Propitiation

There’s a word used in the Bible to describe God’s anger against us being appeased: propitiation. “To understand [propitiation], think about how a mother and father become angry when a child sins. How does the child persuade his parents to cease to be angry and become happy with him? In our home, our children have to sit in a timeout, then tell us what they did wrong, and finally ask for forgiveness. Then we give big hugs and kisses. That’s propitiation. It means turning away anger. In the Bi...