Category: Propitiation

The Death of Christ: Part 9 - Jesus is the Propitiation

1/9/2021

TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · The Death Of Christ: Part 9 - Jesus Is The Propitiation

Jesus is the propitiation, which atoned for sin and assuaged God’s wrath. As the propitiation, Jesus effected purification from sin.

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, - Hebrews 1:3

Second, He effected eternal redemption for believers.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. - Hebrews 9:12

Third, He effected cleansing of believers’ conscience from dead works.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? - Hebrews 9:14

Fourth, He effected the putting away of sin.

Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. - Hebrews 9:26

Fifth, He effected the perfecting of the saints.

For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. - Hebrews 10:14

Sixth, he effected the granting of access to God.

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. - Hebrews 10:19-22

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The Death of Christ: Part 8 - Propitiation, the Means of Expiation

1/6/2021

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · The Death Of Christ: Part 8 - Propitiation, The Means Of Expiation

There are five elements of propitiation. First, there is an offense (i.e., sin) which needs to be removed. Second, there is an offended party (i.e., God), who needs to be pacified. Third, there is an offending party (i.e., humanity), who needs to acknowledge their guilt. Fourth, there is a sacrifice (i.e., Jesus) to make atonement for the offense. Fifth, there is a high priest (i.e., Jesus) who offers the sacrifice.

Jesus’ sacrificial death was the means of expiation by which God’s wrath is propitiated or covered.

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation (hilastērion) in His blood through faith. - Romans 3:24

Jesus is both the Propitiator and the Propitiation — High Priest and Sacrificial Lamb. It is Jesus’ action of obedience to the death on the cross that appeases God’s wrath.

and He Himself is the propitiation (hilasmós) for our sins; - 1 John 2:2
{God] sent His Son to be the propitiation (hilasmós) for our sins. - 1 John 4:10

Hebrews demonstrates the doctrine of propitiation.

Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. - Hebrews 2:17

It shows that Jesus, as a priest, represented the people, who were guilty of the offense. It shows that Jesus, as a sacrifice, expiated or propitiated the offense or sins of the people. Hebrews shows Jesus as both the Passover Lamb and the Sin-offering who shed His blood.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. - Hebrews 13:11

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The Death of Christ: Part 7 - Propitiation, A Covering For Sin

1/6/2021

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TBC Glassboro Sermons and More · The Death Of Christ: Part 7 - Propitiation, A Coverings For Sin

The Hebrew term defined as propitiation is kāpar (kippūr, kappōret) meaning to cover, atone or propitiate. Accurately, the term describes a covering for sin or an atonement vis-à-vis the Day of Atonement — Yom Kippur.

On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement (Yom Kippur); - Leviticus 23:27

On the Day of Atonement, the high priest offered the Sin Offering on behalf of the whole nation. The blood of a slaughtered goats was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat (kappōret — the place of propitiation).

Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and [...] sprinkle it on the mercy seat (kappōret)... - Leviticus 16:15

The Mercy Seat was representative of God’s throne in Heaven, where He sits. When the blood was sprinkled on the Mercy Seat, God saw it as a covering for sin and thus extended mercy to those represented by the blood. Interestingly, the Greek term for propitiation (hilastērion) means the place of propitiation and directly translates the Hebrew term kappōret or Mercy Seat.

and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat (hilastērion); but of these things we cannot now speak in detail. - Hebrews 9:5

Propitiation, then, means to cover a wrong that has been committed. It speaks to how God is completely satisfied with Christ’s sacrifice. By enduring the humiliation, Jesus became a merciful and faithful high priest. Though eternally the Son of God, Jesus took on the ministry of High Priest at His death. He is merciful in His dealing with humanity. He is faithful in the observance of His priestly duties. By becoming a High Priest, He is able to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become to make propitiation for the sins of the people. - Hebrews 2:17

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The Death of Christ: Part 9 - Jesus is the Propitiation

The Death of Christ: Part 8 - Propitiation, the Means of Expiation

The Death of Christ: Part 7 - Propitiation, A Covering For Sin

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