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Often appears with: equity, mercy, and pardon · sin, guilt, and repentance · the problem of evil and theodicy · the nature and attributes of God · justice as a virtue · the fear of death · sin offerings for a ruler · separation from uncleanness · sacrifice and ritual · remembrance of covenant · religious persecution and toleration · reconciliation with god
Usually: argument (5) · censure (2) · exhortation (2) · reverence (2) · law or decree (1) · verse (1) · confronting death (1) · injustice endured (1) · detachment (1) · resignation (1)
“A shameful and accursed, nailed to the cross By his own nation; slain for bringing life:” John Milton, Paradise Lost · observation
“For if one be dead for all, that then are all dead, and that he died for all, because that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves: but unto him which died for them and rose again.” William Tyndale, The first New Testament printed in English · insight
The law continues for sin offerings by rulers and common people: choosing unblemished goats or sheep, applying blood to altar horns and burning fat, with atonement and forgiveness.
And shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness, and shall pour all the blood upon the bottom of the altar of burntofferings which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness, and shall take all his fat from him and burn it upon the altar, and shall do with his ox as he did with the sinoffering ox. And the priest shall make an atonement for them, and so it …
After confession, Israel’s hearts are humbled and an atonement is made; God remembers His covenants with Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham and promises not to utterly destroy them in enemy lands.
And they shall confess their misdeeds and the misdeeds of their fathers in their trespasses which they have trespassed against me, and for that also that they have walked contrary unto me. Therefore I also will walk contrary unto them, and will bring them into the land of their enemies. And then at the least way their uncircumcised hearts shall be tamed, and then they shall make an atonement for their misdeeds. And I…
Paul urges the Corinthians to be reconciled to God through Christ’s atonement, urges them to receive grace without wasting it, lists virtues amid suffering, and commands separation from uncleanness.
how the lord is to be feared, we fare fair with men. For we are known well enough unto God. I trust also that we are known in your consciences. We praise not ourselves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye may have somewhat against them, which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart. For if we be too fervent, to God are we to fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.…
The text transitions to Hebrews, presenting Jesus as God’s Son who purges sins and rules over the universe, higher than angels, and then argues that believers must attend to the message lest they perish.
thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: Wherefore hath God, which is thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth: And the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure. They all shall wax old as doth a garment: and as a vesture shalt thou change them, an…
Turning to the mass, Calvin argues it is a blasphemous sacrifice that overwrites Christ’s once-for-all offering, presenting approval of the mass as either detesting blasphemy or trampling the cross.
so far as he wishes to gratify you, in order to catch benefices or other prey, and in the meantime not to displease any one who can do him hurt. Now, Madame, having done with this personage, I come to the present matter. He gives you to understand that the mass is neither so wicked nor abominable, but that it is allowable to say it, and to the faithful to hear it, so that those who make this a matter of conscience ar…
The poem outlines the Messiah’s fulfillment of God’s law by obedience and love, his crucifixion by the Jewish nation, resurrection, apostolic mission to all nations, baptism, ascent, final judgment, and the ultimate Paradise restored.
The law of God exact he shall fulfil Both by obedience and by love, though love Alone fulfil the law; thy punishment He shall endure, by coming in the flesh To a reproachful life, and cursed death; Proclaiming life to all who shall believe In his redemption; and that his obedience, Imputed, becomes theirs by faith; his merits To save them, not their own, though legal, works. For this he shall live hated, be blaspheme…
Calvin claims Christ’s “merit” means purification by his blood, which expiates sins and satisfies divine justice, citing prophecies and Hebrews’ principle that remission requires shedding blood.
Nor does the future tense of the verb exclude present righteousness; as appears from the context. For he had before said, “The free gift is of many offences unto justification.”(1351) IV. But when we say that grace is procured for us by the merit of Christ, we intend, that we have been purified by his blood, and that his death was an expiation for sins. “The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.”(1352) “T…