BIBLE VOCABULARY--REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR MESSAGES

BIBLE VOCABULARY:

NOTE:  These are just a few words used in the Bible.  You may wish to add others to your list as you run across them in your study. You will find many more words or terms to expound upon!

Atonement = to cover, cancel, satisfactory reparation for an offence or injury; that which produces reconciliation, Exodus 30:16; The covering of man’s sins through the shedding of blood; OT the blood of animals; NT the blood of man’s Redeemer, Jesus Christ the Son of God. --- Archaric Words.

The only verse in the NT where the word “atonement” appears in the KJV is in Romans 5:11, “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Atonement = to atone means to make amends, to repair a wrong done. Biblically, it means to remove sin. The Old Testament atonements offered by the high priest were temporary and a foreshadow of the real and final atonement made by Jesus. Jesus atoned for the sins of the world, 1 John 2:2. This atonement is received by faith; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9. --- Dictionary of Theology

Reconciliation = A change from enmity to friendship. It is mutual, i.e., it is a change wrought in both parties who have been at enmity. In Colossians 1:21-22, the word there used refers to a change wrought in the personal character of the sinner who ceases to be an enemy to God by wicked works, and yields up to him his full confidence and love. --- Easton’s Revised Bible Dictionary.

Redemption = this term signifies ‘being set free; brought back.’
In the New Testament there are two words translated ‘redemption,’ embracing different thoughts. The one is lutrow, lutrwsiv, apolutrwaiv, ‘to loose, a loosing, a loosing away,’ hence deliverance by a ransom paid, redeemed.

The other word is exugorazw, ‘to buy as from the market.’ Christ has redeemed believers from the curse of the law, Galatians 3:13; 4:5. Christians are exhorted to be "redeeming the time," that is, buying or securing the opportunity, Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5. A kindred word, agorazw, is translated in the A.V. ‘to buy,’ except in Revelation 5:9; 14:3-4, where it is rendered ‘redeem,’ but would be better ‘buy.’ The difference is important in such a passage as 2 Peter 2:1, where it could not be said ‘redeemed,’ for those spoken of are such as deny Christ’s rights of purchase, and bring on themselves swift destruction though they had been ‘bought.’ Christ ‘bought’ all, but only believers are ‘redeemed.’ Christians sometimes speak of ‘universal redemption’ without really meaning it, because they do not observe the difference between ‘buying’ and ‘redeeming.’ Ephesians 1:14 embraces both thoughts: "the redemption of the purchased possession."