"The next event of that day after the Sanctuary was cleansed, was putting all the iniquities and transgressions of the children of Israel upon the head of the Scape-goat and sending him away into a land not inhabited, or of separation.
It is supposed by almost every one that this goat typified Christ in some of his offices, and that the type was fulfilled at the first Advent. From this opinion I must differ; because,
1st, That goat was not sent away till after the High Priest had made an end of cleansing the Sanctuary, Lev. xvi, 20, 21; hence that event cannot meet its antitype till after the end of the 2300 days. 
2d, It was sent away from Israel into the wilderness, a land not inhabited... If our blessed Savior is its antitype, he also must be sent away,....
3d, It received and retained all the iniquities of Israel; but when Christ appears the second time he will be without sin.
4th, The goat received the iniquities from the hands of the priest and he sent it away. As Christ is the Priest the goat must be something else besides himself, and which he can send away.
5th, This was one of two goats chosen for that day, one was the Lord’s and offered for a sin-offering; but the other was not called the Lord’s, neither offered as a sacrifice. Its only office was to receive the iniquities from the priest after he had cleansed the Sanctuary from them, and bear them into a land not inhabited, leaving the 
Sanctuary, priest and people behind and free from their iniquities. Lev. xvi, 7-10, 22.
6th, The Hebrew name of the scape-goat, as will be seen from the margin of ver. 8, is “Azazel.” On this verse, Wm. Jenks, in his Comp. Com. has the following remarks: [“Scape-goat.] See diff. opin. in Bochart. Spencer, after the oldest opinion of the Hebrews and Christians, thinks Azazel is the name of the devil;
7th, At the appearing of Christ, as taught from Rev. xx, Satan is to be bound and cast into the bottomless pit, which act and place are significantly symbolized by the ancient High Priest sending the scape-goat into a separate and uninhabited wilderness.
8th, Thus we have the Scripture, the definition of the name in two ancient languages both spoken at the same time, and the oldest opinion of the Christians in favor of regarding the scape-goat as a type of Satan. ... Ignorance of the law and its meaning is the only possible origin that can be assigned for the opinion that the scape-goat was a type of Christ.Because it is said, “The goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities into a land not inhabited.” Lev. xvi, 22;
But a little attention to the law will show that the sins were borne from the people by the priest, and from the priest by the goat.
1st, They are imparted to the victim. 
2d, The priest bore them in its blood to the Sanctuary.
3d, After cleansing them from it on the 10th of the seventh month, he bore them to the scape-goat.
4th, The goat finally bore them away beyond the camp of Israel to the wilderness."
O.L. Crosier
