We are looking at some pictures of our atonement in our annual series which intentionally coincides with our study of Romans. In our last lesson we noticed the beauty of Jesus as our redemption. We looked at this in Romans 3:24. Even though all of us have sinned and all of us have fallen short of the glory of God, we are justified freely by God’s grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. This is one of the most frequently used images in the New Testament. Jesus is our redemption. Jesus is our ransom. God often described what he did for Israel in the exodus as redeeming them from slavery and often described himself in the prophets as their Redeemer. But another picture is immediately given to us in Romans 3:25. Paul says regarding Jesus that God put him “forward as a propitiation by his blood” (ESV). Propitiation is certainly not a word we use today and so we can be left wondering what this word means. Some translations read that God put forward Jesus as a “sacrifice of atonement” (cf. NIV, NRSV). Some translations read that God presented Jesus as “the mercy seat” (CSB, NET). You can consult many more lesser known translations that give even more translations that try to express the meaning of this word. For example, the Common English Bible reads, “the throne of mercy where God’s approval is given.” The God’s Word translation reads, “the place of sacrifice where mercy is found.” So what is God telling us about what Jesus is for us and what Jesus accomplished for us?

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