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A successful theory of the atonement:
1. Historically plausible: a meaningful interpretation of all events
2. Inevitable: end of an obvious trajectory with strong explanatory power for what came before
3. Levitical: fulfillment of ritual, especially sacrifice
4. Evangelical: arises from within Gospels
5. Epistolary: makes sense of words, sentences, arguments in Apostles' letters
6. Fruitful: leads to church history
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1. Historically plausible: a meaningful interpretation of all events
2. Inevitable: end of an obvious trajectory with strong explanatory power for what came before
3. Levitical: fulfillment of ritual, especially sacrifice
4. Evangelical: arises from within Gospels
5. Epistolary: makes sense of words, sentences, arguments in Apostles' letters
6. Fruitful: leads to church history
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Chapter 8: Justified by the Faith of Jesus
"Justification" is a Pauline term to describe the atonement itself, not merely to describe the application of the fruit of the atonement to an individual person. The first recipient of justification was Jesus by His resurrection (His resurrection was His justification), and then the world is justified through Him.
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"Justification" is a Pauline term to describe the atonement itself, not merely to describe the application of the fruit of the atonement to an individual person. The first recipient of justification was Jesus by His resurrection (His resurrection was His justification), and then the world is justified through Him.
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Chapter 7: The Faith of Jesus Christ (Part 2)
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Chapter 7: The Faith of Jesus Christ
(In which Leithart defends penal substitutionary atonement)
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(In which Leithart defends penal substitutionary atonement)
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Chapter 2: The Physics of the Old Creation
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#2 "Obvious" should be taken in retrospect. As soon as the Author reveals the denoument, it's obvious that's how it had to be (Lk 24:26).
For most Westerners, #4 is a strong challenge to their theories. What does "Repent and believe the gospel" (Mk 1:15) mean long before Jesus's death?