INTRODUCTION
Atonement
Atonement
Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. (NKJV)
Atonement - in unity with God, or to be made one with God
Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. (NKJV)
Atonement - in unity with God, or to be made one with God
At-one-ment
THE BEGINNING OF ATONEMENT
Our sin is covered
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. (NKJV)
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. (NKJV)
Genesis 3:21
Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. (NKJV)
Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. (NKJV)
Genesis 6:14
…cover it inside and outside with pitch. (NKJV)
…cover it inside and outside with pitch. (NKJV)
Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. (NKJV)
Our sins are removed
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. (NKJV)
Our sins are removed
Hebrews 9:22
…without shedding of blood there is no remission. (NKJV)
…without shedding of blood there is no remission. (NKJV)
Leviticus 16:21-22
Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. 22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. (NKJV)
Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. 22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. (NKJV)
Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (NKJV)
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (NKJV)
God's wrath is removed
Romans 3:25,
whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, (NKJV)
whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, (NKJV)
Ephesians 4:26
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, (NKJV)
Psalm 7:11
God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. (NKJV)
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, (NKJV)
Psalm 7:11
God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. (NKJV)
Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, (NKJV)
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, (NKJV)
James 1:20
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (NKJV)
for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (NKJV)
APPLICATION
Isaiah 54:8-9
With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,” Says the Lord, your Redeemer. 9 “For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. (NKJV)
With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,” Says the Lord, your Redeemer. 9 “For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. (NKJV)