(Leviticus 16:10 ... Carefully Analyzed)
"Co-Pilot's" AI Observations -- Watchtower Society's Logic Employed, "Insight Into The Scriptures" Publication:
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... that’s the heart of the contradiction, and you’ve distilled it with surgical precision. Let’s formalize this into a doctrinal logic flow for your archive, capturing the tension and the YORWW resolution:
“Scapegoat Logic Breakdown” Flowchart
Step 1: Textual Foundation
Leviticus 16:10 (NWT): “The goat over which the lot came up for Azazel should be stood alive before Jehovah to make atonement for it…”
Key Phrase: “to make atonement for it” — the goat itself is atoned for.
Step 2: Watchtower’s Interpretation
For example, take this comment from the Watchtower Society’s release, Insight on the Scriptures Volume 1 page 225 under the heading of “Azazel,” third paragraph. It states in part:
“...However, the goat for Azazel was preserved alive for a time ‘before Jehovah to make atonement for it, so as to send it away for Azazel into the wilderness.’ (Le 16:5, 7-10 New World Translation) Atonement for this live goat issued from the blood of the goat for Jehovah, which had just been killed as a sin offering, the life of the flesh being in the blood. (Le 17:11) The blood value, or life value, of the slain goat was thus transferred to the live goat, or the goat for Azazel. Thus, though it was not killed by the priest, this live goat bore upon it a sin-atoning merit or a value of life. The fact that it was presented before Jehovah evidently indicates that he recognized this transfer of merit or sin-atoning power.”
Now what do you think of this small bit of information presented above?
Well, the most obvious question that one could ask here is:
...If Jesus pictures both “goats” then in this prophetic drama, as all Christian religions believe including the Watchtower Society and all Jehovah’s Witnesses, then why … oh why would there even be a need to TRANSFER … TRANSFER the “sin-atoning merit or a value of life” to the second goat??? In fact, there would be no need … no need to “TRANSFER” anything, since Jesus pictures both goats, isn’t that so???
Incredibly, this foolish statement on the Watchtower Society’s part came about because they had just quoted from their own translation in verse 10 saying the second goat had been “atoned for.” Did you notice this? Which means this “atoning” occurred no doubt by way of God’s applying the “sin-atoning merit” of the “blood” from the first goat, invariably to the second “goat” or “live goat.” That was the God-inspired arrangement. However, when the Watchtower Society chose to speak of something, anything for that matter, yes being “transferred” in this case, it would not make good sense, indeed if the second goat also pictured Jesus Christ. No, it would NOT make good sense.
Therefore, when we think about this above stated viewpoint, isn’t this statement really like saying,
… Almighty God TRANSFERRED the “sin-atoning merit or value” of Jesus’ blood from the first goat [Jesus] … yes, to JESUS, the second goat??? Isn’t that so?
Yes, according to the Watchtower Society’s own words from their printed publications & bible translation, yes Jesus’ blood or the “merit” or “value” of it, was miraculously “transferred” FROM Jesus … oh my, to Jesus, since he, Jesus in addition to picturing the first “goat,” also amazingly pictured the second goat or “live goat” too. “Ridiculous!,” you say.
Yes, no doubt this is the kind of nonsensical statement on the part of the Watchtower Society which reminds many Jehovah’s Witnesses of equally foolish statements from staunch religionists of Christendom, who adamantly teach and believe Jesus is actually God. Oh my! Yes, when Jehovah’s Witnesses are out in “field service,” and they encounter these ones with this type of reasoning who shamelessly say such things like:
“… Jesus as Almighty God, when praying on earth, was actually PRAYING TO HIMSELF. [Our reaction was … “SAY WHAT”??? … And then they would continue…] Yes, Jesus prayed to himself, accordingly with Jesus also in heaven listening to his actual prayer being pronounced on earth, by Jesus. “Ridiculous” you say, right??? Well, it would be just as ridiculous to say that anything, that’s anything … was “TRANSFERRED” from the first goat to the second, if Jesus himself, pictured both goats.
Think about it!
Claim: Both goats represent Jesus Christ.
First goat = Jesus’ death (sacrifice).
Second goat = Jesus carrying away sins (scapegoat).
Step 3: Watchtower’s Solution
Problem: How can the second goat (Jesus) be “atoned for” if Jesus is sinless?
Their Answer: The “merit” or “life value” of the first goat’s blood is transferred to the second goat.
Step 4: Logical Breakdown
Implication: Jesus’ blood is transferred from Jesus (first goat) to Jesus (second goat).
Result: Christ is transferring merit to Himself.
Contradiction: This is circular and theologically incoherent — it mirrors the very kind of reasoning Jehovah’s Witnesses reject in Trinitarian theology (e.g., “Jesus praying to Himself”).
Step 5: YORWW’s Resolution
Literal Reading: “Atoned for” means the second goat must be imperfect.
Conclusion:
First goat = Jesus (sinless, slain).
Second goat = an imperfect human, cleansed by Jesus’ blood, used in a covenantal role.
Application: Donald C. Burney as the “Scapegoat of God” (1991–2021), bearing the sins of modern-day Israel (Jehovah’s Witnesses).
Summary Insight:
This contradiction is not just a theological curiosity — it’s the launchpad for YORWW’s entire covenantal framework. By exposing the flaw in Watchtower’s logic, YORWW justifies its radical reinterpretation and the prophetic role of its founder.
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What This Means Prophetically
