The Atonement
He stepped out of His glory
He stepped out of His glory
And wrapped Himself in darkness
The Creator became the created
The Eternal conceived as mortal
He who knew no sin, became sin
For our sakes, love, grace and truth
Embraced all our bitterness
Bound up our brokenness
And healed all our diseases
Some would limit the atonement
In its history and in its effect
To the cross as seat of judgment
And the predestined elect
They would bury our transgressions
In a moment of confessions
And His foreknown pronouncement
The chosen decreed as innocent
But His propitiation
Brackets the incarnation
Fully God and fully man
Salvation without end
And its effect on all creation
Every tribe, every nation
The claim of His grace
Rests on all the human race
Yes, our sentence was commuted
His righteousness imputed
But His purpose was much greater
Full communion with our Creator
With pardon came renewal
Freedom from sin’s rule
Yes, full redemption
Holiness imparted
Entire sanctification
A new order of creation
November 2011
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