Atonement And Redemption Theories

"The three-step key to happiness when everything is down is - Redemption, Reconstruction, and Recover." Redemption, Reconstruction, and Recover demonstrate how the Reconstruction era prevailed. The Reconstruction era did redeem and reconstruct the United States but did not recover it. However, the United States still hasn't fully recovered because we still struggle with discrimination. For example, during the era, slaves were freed from slavery and received suffrage (the addition of 3 new amendments to the Constitution). But, the whites were not able to come to terms with the new Constitution. As a result, they continued to discriminate against the former slaves because of their new rights. Instead, we have to define the most important factor

The work of Christ through substitutionary atonement is obvious and evident throughout scripture. Author Paul Enns highlights Isaiah 53 and the “stresses” for the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death.[3] In this familiar passage, the language clearly shows how Christ (He) worked on our behalf. Terry points to Matthew 20:28 which states, “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many,” as a pivotal scripture which proves substitutionary atonement. Terry also gleaned from the Apostle Paul’s teachings in Galatians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 5:21, and Romans 8:3 which all point to Christ’s atoning work on the cross.

What are some of the central biblical metaphors of Jesus' passion and atonement? Metaphors of Atonement (3 Examples) a. The Sacrifice of Christ (Cross of Calvary, The Skull) b. The Victory of Christ (Over Death) c. The Ransom of Christ (Free Gift) Passion a.

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For hundreds of years early Christians, when discussing the salvation of humanity by Jesus, would refer to Gregory of Nyssa’s ransom theory of atonement. Also known as the fishhook analogy, this theory said that all of humanity was enslaved to the devil because of the fall, Adam and Eve taking the fruit from the forbidden tree. In order to pay the ransom for our sins, God sent Jesus to perform miracles and impress the devil, who then traded all of humanity to have dominion over this miracle working wonder human. When the deal was made, the devil was introduced to Jesus’, and therefore God’s, divinity and was vanquished. Much like a fish letting go of its meal in favor of a tastier one and getting hooked by a fisherman. Hundreds of years later, two men saw flaws in this theory and each made their own.

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Khaled Hosseini’s Kite Runner is a historical fiction depicting the grim reality of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union’s invasion of 1979, and those affected by the events. Hosseini provides a vivid rendition of turmoil in Afghanistan by telling the tale of the protagonist, Amir, and his struggles throughout his life. The events of the novel force Amir to flee war in Afghanistan and find safety in America. Eventually, however, Amir must return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in order to find redemption for his dark past. His return culminates into a run-in with members of the Taliban as he attempts to free Assef, a character that will ultimately lead Amir to complete atonement. Amir engages in a physical confrontation with the Taliban members and, although he is successful in his fight, the injuries he sustains are life-threatening. An orbital fracture, a split upper lip, a punctured lung, a few broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, and broken jaw. Amir’s injuries, however, represent more than the fight for Assef’s freedom; these injuries symbolize Amir’s negative past with his father, Baba, his childhood friend, Hassan, and himself and prove the necessity of both physical and mental healing.

The Christianity is a belief that was founded upon salvation through Jesus. However, there are questions why Jesus had to die, or how his death signifies. The Penal Substitution View views Jesus’ death as price for our sins. However, the Christus Victor View views Jesus’ death on the cross as dethroning of Sins of this world. Furthermore, the Moral Government View sees Christ’s death as example of righteousness with consequences of

Both Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Ian McEwan’s Atonement center upon the theme of atonement. In The Kite Runner, the protagonist, Amir, seeks atonement for his inaction when his best friend, Hassan, was brutally attacked and raped as a child. In Atonement, the protagonist, Briony Tallis, tries to attain atonement for her implication of her sister’s lover, Robbie, in a rape, and playing a pivotal role in his later conviction. While the central themes of the novels are quite similar, the circumstances, effects, and methods of the characters’ search for atonement are quite different.

It can be said that in God's eyes, Christians are only dirty glasses which are stained inside and out with their own sin. These glasses were once clean, not plagued with stains. Now the glasses bear with them these ugly stains, the stains of sin and wrongdoing. The dirty glasses had to accept their punishment for becoming dirty, and the punishment was being destroyed by a hammer. The hammer is God's instrument against sinners. As the hammer made its decent on the glass, a pan covered the glass and took the blow of the hammer to save the glass. This pan represents Jesus because Jesus sacrificed himself to God so that God would forgive us for our sins.

The incarnation and atonement of Jesus Christ are the enduring elements of the Christian theology. Many theologians have spent their time discussing and developing these Christian doctrines on how they came about, and how relevant they might be. According to Anselm, incarnation is a central doctrine of Christianity, followed by atonement. In order to ponder on the relationship between atonement and incarnation focusing on Anselm’s idea of satisfaction, we are supposed to look at the meanings of atonement, as well as incarnation. However, the doctrines of incarnation and atonement are interrelated as elucidated by many theologians.

Having learned biblical imagery for salvation, and how it is to be understood, we now look how these themes have been analyzed within Christian tradition. It is stated in the Salvation chapter of Theology The Basics that “This area of Christian theology is traditionally described as “theories of atonement.” The two theories I will be comparing are Anslem’s theory which is The cross & forgiveness, and Augustine of Hippo’s theory, the cross as a sacrifice. While some similarities between the two theories are evident, the differences are notable.

In the King James Version of the Bible, there is a parable told called the Prodigal Son. As this story is told in Luke 15:11-32, we are told of a story where a wealthy man has two sons. One son stays behind and decides to work for his father and inherit a good life beside him. The younger son decides he will ask for money from his father, and leave him behind. As time goes on, this son goes out into the world and shortly after, loses all of his money he had received from his father. Because of this, he is ashamed and takes his time on his way back home. But when he eventually does make it home, he is welcomed with open arms to a loving father who could not be any happier to see his son. Although the father is happy to see

The word atonement means "reparation for an offense or injury" (Merriam Webster Dictionary). This word is the title of Ian McEwan's best known novel, Atonement. This novel is quite literally, "a story of sin and atonement" (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Set during WWII, Atonement follows the life of main protagonist Briony. The novel begins when Briony is thirteen years old and witnesses a flirtation between her older sister Cecilia, and son of a household servant, Robbie Turner.

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