Featured The Limited Atonement

All atonement mentioned in scripture in the OT, are for Israel and not for any other nation or people.
Of course certain foreigners could join themselves to the people of the Lord.

So the atonement is only for the people of God so that their sins are forgiven them.
v31, When the priest made the atonement, the sins were forgiven them who had sinned.
So the concept of atonement is to forgive the sins of the sinful transgressor who sinned against God, and it was not open ended to apply to anyone else. It was national and individual to Israel only.

Leviticus 4
27 ‘If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty, 28 or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. 29 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. 30 Then the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood at the base of the altar. 31 He shall remove all its fat, as fat is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

Jesus is our great high priest who makes atonement (NT word propitiation ) for the sins of the people (of God only)

And further proof is that those who believe in Christ have their sins forgiven them so that they will not perish, as John 3:16 says.

There is no unlimited open ended atonement for all sinners, the atonement is only for believers.
People still go to hell with their sins unforgiven, unatoned for , unpropitiated for. Propitiation means the turning away of wrath from an offended God against sinners who transgressed against Him. And the WRATH of GOD abides on them who do not believe.

The OT was signs and symbols of Christ, and He is our great high priest, the great shepherd of the sheep, Christ is not the priest of the world. The world has no forgiveness of their sins, no atonement, no propitiation, for to have an atonement means they have the forgiveness of their sins. And Christ told us that if you do not believe in Him, you will die in your sin unforgiven.

So the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

No doubt some will object and quote me this, applying the propitiating atonement to the unbelieving world,

1 John 2:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Test of Knowing Christ
1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

HOWEVER, the unbelieving world has to be joined to the people of the LORD to have their sins atoned for.

So the atonement is limited.

 

More proof a limited atonement is only for the the foreknown elect of God, who will believe in Christ is
1 Peter 1, for without the shedding of blood and it being applied to the people, there is no forgiveness of their sins.

1 Peter 1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

If you are elect, then you will be obedient to the message of Christ, and be sprinkled with His blood.

Christ tells us there is no salvation outside of Him, He is the only way to the Father. So even by what Christ says there, the atonement of His shed blood, His death, is limited to His very own elect

I have heard preachers and others claim the crucifixion was the atonement, His death removed the enmity between God and all mankind,so that the relationship is now neutral, but NO, the wrath of God remains on them that believe not, as does the enmity.

And these people with this enmity mentioned here are not in Christ. I have also heard people claim you can be carnally minded and spiritually minded at the same time, so then carnally minded people are saved, but that is false.
Romans 8:7 was written after the crucifixion,
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

 

However, they who lived under the OC relationship were not perfected, and none of them inherited the promise. They had to wait for Christ to come and establish the NC in His blood, for without that they could not have eternal life. Because of that when they died, all of them without exception did not go to heaven, they went to a part of Sheol( Hell ), the place of the righteous dead known as Paradise.

There are 3 allotted places for souls to exist, Heaven, Earth, under the earth Sheol (Hell)
Christ when HE died descended into the lower parts of the earth (Sheol, Hell, ) where Paradise was at that time.
Then when He ascended He led the captivity captive, those in Paradise into Heaven with Him.

 

HOWEVER the blood sacrificial system was established at the very beginning, Gen 3:21, and all covenants are established with the shedding of blood. Abraham was told by God to offer sacrifices to establish His covenant with Abraham. The righteousness by Faith came before the LAW was given and by faith Abraham was told to offer animal sacrifices to God, for without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness, that transcends all covenants.And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

Genesis 22

6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

Genesis 15 New King James Version (NKJV)
God’s Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So God said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

 

The BLOOD Atonement system, shedding of blood for forgiveness of sins and sacrifices came before the Law was given. So what you said earlier is an error, but I dont think see that yet.