What did Jesus do as the scapegoat?
As the scapegoat, Jesus stepped into the eternal during those three hours and suffered the punishment for every human being’s sin, taking our sins far, far away, never to be remembered against us anymore. Then He came back at three o’clock in the afternoon, finished His statements from the cross, and could say, “It is finished.”
Les explains that in that three-hour period, Jesus stepped into the eternal and suffered the punishment for every human being’s sin as the scapegoat. The context notes that eternity can cover a million years in thirty seconds. As the scapegoat, He took our sins far, far away, never to be remembered against us anymore. Then He came back at three o’clock in the afternoon, finished His statements from the cross, and could say, “It is finished.”