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Atonement Elder Bill Walden (dec)

The very word “atonement” is sufficient to show that amends
have been made for the wrongs of those for whom Christ died,
their sins have been expiated and atoned for through the pre-

cious, literal blood of the spotless Lamb of God -- the Just for
the unjust.

“Universal atonement” is the common doctrine taught by the majority of religious
institutions, and it brings all denominations to common grounds, opens ways for ecu-
menical councils, and is the foundation for the “World For Christ” movement today.

This is an insult to the sovereignty and perfection of God.

Atonement is taught in the inspired word to be limited to the objects of God’s love.
God, who works all things after the counsel of His own will, saw fit to choose in His
Son a particular number in eternity past (Ephesians 1:4), and these objects of divine

love shall, through means of sovereign grace, praise Him, world without end.

It pleased the Son to shed His blood and atone for just as many as were chosen in

Him; no more, no less. John the Baptist said in John 1:29, “Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.” The meaning of the Greek words “taketh
away” is to “tend,” or to “carry off." We refer the reader to the 16th Chapter of Leviti-
cus, verses 20-22. You will find the scapegoat was a type of Jesus Christ, the sin-
bearer of the elect. All the iniquities, all the sins, all the transgressions of Israel were

borne away into the wilderness, “And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities
unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness” (verse 22).
This is what John the Baptist is saying: “Behold the Lamb of God that beareth away

the sin of the world.

Now, in light of this scripture, it is evident that the “sin of the world” was to be borne,
and it was prophesied by the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 53:6, “All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him

the iniquity of us all.” Seeing then that the “iniquity of us all,” and the “sin of the
world” was laid upon Him, we know neither John nor Isaiah was talking about the
whole world of the Adamic race.