Penal Theory

No man can by any means redeem his brother or give to God a ransom for him—  Psalm 49:7  NASB No man – One of the ideas about atonement was formulated at the time of the Reformation.  It’s call the Penal Theory of Atonement.  Basically, it asserts that Yeshua’s death paid the price required by God for our salvation.[1]  Whether or…

Who’s In Charge?

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.  Psalm 31:5  NASB I commit my spirit– Exodus 34:7.  Yes, that’s right.  The infamous verse about “visiting the iniquity of the fathers” uses the same verb we find here, pāqad. Speiser writes, “There is probably no other Hebrew verb that has caused translators…

Makes You Free

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”  Mark 10:45  NASB Ransom – The question before us is not, “Did Yeshua die as an atonement for us?”  That fact is made as clear as it could be in Scripture. …