As God leads us through conversion, He challenges our concept of Him, sharpening our mental image of His character through the Scriptures, which testify of the Father and the Son. Sometimes, the Scriptures present challenging truths about Jesus Christ, particularly regarding His sacrifice. Isaiah 53:4-6 prophesies that He bore our griefs, carried our sorrows, was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities, with the Lord laying on Him the iniquity of us all. This fulfillment mirrors the Day of Atonement ritual in Leviticus 16, where the azazel goat bore the sins of Israel into the wilderness, typifying the Messiah as the antitype who endured great suffering beyond mere death. Further, Isaiah 53:11-12 affirms that by bearing our iniquities, He justifies many, having poured out His soul unto death and being numbered with the transgressors. I Peter 2:24 specifies that He bore our sins in His own body on the tree, experiencing extreme suffering, shame, and anguish during those hours, not just death. This bearing of sin was a real, physical fulfillment, not an abstract pronouncement, highlighting the spiritual healing that leads to eternal life, as we turned from straying sheep to the Shepherd. II Corinthians 5:21 reveals a startling truth: God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so we might become the righteousness of God in Him. This parallels the azazel becoming a representation of sin, showing that Jesus took on this dreadful role. Galatians 3:13 confirms that Christ became a curse for us, redeeming us from the curse of the law by hanging on the tree, fulfilling the azazel's role as sin and curse were laid upon Him. Hebrews 13:12 notes that He suffered outside the gate, akin to the azazel being led outside the camp, bearing sin over hours of agony rather than immediate death. Matthew 27:45-46 captures the depth of His suffering, crying out in darkness, feeling forsaken as He bore our sins. God's mercy provided this painful solution for our healing and reconciliation, requiring us to acknowledge the harsh reality of what the Son of God endured to grant us life with Him.

Jesus Christ, in His profound sacrifice, became sin for humanity, bearing the weight of all transgressions on the stake at Calvary. As He hung there, He experienced total separation from God the Father, a condition resulting from sin that cuts off contact with the divine. In His cry, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" He expressed the intense loneliness of being forsaken, stepping into the place of mankind to endure the pain and anguish of this separation. During those hours of darkness, without the comfort of God's presence, He carried the sins of the world alone, fulfilling the penalty of death that sin demands. His life, of greater value than the sum of all humanity, paid in full the price for every sin—past, present, and future. When He declared, "It is finished," He signified the completion of His redemptive work, having suffered the penalty of God's justice as sin for all people. His blood, shed on the stake, was the life He gave, securing forgiveness and erasing the debt of sin for mankind. Through this act, He became the bridge to eternal life, offering hope and victory over sin and death to all who believe in Him.