Craig L.

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It is, rather, a qurban, literally a "drawing nigh" into the life-giving presence of God's glory. Israel's God requires nothing, he creates, elects, and sanctifies without need; and so the Atonement offering can in no way contribute to any sort of economy; it is instead a penitent approach to a God who gives life freely, and who not only does not profit from the holocaust of the particular, but who in fact fulfills the "sacrifice" simply by giving his gift again.
In the Aftermath: Provocations and Laments
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