Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Wenesday Devotional
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. ?1 John 2:2
The Scapegoat, a novel by Daphne du Maurier, is about two men who are amazed at the striking similarity in their appearance. They spend an evening together, but one runs off, stealing the other?s identity and leaving him to step into a life filled with problems. The second man becomes a scapegoat.
The origin of that word comes from a ceremony performed with two goats on the Hebrew Day of Atonement (known today as Yom Kippur). The high priest would sacrifice one goat and symbolically place the sins of the people on the head of the other?the scapegoat?before it was sent into the wilderness carrying away the blame of the sin (Lev. 16:7-10).
But when Jesus came, He became our scapegoat. He offered Himself up ?once for all? as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of ?the whole world? (1 John 2:2; Heb. 7:27). That first goat had been sacrificed as a sin offering for God?s people and symbolized Jesus? sacrifice on the cross. The other goat was a representation of the completely innocent Jesus accepting and removing our sin and guilt.
None of us is without sin?but the Father laid on Jesus ?the iniquity of us all? (Isa. 53:6). God sees followers of His Son as blameless?because Jesus took all the blame we deserve. ? Cindy Hess Kasper
Jesus our Savior left heaven above,
Coming to earth as a Servant with love;
Laying aside all His glory, He came,
Giving His life, taking all of our blame. ?Hess
Jesus takes our sin and gives us His salvation.