(Gr exilasmos) The redemptive activity of Christ in reconciling man to God The Orthodox believe that Christ, through His death upon the cross, atoned or paid for human sins
satisfaction given for wrongdoing, injury, etc; in Christianity the removal of guilt through the substitutionary death of Jesus
To reconcile or set at one; the recovering of at-one-ment, not the state of at-one-ment
Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; with for
compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
The work of reconciliation, which Jesus did in bringing humanity back to God through his death on the cross The man, Christ Jesus, paid the penalty for human sin, thus making the reconciliation possible
Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ
Satisfaction given for wrongdoing Act of reconciliation The effect of Jesus' death in redeeming and reconciling us to God
If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry. He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership = repentance. something you do to show that you are sorry for having done something wrong atonement for. Religious concept in which obstacles to reconciliation with God are removed, usually through sacrifice. Most religions have rituals of purification and expiation by which the relation of the individual to the divine is strengthened. In Christianity, atonement is achieved through the death and resurrection of Jesus. In Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and some Protestant churches, penance is a sacrament that allows for personal atonement (see confession). In Judaism the annual Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, is the culmination of 10 days centered on repentance
An English term originally coined in 1526 by William Tyndale to translate the Latin term reconciliatio, which has since come to have the developed meaning of "the work of Christ" or "the benefits of Christ gained for believers by his death and resurrection"
In Judaism, atonement (Hebrew: kaparah) or reconciliation between God and humanity, is achieved by the process of teshuva(h) - repentance, seeking forgiveness and making amends with our fellow human beings
Satisfaction for wrongdoing or debt In Christianity, the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross (specifically His death) by which sinful human beings are restored to fellowship with their holy and just God
A term originally coined by William Tyndale to translate the Latin term reconciliatio, which has since come to have the developed meaning of "the work of Christ" or "the benefits of Christ gained for believers by his death and resurrection " See pp 341-60
- kapparah It refers to reconciliation with God through the appeasement of God's wrath against sin
(v atone) To make right with God by satisfying the penalty for breaking relationship; in the Old Testament this was done through offering sacrifices to God See Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) See Chapter 4
This particular doctrine denotes the very heart of the gospel It is Gods provision and payment for the sins of His people through the sacrificial substitutionary death of Christ The moving cause of the atonement is found in the good pleasure of God to save sinners (Isa 53: 10, Luke 2: 14, Col 1: 19) In the atoning work of Christ we see the Justice of God clearly revealed while the sinner is justified The necessity of the atonement is manifested by God sending His only unique son to be bruised and shed His precious blood for the sins of the elect (Rom 3: 25,26) The advocates of a universal atonement assert that Christ merely made salvation possible for all men, and that their actual redemption is dependent on their own free choice Those of the Reformed persuasion maintain that Christ actually saves those whom He laid down His life for Not one of them for whom Christ paid the price for will lose their salvation All are eternally secure (John 10: 27-29)
the Holy Spirit's plan of correction to undo the ego and heal the belief in separation; came into being after the separation, and will be completed when every separated Son has fulfilled his part in the Atonement by total forgiveness; its principle is that the separation never occurred