Sin is a burden like a heavy chain that encumbers and restrains people. Christ bears sins by carrying them spiritually out of the sight of God so that God forgets them. Christ actively took sins upon Himself in the past through verbs such as epairó, bustazo, lambano, and iro that indicate lifting up and taking away. Christ initiated and completed the carrying away of sins in an active display of agape love. People cannot remove the chain of sin by their own efforts or place their sins on Christ. Christ voluntarily gave Himself to redeem people from lawlessness and finished His work on the cross once and for all time.

God brought Israel out of Egypt and wants His people to come out of a sinful world. He did the work of deliverance so people must walk out behind Him by ridding themselves of leavening as a type of sin and eating unleavened bread as a type of living righteously. People must evaluate their lives to see what progress they have made in removing sin and rededicate themselves to total war against it in all forms. This fight requires excising sin completely like a surgeon removes every cancer cell so that no trace remains to resurge. The word purge means to clean out thoroughly by removing all abomination all filth all impurity and all corruption. Levels of warfare against sin exist with harsher treatment required the closer the sin lies to a person and with no tolerance allowed at any level. Sin within oneself demands total destruction with nothing left alive that could whisper its way back into the heart. Harsh correction must occur or the second death follows. Jesus Christ teaches that extreme measures such as plucking out an eye or cutting off a hand may be needed to root out sin though the real change must take place in the heart through a scorched-earth policy. Physical measures include avoiding situations that lead to sin and filling the void with wholesome pursuits that engage mind and body. Spiritual measures include diligent prayer study of examples in scripture meditation and fasting to gain humility and expose the roots of sin. People must crucify the flesh as the most painful form of execution to annihilate sinfulness. Overcomers who conquer sin receive the rewards of God's Kingdom while those who remain in sin face annihilation.

The removal of sin required more than the standard sin offering, which only cleansed or covered sin through blood. This removal occurred on the Day of Atonement through a ceremony involving two goats. One goat was sacrificed without hands being laid on it to provide blood for cleansing the altar and objects nearest to the Lord without adding a record of sin. The second goat had the iniquities, transgressions, and sins of Israel confessed over it so that they could be taken away. Jesus Christ fulfilled both aspects of this offering. His blood provided cleansing and eternal redemption while He bore the sins of many to remove them.