The Atonement, arguably the single greatest act of love, was initiated and accomplished by Jesus Christ as a means for members of the human family to reunite with God, as documented by the Bible and testified by other Christian scripture. It is the central doctrine of Christianity that enables the reconciliation of mankind with God. The Atonement advances the concept that the willing submission of Christ to die for the sins of mankind renders possible the resurrection (physical repair) of all mankind, and the forgiveness and spiritual healing of the human condition if one comes to Christ. Christians advocate the Atonement was and is the singularly unequivocal saving act that embodies the grace and mercy of God for the human family. This has survived as the central doctrine of Christianity.

The Atonement was necessary to compensate and reverse the fall of Adam, as noted in Christian scripture. In 1 Corinthians 15:22, Paul wrote: “As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” Christ therefore submitted voluntarily as the mediating representative for both humanity and God to answer the ends of the law previously transgressed by Adam. Paul taught that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; … this mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:50–53).

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