In pondering the nature of Christ’s death on the cross as an atoning sacrifice for sinners, the necessary question that must be drawn from this is, “For whom did Christ make atonement?” In John’s First Epistle, we read, “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2 ESV). Initially, it might seem that this verse would answer this question without the need for further debate – that Christ died for the sins of every person who ever lived.… Read more