Reconciliation
Thursday, September 21, 2023
11:08 AM
The act of reconciling parties at variance; renewal of friendship after disagreement or enmity.
From American Heritage Dictionary
A doctrine concerning the restoration of unity which makes fellowship with God possible.

The Bible teaches a reconciliation between Mankind and God, and between humanity.
Jesus taught reconciliation.
Humans in court (Matthew 5:25)
Lost sheep and shepherd/fold (Luke 15:6)
Prodigal son to father (Luke 15:24)
The lost back to God (Luke 19:10)
His attitude toward sinners.
Athanasius taught "incarnation is reconciliation." (ANDY's feedback—explain what that means.  OR More specifically, what Athanasius meant by that.  One thought is that with Jesus both fully human and fully divine, Jesus had to reconcile with in himself the divine and the human.  Thus the incarnation is a sign of reconciliation.  
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
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Christ as our mediator reconciles to hostile parties, sinful humanity and holy God, by destroying the barrier between us.
Ephesians 2:14 
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
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The reconciler and God are one and the same (Galatians 3:20), and have committed to us the message/ministry of reconciliation!
2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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2 Corinthians 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
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