CONCLUSION, Chapter 12 of BLOOD ATONEMENT by
OGDEN KRAUT

CONCLUSION, Chapter 12 of 

BLOOD ATONEMENT by
OGDEN KRAUT

But there is a law given and a punishment affixed, and a repentance granted; which repentance mercy claimeth; otherwise, justice claimeth the creature and executeth the law, and the law inflicteth the punishment; if not so, the works of justice would be destroyed, and God would cease to be God. (Alma 42:22)

ATONEMENT

Through the atonement of Christ, man’s sins are expiated or wiped away. The scope of atonement covers several segments of doctrine.

1. Through Adam’s fall, all men become subject to death. The atonement provided the way for men to be made alive again.
2. All mankind have broken the spiritual and moral laws of God and justly are condemned from the presence of God. Atonement provides the means to restore them from that bondage.
3. Everyone is subject to sin. The law would condemn sinners to be destroyed or they would have to make an atonement with their own blood. But the atonement of Jesus Christ has provided the means of redeeming and giving them a chance for salvation.

[199] Atonement has been described as “at-one-ment”, or an agreement made between man and God. Man, in his fallen nature, is unworthy to dwell in the presence of God, but by means of an atonement, man can be redeemed. However, all men have not sinned to the same degree neither will they be redeemed to the same degree. Paul said that as “one star differeth from another star in glory, so also is the resurrection of the dead”. (I Cor. 15:41-42)