plan of the Father and Jehovah the Son, whom the Father had selected. For the blasphemy before God, Lucifer and his followers where cast out of the presence of God. Later, in the days of Adam, Lucifer pursaded Cain to so perform blashphemously before the altar of God. The sacrificial remembrance of the atonement was shown forth in the blood of the sacrificial animal. And when Cain brought grain and offered in the stead of the proper animal sacrifice, he did corrupt the holy ordiance of God at his own mind, convience and will, placing will above God's and thus himself above the command of God showing a total lack of meekness and humility before God, just as had Lucifer done in the preexistence. Cains offering was therefore unacceptable and if Cain would not change his attitude of lack of humility before God, he would be cast off just as Lucifer had been before him. This was the case of the two sons of Aaron. They performed the sacred oriance of the Lord, not according to the manner prescribed by God, but in the manner in which they themselves did define, thus showing great disrespect and lack of humility before God. This type of 'prideful' attitude displayed before God is not acceptable to God. It corrupts the truth of God. If allowed, it would be the means of man defining God according to the convienence, mind and will of man, and thus the end of God, understanding God as God in reality and truth is. This God cannot allow man to do, and the penalties for such 'rebellion' against God are great. In the case of the sons of Aaron, they were immediately struck dead.	1^a they offered before the LORD, and died The corruption of a sacred offering before the LORD in his holy place is a serious matter. The LORD did not have respect unto Cain's offering as it was contrary to the law of animal sacrifice which represented the atoning sacrifice of the Son. The very sacred ordinance of the day of atonement was in similitude of the atonement of Christ, Christ being the priest who would so offer an accept sacrifice before God and Christ only. Only one priest was to enter and perform this ordinance in the Holy of Holies in the similitude of the only one Redeemer. When both sons of Aaron went in together it misrepresented the ordiance. In the vision of the event, only one was accepted before God (See Zechriah 3) When two entered, it poluted the ordinance and brought into remembrance Lucifer and Jehovah as Jehoshua before God when only Jehovah as Jehoshua was allowed to enter as represented by the properly anointed high priest in similitude of Jehovah as Jehoshua [Jesus]. 2^a holy place within the vail before the mercy seat This of course is the 'Holy of Holies' or the Holiest Place colored in yellow in the illustration above. And it is not the outer 'holy place' shown above where was the candlestick or Moriah and the golden table of shew bread. This was within the veil and in the presence of the ark of the covenant and in the presence of God who sat upon the mercy seat of the ark in judgment.	1^a Lev. 10:1 (1-2) 2^a Heb. 9:12 (7, 12, 24-25); Heb. 10:19 (19-22) ^b TG Veil ^c Ex. 25:22; Ex. 29:42 (42-43); Ex. 40:34 (34-35); D&C 97:16 (15-17); D&C 109:5 (5, 12-13); Abr. 2:19 (19-20)
3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young ^abullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy ^alinen coat, and he shall have the ^alinen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen ^amitre shall he be attired: *these are* ^aholy garments^a**; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.	4^a these are holy garments These holy white linen garments are the holy garments of the priesthood of God, the holy garments of the temple. In conjunction with the 'law' meaning the Law of Moses, these were worn by the high priest who did represent Jesus Christ in the commemorative ordinance performance of the Day of Atonement. The 'Day of Atonement' was in similitude of the atonement of Jesus Christ which was part of the plan of the Father as set upon Jehovah, the Son from before the foundation of the world (See Zechariah 3). As explained by Paul, Jesus Christ did fulfill this ordiance of the Law of Moses bring the blessings of the atonement to all who accept Christ and so live worthy to receive it blessings.	3^a Deut. 33:17 4^a Lev. 16:23; Lev. 16:32; Gen. 3:21; Ex. 28:2; Ex. 28:42; Zech. 3:4; 4^a HEB cap; Zechariah 3:5; Zech. 3:5 (commentary)
6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat^a. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin ^aoffering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.	8^a Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the LORD, and the other lot fot the scapegoat	9^a 3 Ne. 9:22 (15-22); D&C 21:9 The Ram of Ur The image of the Ram clothed and standing at the tree of life in the left column was found at the site of the city of Ur. Whether those who made it and used it where of the true faith or not is unknown. To the truth faith it represents Jehovah at the tree of life as that source of salvation as seen in vision by Lehi and Nephi and other prophets of God. But since those of Ur not only included Abraham, who was of the truth faith, but others who had profaned and corrupted the true religion of God into pagan idolatry, it is unknown that exact design and use of this ancient artifact. It does to the true believer help to establish that the pagan religions of the world are but corruptions from the true religion. But to the historians who do not believe, they use it to establish the opposite that Judaism and thus Chrisitianity did evolve out of paganism. They play the game of the chicken or the egg and which came first, and they do ignore all the acient scriptural records which is the truth and Word of God upon the matter.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: 12 And he shall take a ^acenser full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 13 And he shall put the ^aincense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is ^bupon the testimony, that he die not: 14 And he shall take of the ^ablood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.		12^a HEB shovel 13^a Rev. 8:3 (2-4) ^b IE upon the ark containing the stone tablets and other written revelations 14^a Lev. 4:5 (5-6)
15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their ^atransgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.		16^a TG Transgression
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the ^ahorns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.		18^a Lev. 4:7
20 ¶ 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: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his ^ahands upon the head of the live goat, and ^bconfess 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 ^cfit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall ^abear upon him all their ^biniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.		21^a TG Hands, Laying on of ^b Heb. 10:3; TG Confession ^c HEB appointed 22^a Mosiah 14:11 ^b TG Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation of
23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the ^alinen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy ^aplace, and shall leave them there: 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water ^ain the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.		23^a Lev. 16:4; Lev. 16:4; 23^a D&C 109:13 24^a HEB in a holy place
27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement^a in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.	27^a blood was brought in to make atonement It is a 'blood' atonement. While the priest performs the acts, it is the blood of the animal which is the actual atonement sacrifice. And it is in similitude of the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, both in Gethsemane and upon the cross. In the garden he freely gave his blood, a sinless offereing for sin. And upon the crose he gave his life that man might live again, he being the first fruits of the resurrection.	29^a OR humble ^b Ex. 12:48 (19, 48-49); Ezek. 47:22 31^a Mosiah 13:18 (18-19)
29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall ^aafflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own ^bcountry, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 30 For *on that day shall the priest* make an atonement for you^a*, to cleanse you, that* ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It shall be a ^asabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.	*30^a on that day shall the priest* make an atonement for you** The words which are italicized 'the priest' is not in the Biblical text but was added by the King James translators as to the translator it made sense that this is who was making the atonement. And while the 'priest' performed the atoning sacrifice, it was actually the blood of the animal which constituted the antonement in similitude of the blood of Christ. Without 'the priest' being added the translation is simply that ' on that day is an atonement made for you', which takes it out of the 'officiator' making the atonement and places the object making the atonement the actual blood of the animal which was in the similitude of the blood of Christ.	29^a OR humble ^b Ex. 12:48 (19, 48-49); Ezek. 47:22 31^a Mosiah 13:18 (18-19)
32 And the ^apriest, whom he shall ^banoint, and whom he shall ^cconsecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead^a, shall make the atonement^b, and *shall put on the ^alinen clothes, even* the ^aholy garments^c: 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the ^acongregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. An Everlasting Statute** The Covenant of God made with man is the 'Everlasting Covenant'. Any ordinance, convocation or performance authorized by God to be in similitude of this 'Everlasting Covenant' is an 'Everlasting Performance' or as stated here an 'Everlasting Statute'. This does not mean that such ordinance, convocation, statute or performance would be held forever in and of itself, for the would make it, a mere act of worship, a 'selfsustaining' act in and of itself without any truth of reality upon which it is based. And that reality upon which it is based is the Atonement of Christ. Now herein is the reality which the statute did represent. It was the sinless sacrifice for sin performed by the 'Suffering Messiah'. Thus rather than an act unto itself, it did portray that which was 'Everlasting', and that is the Atonement of Christ and that it would be Everlasting and would stand forever. As we know, the Old Testament performance known as the 'Day of Atonement' was fulfilled and had its end of its performance when Christ did perform that infininate atonement during his mortal ministry. Thus the 'satute', the temple ordinance and performance of the 'day of atonement' was fulfilled and had an end in Christ. And that of which it was in a similitude of, Christ's Atonement, will stand forever, it being the Everlasting Covenant of God. And to the end of fulfilling His Work and His Glory, which is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. That is the 'life' of the statute of performance. It lives in Christ and now that Christ has come and performed that which it was a similitude of, it is now fulfilled and does have an end to its ritualistic performance. And thus the name 'everlasting statute' does not mean the performance of the similitude is an everlasting ritual, for ritual in itself is nothing and is dead. But that which it portrayed, as it portrayed the 'Everlasting Covenant' which is fulfilled in the Atonement of Christ. Everlasting meaning and referring to God and His Son, that being one of their names 'Endless' or 'Everlasting', without beginning or end. And it is Christ who brings the life of 'Everlasting' to the similitude of the statute performance. And since Chris has come and has performed that which the statute did look foreward to and point to, that it is now complete and fulfilled, then so is the similitude of the statute. And the statute has its end and fulfillment in Christ.	32^a whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead The 'priest' who is consecrated to minister in his father's stead is Jehovah, the firstborn son of the Father in the spirit. He was anoited and ordained before the foundation of the world in the preexistence. Jehovah ministers to this second estate in his Father's stead, as the father is not of this estate and therefore does not minister to it himself (D&C 130:5). 32^b shall make the atonement Jehovah, this priest acting in the Father's stead, in his condescention, shall come to earth to descend below all to be the one who makes the atonement for the sins of man. 32^c shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments In the days of the Old Testament these 'holy garments' where the Law of Moses type of the 'holy garment of the priesthood' which represented the 'coat of skins' placed upon the nakedness of Adam by the hand of the Lord. These 'holy garments' today are associated with the endowment of the holy melchizedek priesthood, which is the priesthood after the order of the Son of God, that is after the order of Jesus Christ. Under the lesser Law of Moses, which was to bring man to Christ, foreshadowing him in all things of its performances and ordinances, these 'special holy garments' where only worn as a symbolic 'shield' of protection to the administering priest while in the Holy of Holies, within the vail of the temple. Today under the higher law of Christ, our own holy garments of the temple are worn by all those who have entered into the endowment of the Holy Priesthood of God in the temple of God. And since the atonement has been completed by the Savior, that holy endowment of the High Priesthood is upon the mortal temple of man, the body of man, and the garment is worn at all times by the worthy of the Church between the temporal temple of the tabernacle of mans body and the world as a protection against the world. Our now endowed being, now protected by the holy garment of the priesthood as our spirit is housed within our temporal body and is now endowed unto the Lord.	32^a Num. 27:21 (21-23) Joshua, whose name is Jesus, was in similitude of the anointing & consecration of Christ in by the Father in the preexistence in this instance. ^b TG Priesthood, Aaronic ^c 2 Ne. 5:26; Mosiah 23:17 32^a Lev. 16:4; Lev. 16:4; 33^a TG Church In Similitude of Heaven Each Holy Ordinance and Performance set forth for man to perform by the priesthood, power and authority of God here upon earth is a similitude of what has been previously set into order and ordained of God in the preexistance to be perform for man's salvation by Jehovah during the course of this second estate's existence from its beginning until its end. All of these holy earthly ordinances, convocations and performances point to Jehovah and his performance as the anointed and consecrated Son of God, being God by that divine investiture of the Father to so perform such in the Father's name and by that grand power and authority of God to the end of bringing to past the imortality and eternal life of man. And all these earthly ordiances, convocations and performances, whether of the time of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ or Joseph Smith and our day, have and do but point us to Him, the Great Jehovah, the God of Heaven and Earth, the very Eternal Father who have been placed as such by his endowment by the Father of our Spirits. And each such ordiances, convocation and performance denotes and signifies none other. And they do encompass such events from that relative preexistant organization and ordination of such until the completion of every design and plan of it. And thus it is in each such ordinance, convocation and performance there can be seen in it the very similitude of heaven and such earthly performances there ordained and set forth until the end of the earth's second estate probation. Thus in the performances of the Day of Atonement as set out in the Law of the Old Testament, it can be seen that it is a similitude of, and an embodiment of all that encompasses the 'Atonement of the Son of God' from the election, selection, anointing and consecration of the Son Jehovah to his Atonement in Gethsemane and upon the Cross, to his Resurrection, Second Coming and even to that final day of judgment and acceptance of the whole of it by the Father at the end of time. It encompasses from the beginning to the end of the matter as portrayed in the vision of Zechariah in the third chapter of that book. And when in Leviticus 16:32, the High Priest is anointed and consecrated in ord to act in the Father's stead, to perform the Atonement, and to be clothed in the holy garments of the priesthood of God forever; it is in that grand similitude of prepresentation extenting from the Father's preexistant endowment of the Son to act in the stead of the Father to perform the work of the Atonement from before the foundation of the earth to the end thereof. And there, as portrayed in the vision of Zechariah, Jesus, that is Jehovah the Great High Priest was clothed in the holy garment and power of the priesthood of God forever, having been ordained to perform the Atonement as the BRANCH, given power and authority to judge and rule in His Father's house and kingdom forever and to perform all things from the beginning of creation to the end thereof in order to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Thus when in verse 32 it states that 'the high priest, whom he shal anoint, and whom he shall consecrate', it is a similitude of God the Father's anointing and consecration of Jehovah as the great high priest of heaven. And that Jehovah would 'minister in that high priest's office in his Father's stead' meaning that by that divine investiture God the Father of Spirits did anoint and consecrate Jehovah to be our God, the act in the Father's Father's stead as the Father during this second estate's existence, being one so called from among the spirit children of God, as only those who are of and pertain to this second estate can so minister unto it, the Father being advanced in his own progression beyond any such earthly mortal carnal estate of existence as this is. Thus the Son of God was elected and anointed by the Father to act and perform as the Father, as our God, as our Mediator, as our Advocate with the Father, performing all things by, through and in the name of the Father. And thus was Jehovah the first born Son of God in the spirit made to be our God of this second estate, to perform the creation thereof under the direction of the Father, to be the Lord God Jehovah of the Old, the New and the Millennial Day, to the end thereof of this mortal frame of existence. It is He, the Son of God who is this creation's Alpha and Omega. He stands at it beginning unto the end thereof. He compasses from that eternity of the preexistence to that eternity of Celestial Glory. He is from all eternity to all eternity. And He is our God so established by the Father, to whom in all humility and meekness, He our Redeemer and Savior, gives all glory to. That is the Son give all glory to the Father, He having so glorifing the name of the Father in performing all that is needful in bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Yes, all things do testify of Him.