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Term Paper Title	Atonement
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Atonement

Atonement

     Atonement in the larger sense deals with a common factor which is sin.
The definition is a making at on which points to a process of bringing those who
are enstranged into a unity(Douglas, 107).  It is a theological term which
derives from the Anglo-Saxon.  The word atonement appears eighty seven times in
the Old Testament in the RSV Bible(Nelson, 55).  According to Strongs Exhaustive
Concordance, which is using the King James Version,  appears seventy seven times
in the Old Testament and only once in the New Testament. In Leviticus, atonement
appears fifty one times, more than any other book of the bible.  In Numbers it
appears seventeen times and in Exodus eleven times.  The reason why it is used
so much in Leviticus is that during that time period priest were intercessor's
between the people and God.  In the New Revised Standard Concordance, atonement
appears eighty seven times.  Out of those eighty seven times, eighty one appear
with the word make or made.  This would constitute that an atonement in these
uses would cause the person who prepares the atonement to work at making an
atonement. We find that in the New Testament we don't have to work to receive a
pardon from our sins.  The whole bible leads up to the cross and everything
after the cross points back to the cross.  Christ was the ultimate and final
atonement for us.
     In the Old Testament their atonement to God was to always be unblemished
for the sake of perfection (Morris, 147).  They believed that the perfect
atonement would set them free from all their sins and thus make them clean in
God's eyes.  The Hebrew word for atone is.  It is used frequently
for the process of sacrifice.   It was thought that a man must make and
atonement to God that was adequate to give to Him to pay for his sin.  In
Ezekiel 16:63 atonement is translated to mean "forgive".
     Words in the Old Testament are translated from the kpr word group in
Hebrew.  The Hebrew word for atonement is Kaphar.  This is the main usage of the
word but there are other words that are associated with atonement.
or Kaphar means to cover.  The figurative word which is used quite often is to
expiate or condone.  Other words associated with Kaphar are to be merciful,
pardon, to pitch, purge(away),  and to make reconcile.   Or Kaphar
is used for a village that is protected by walls.  Or Kopher is also
a cover or village covered.  It is also bitumen which was used for a coating and
dyeing colors.  Words associated with K...

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