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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).

Atonement is most often used to mean the reconciliation of [[God]] and [[man]] through the death of [[Jesus Christ]]. Christ died once for all (Hebrews 6:10, 1 Peter 3:18) to atone for sin. To reject this axiom is to leave a myriad of sins, both personally, and collectively of a society, unaccounted for and exposed. (Hebrews 6:4-8; 10:28-31; 2 Peter 1:9.)

Atonement is most often used to mean the reconciliation of [[God]] and [[man]] through the death of [[Jesus Christ]]. Christ died once for all (Hebrews 6:10, 1 Peter 3:18) to atone for sin. To reject this [[axiom]] is to leave a myriad of sins, both personally, and collectively of a society, unaccounted for and exposed. (Hebrews 6:4-8; 10:28-31; 2 Peter 1:9.)

In [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]] doctrine, atonement is a cover or covering for sin (Hebrew ''kippur''; French ''coiffure''; English ''coffer'', ''cover''). The sin or blot can '''''never''''' be removed, it can only be covered or atoned for. This is clearly expressed in [[Martin Luther]]'s commentaries on St. [[Paul]]'s Letters to the [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] and the [[Galatians]]. See also [[Calvinism]].

In [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]] doctrine, atonement is a cover or covering for sin (Hebrew ''kippur''; French ''coiffure''; English ''coffer'', ''cover''). The sin or blot can '''''never''''' be removed, it can only be covered or atoned for. This is clearly expressed in [[Martin Luther]]'s commentaries on St. [[Paul]]'s Letters to the [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] and the [[Galatians]]. See also [[Calvinism]].