“The Awfulness and Wonder of Atonement” 2 Samuel 21:1-14

May 2, 2021 — Reverend Chris Harper


I. Timelessness of God’s justice (1-2; Joshua 9)


II. Awfulness of atonement (3-9)

1. Horror of sin (Ex 20:7)

2. Cost of redemption (Dt 19:21; Numb 35:31; Gen 9:6; 10-14)


III. Wonder of God’s grace (1-2, 3-9, 10-14)

1. Problem revealed (1-2)

2. Grief observed (10-14)

3. Cross foreshadowed

(A) Contrast between 2 covenant oaths (1, 7)

(B) Picture of ultimate covenant oath-keeper (2 Cor 5:21)