PROPITIANTION
PROPITIANTION
The offering which appeases the wrath of one against whom an offence has been committed. Christ is “the propitiation for our sins,” 1Ch 3:25, inasmuch as his sacrifice alone removes the obstacles which prevented the mercy of God from saving sinners, and appeases the just wrath of the law, 1Jo 2:2 4:10. The same Greek word is used in the Septuagint to denote an “atonement,” Num 5:8 ; a “sin-offering,” Eze 44:27 ; and the covering of the Ark of the Covenant, Lev 16:14 Heb 9:5 . See MERCY SEAT.