Nov
14
‘The Day of Atonement’: Reflections from writings of early Church fathers
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In my book, ‘The Biblical Revelation of the Cross’, I outlined various interpretations that scholars had given to the word ‘azazel’ – as applied to one of two goats chosen by sacred lot in the ritual of the Day of Atonement. My conclusion was that the term should be understood as a proper name – [...]
Jewish translations of Isaiah 53 are influenced not only by the belief that the suffering servant of the prophecy is either the personification of the nation Israel or a reference to the prophet Moses, but also by the Jewish belief that human vicarious atonement is completely alien to the teachings [...]
God ‘made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him’ (2 Cor.5:21, NKJ). Linguists could argue that the words ‘to be’ are necessary in English to avoid the suggestion that Jesus was made ‘to sin’ – ‘made [...]
Jun
7
Did God exercise His wrath and punitive judgment on His Son?
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Recently, I was reviewing some comments made by NT Wright, the Bishop of Durham:
‘He is the wise and loving creator who cannot abide his creation being despoiled. On the cross he drew the full force not only of that despoiling, but of his own proper, judicial, punitive rejection of it, on to himself’ (NTW).
‘One of [...]