If you’re like me, you may have had some difficulty with the word “propitiation”. There are only four times it is used in the entire Bible: Once by Paul, in his letter to the Romans, once by the author of the letter to the Hebrews, and twice by John in his first letter to the churches in Asia.

The fact of the matter is this: Propitiation is the divine work that occurred at the cross.

Before Calvary, mankind was guilty of sin. Because God is completely righteous, and perfectly applies his justice, he was fully justified in demanding punishment from every man, woman and child alive and dead, born and unborn.