The Role of Divine Justice in the Atonement

Paul's exposition of the way in which Christ's death achieves reconciliation with God is suffused with forensic terminology that is rooted in Jewish notions of law and justice. The heart of Old Testament Judaism was the divine Torah or law given by God to his people. In Genesis 1825, Abraham says, to the Lord shall not the judge of all the earth do right. And of course the answer is yes, he will.