Pictures of Atonement

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Ben Pugh. Pictures of Atonement

Pictures of Atonement

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Possibilities of a Pentecost Standpoint

Victory

Redemption

Dying and Rising with Christ

Sacrifice

Justification

Reconciliation

Conclusion

Bibliography

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A New Testament Study

Ben Pugh

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This view requires a fundamentally ironic way of looking at the cross, which seems to have its beginnings in Paul but reaches a climax in Mark’s Gospel. The cross is the opposite of a cross: an image that Paul deploys sparingly and in response to contexts where hubris of some kind is the main problem (as with the Corinthians!). At other times Paul finds himself addressing people who would have lived all their lives in fear of curses, spells, magic, and evil spirits (arguably the audience of Ephesians) and to them this message of an ironic victory is not routinely deployed. To reassure them, Paul does not tend to go via the rather convoluted and subtle route of the cross as ironic victory but cuts straight to the chase: Christ is Lord, has the name above all names, is head over all principality and power. It is certain situations that especially inspire him take his eye down from the heavenly throne of Christ to the seat of the cross, there to glory in the honor found only in shame.

Atonement, Kingdom, and Gospel

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