Atonement Is At-One-Ment, To Be Mended Back Together. To be collected and cohesively re-united to “that which is from the beginning” being to God as Father.
The word “Atonement” in scripture means to be made one again, At-one-mention, referring to the fracture or the divide that took place at the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden. It was there that sin entered in-between the relationship between God and man and the need for the institution of the gospel invitation to reconnect and reconcile God and humanity again. To unite and cohesively make one, one person at a time, each one in their own order. So maybe it’s your turn.
You see Adam and Eve responded to the invitation of the counterfeit way to be made whole or complete by something “pleasing to the eyes that makes one wise”. So the apple was for the mind and not the stomach, and shows us where the curse needed to be reversed at. Not our outward person but inwardly to be sufficient by recieving God’s Son and Holy Spirit, for they are the two elements that were missing, and the need to be reconnected, or made one, to have at-one-ment. These phrases are synonymous.
It is to those who respond to the invitation to “repent”, which simply means to do a proverbial about face to return to the first Father God, who made us in His image, to interact with face to face. Not that our Heavenly Father has eyes and features such as we have when we look into the mirror. But when we look into His mirror called scripture in the light of His Holy Spirit, which was given to us to become like Him in our hearts and minds. These are the only two things that we have to perfectly interact with and outwardly project the image of God in whose image we were originally made. This Atonement is also the restoration to “that which is from the beginning”.
In this way we are made one (Atonement) again. It is a union to be unified, to married and wed and perfectly joined together, to never again be separated from the Father and His non-stop care and provisions for us as being always within our reach. For He has said “I will never leave you forsaken”. It is mankind that can leave and forsake this relationship and union by rebellion, and fear causes a partial separation too.
That is why when someone goes to another source to have their needs met, it fractures their union with their Heavenly Father, by uniting with and being provided for by another source, which is the root word and correct corolation to the meaning of sorcery. Now a days it is understood as out-sourcing, by requesting sources from outside when what you need is always sourced from within. Remember God has said “I will never leave you or forsake you” and “The Kingdom of God is within you”. Because of this we know the we were promised to “ask anything in My name and the Father will give it to you”. And “which one of you with a child who asks for food do you give them a stone?” And “look at the birds in the sky. Not one of them falls to the ground. And look at the Lillie’s in the field. Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as spectacular as these” but we are. How much more will your Heavenly Father cloth you with His clothing? These are all part and parcel of things in “The Kingdom of God at hand” of God’s things that are within reach.
That is what the biblical term “at hand” means. Which is also confirmed when Gods Only Begotten said that “I will never forsake you” and “I am with you throughout the ages, even to the ends of the ages”. Yes His care and provisions for you and me and all that He has is this thorough to all that put their trust in the Almighty God and Heavenly Father.
Also from 2 Corithians ”
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has given us this ministry of reconciliation (a term that means at-one-ment), 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling (making one) the world to Himself, not [d]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation (Atonement).
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled (at-one-with) God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be our sin, for us to become the righteousness of God (together) in Him.”
Hebrews 2 teaches about the house of Moses in contrast to the house of the Son of God, 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house (members)
we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.” Meaning we can loose it and society as a whole has lost the care, covering and provisions supplied to us by our Heavenly Father for other service providers.
If you can conceptualize that a house is a term to mean a place of care. This is where the offspring get their food, clothing, safety and cures for all the ills that one may experience.
But you need to beware, any other allegences you have, any other providers for care and coverages you subscribe to, partitions you off from Gods provisions He has for you to make you whole, full, cared for and covered. That is what His “Atonement” is all about…. And without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. And because of the cross we have this store house of remission. Everytime we forget and condemn ourselves in our conscious, like the Hebrews with Moses. We see the pole/ tree raised up to look at, and see the dead snake and accusers fate is past tense. This should allow you to quit condemning yourself and keep moving in the faith.
From Hebrews “how much more shall the blood of Christ purge your minds from sin to serve the living God” and we will add “in righteousness peace in the Holy Spirit”. You see an Eternal bring cannot do something in part or half way. And when Christ hung limp on the cross, being pronounced dead, His blood dripping off His side from the spike, dribbling on the earth below. He effectually cleansed the whole earth and all that were buried, turned to dust or blown with the wind, for all time past, present and future for all time and eternity because that’s how an eternal being does things. This is what righteousness means. It was fine once forever. It was done right. For this reason “How much more the blood of Christ through the eternal spirit purge your conscience (of self condemnation) to serve the living God”.
Are you getting this? Well then think of the lady who was caught in the very act of adultery by the Jewish leaders who marched her in to the Son of God to condemn her. Christ glaring them in the eyes, stopped down to write in the dirt, which is appropriate to do with those made from it. Then scribbled in the dirt the dirtiness of their hearts and one by one they walked out condemned and defenceless and ashamed. But if the woman they wanted to stone? Christ said “woman! Where are your accusers? Neither do I accuse you”. The blame never clears you, just the blood of Christ. And because of such a sacrificial love, YOU need to let the past and your old way of thinking and judging go, for yourself and to others. They are in Gods hands. You are free from these things to arise to your inheritance. Not a resurrection arise. You were already made alive, but now you must arise, meaning ascension arise. To take your seat “far above all principalities and powers and any other name purporting to have power over you. “Get behind me Satan because you are not mindful of the things of God but men”. Amen!
Atonement is synonymous with the term “propitiation” which is also translated as “covering” like an umbrella, depending on which translation of scripture you read, as seen here in 1 John 2.1 that “we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation (covering, provider, umbrella) for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world”.
We see with the introduction of the Law period that God spoke to the people and said “The Lord our God is One God”. The Hebrew word for one is echad, and means congruent, cohesively connected with no fissures, breaks or separations.
We see the reversal of the fall, the dealing with the sin of all sins and the mend of that fissure appropriately wiped out with the cross of the Christ and the administering of the gospel in its full development. You see the law could not make anyone of us perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did through which we draw close to God.