ATONEMENT
Have you ever thought about the word atonement, or a little play on the word,at/one/ment?
In Hebrew it means “to cover…to expiate, or condone, to placate or cancel:-appease, cleanse, forgive, be merciful, pardon,reconcile.”
In Greek it means “exchange…restoration to the divine favor:” “to change mutually…to make different.”
Everything that Jesus went through was driven by His desire to make us one with Him and the Father (John 17:21). He became the atonement (propitiation) for our sins (Ist John 2:2). He exchanged His holy state to become sin for us, that we might be made (cause to be) the righteousness of God in Him (2nd Corinthians 5:21). He has covered us in His precious Blood, took our penalty (death), cancelled our sin debt completely and forever, (Hebrews 10:14), restoring us to the same divine favor and position (perfection) that Adam and Eve experienced with Him before their fall into sin, (Hebrews 10:14), enabling us to walk in the newness of His abundant life.
Through His sacrifice our old is gone, our new has come (2nd Corinthians 5:17), He did for us what we could not do for ourselves! I was once my own man (still try to be sometimes), alienated from Him in mind and body (Collosians 1:21) and making a royal mess of my life. Now I belong to Him, one with Him, part of His royal priesthood, and possessing the mind of Almighty God, (1st Corinthians 2:16), which enables me to walk in the newness of life that He wants for me (Ephesians 2:10). Hallelujah what a Savior!