Corpus-Paul

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 10:00 PM 3/31/99 -0600, you wrote:
>{Jim}
>but the whole concept of the "hilasterion" is that of expiation and not
>propitiation.  It is an act of carrying away and not one of appeasing an
>angry God who has to eat the sacrifice to survive.
>
>{Bill}
>* "carrying away sin" is not a foreign concept to Hebrews because there was
>a "scape goat" in the OT, but much more common and more central to both the
>OT and the NT is the concept of the shedding of the blood of an innocent

Thats exactly what I said Bill.  Propitiation is appeasement.  Expiation is
a carrying away.  You prove my point.

>
>* God's just wrath against sin and sinners is also a universal Biblical
>theme
>
>* Nothing was said about God eating sacrifices to survive, either on this
>list or in the context of OT or NT sacrifices
>

EXACTLY Bill!  These truths negate your notion that propitiation is taking
place in the OT sacrificial system.


>The word "HILASTERION" is a cognate with "HILASKOMAI" meaning to secure the
>happiness and good will of (propitate), and "HILASKOMOS" which was a sin
>offering that repaired a broken relationship (propitiation).
>

no, no, no- you are describing expiation- NOT propitiation.  The TWO are
DIFFERENT!


best,

jim

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Jim West, ThD
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Quartz Hill School of Theology- Adjunct Prof. of Bible

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