It is the holiest of days. And on this holy day, the day of atonement, a man stands alone inside the great temple, stands at the very heart of the temple itself, stands in front of that place named the holy of holies, the very mercy seat of God. A massive curtain soars above him dividing off this holy of holies from the rest of the temple. One man alone comes this far, daring to tread upon this most holy of ground. Dressed in the robes of the high priest and serving in that office under call from God, this one man alone is permitted to undertake the ritual that now follows. One man alone is permitted to enter the holiest place, to sprinkle the blood so that the temple might be cleansed from impurity and to prepare the scapegoat which will be sent out into the desert so that it might bear a…