Christ Our Atonement
In the Old Testament
Offerings were made in the temple to rid people of sins
Sin Offerings for unintentional sins committed
Guilt Offerings for when one isn’t certain if one has sinned
Intentional sins are not forgivable
One cannot intentionally commit sin and offer a sacrifice after
Lashes are meted out and restitutions made
when premeditated sins were committed
During Yom Kippur
Forgiveness is sought between man and God
Since it’s the day when one’s name will be recorded in
The Book of Life or Death
According to one’s behaviors for the year
Practicing Jews ask for forgiveness from others
Make restitutions for sins committed
And ask to be reconciled with one another
So they could face God and be reconciled with Him
Ensuring their names be recorded in
The Book of Life
For the year
Intentional sins however
Are not forgiven
Not even during Yom Kippur
The Priest offers sacrifices on behalf of the people
To postpone the eventual punishment for intentional sins:
Death
When one offers a four-footed animal as an offering at the temple
The offerer would lay his hand on the sacrificial animal
to transfer his sins onto the animal
The offerer then kills the animal
identifying with the punishment of his sins
The Priest takes over the rest of the sacrificial ritual
After the sins are transferred and animal killed
Holy God’s punishment meted out for our sins
Unintentional and intentional
The ultimate cost of our sins
Death
When Christ became our Sacrifice
He took on the punishment due us
He received 39 lashes on our behalf
He was nailed to the cross
His body pierced
His blood shed
He died on the cross
Holy God is satisfied
As sins are dealt with
And punishment meted out
Only Christ can meet God’s criteria of a sacrificial lamb
Christ the Perfect Lamb
Christ paid the cost of our sins
Christ the Sacrificial Lamb
God satisfied
Our sins atoned
Christ is our
Sin Offering cleansing us of our sins
Guilt Offering easing us of guilty conscience
Peace Offering to reconcile us with God
Fellowship Offering to restore our relationship with God
Christ the only Son of God
Christ the Perfect Sacrifice
Christ the Triune God
Has become our
Atonement
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