A study of atonement in Seventh-Day Adventism

Abstract

The tension between the all-sufficient atonement of the cross and a socalled "final" atonement during the pre-Advent judgment, prophecied in Daniel and Revelation., are resolved when the nature of these two moments of atonement are seen in their biblical settings. The death of Messiah is clearly portrayed as the primary fulfilment of the Day of Atonement typology in not only the gospels and in Hebrews, but also in Daniel and Revelation. However, this once-for-all atonement is an infinite act of God that eclipses all time and space. As such it asserts itself dynamically in all the spheres of human experience and history. The pre-Advent judgment is therefore not another, complementary act of atonement, but the cosmic ·manifestation of the atonement of the cross that finally demonstrates and irrevocably confirms the Lordship of Christ over all who retained the faith by which they were justified.