atonement

This thread was created as an offshoot to my comment made in this thread (about 1 Jn 2:2). I’ve opened this thread for purposes of any continued discussion/questions of my views.

Let me first copy the bulk of my previous main comment here, along with two answers I’ve already provided as a starting point.

*** Begin copy of my original comment (with a few extra links back to the originating post) ***

In Hebrews 9:23-28, the author is discussing how the Yom Kippur sacrifice prefigured the work of Jesus, who entered not the earthly temple with his blood — but the heavenly one, to which the earthly temple corresponds. The picture is of Jesus presenting his blood as an atoning sacrifice to the Father for all mankind for all time.

When did this take place? Here is the text itself: