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'''Atonement''' is from '''atone''', from an early English phrase '''''at one''''', in accord, short for ''to set at one'', to reconcile. Atonement brings about [[reconciliation]] and a restoration of unity between two formerly opposing parties where there has been a profound breach or rupture in a relationship. See [[Enmity]].

'''Atonement''' is from '''atone''', from an early English phrase '''''at one''''', in accord, (archaic '''''at oon'''''), short for '''''to set at one''''', to reconcile. Atonement brings about [[reconciliation]] and a restoration of unity between two formerly opposing parties where there has been a profound breach or rupture in a relationship. See [[Enmity]].

In Christian and Hebrew doctrine atonement is the satisfaction or payment of a penalty. It can be reparation or making amends. The sacrifice of atonement is an expiation of sin: to ''expiate'' is to make atonement, to make amends, to appease the one (or the many) injured or offended, by the act of [[propitiation]]. The offense of sin and the cause of the hostility of division between God and man is removed "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12). The sinner is wholly cleansed by the offering of the blood of the Lamb of God, and the sin is washed away, entirely removed (Leviticus 4; Numbers 19; Isaiah 1:18; John 1:29; Acts 22:16; Romans 11:27; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 9:26; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 John 3:5; Revelation 1:5 and 7:14).

In Christian and Hebrew doctrine atonement is the satisfaction or payment of a penalty. It can be reparation or making amends. The sacrifice of atonement is an expiation of sin: to ''expiate'' is to make atonement, to make amends, to appease the one (or the many) injured or offended, by the act of [[propitiation]]. The offense of sin and the cause of the hostility of division between God and man is removed "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12). The sinner is wholly cleansed by the offering of the blood of the Lamb of God, and the sin is washed away, entirely removed (Leviticus 4; Numbers 19; Isaiah 1:18; John 1:29; Acts 22:16; Romans 11:27; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 9:26; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 John 3:5; Revelation 1:5 and 7:14).

[http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/luther/ Martin Luther's Bible Commentary - Romans and Galatians (biblestudytools.com, Accessed 29 September 2017)]

[http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/luther/ Martin Luther's Bible Commentary - Romans and Galatians (biblestudytools.com, Accessed 29 September 2017)]

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