The Scapegoat

Leviticus 16:7 Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 8 He is to cast lots for the two goats—one lot for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat. [a] 9 Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat.

It was Jewish custom for the priests to run the scapegoat out of town, sometimes pushing it off of a cliff so that it could not return. For the goat carrying the sins to return to camp was a VERY bad omen, for it meant that the sin was not removed from the people. The other goat was slaughtered before the people as a sin offering before God. A piece of scarlet cloth was tied to one of the horns of the altar. This, supposedly, would turn snow white once the sins of the people were far-removed and the sacrifice was accepted by God.

Matthew 27:17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."
20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

Here again we have our two goats. Bar (son of) abbas (the high father) was released to live in his sin. Jesus, the Son of the High Father, was sacrificed for our sin. The Messianic jews teach that the flow of the fluid out of Christ's side was red first, as the blood drained away, then became clear (or white) as the water came forth, signifying that God accepted this Greatest of Sacrifices. All things point to Christ.