God the Peacemaker

How Atonement Brings Shalom

Volume 25, New Studies in Biblical Theology

By Graham Cole

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 296 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: December 2009

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2626-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2626-1
IVP Order Code: 2626

Related Subjects

Biblical Theology

What does God intend for his broken creation?

In this book Graham A. Cole seeks to answer this question by setting the atoning work of the cross in the broad framework of God's grand plan to restore the created order, and places the story of Jesus, his cross and empty tomb within it. Since we have become paradoxically the glory and garbage of the universe, our great need is peace with God and not just with God, but also with one another. Atonement brings shalom by defeating the enemies of peace, overcoming both the barriers to reconciliation and to the restoration of creation through the sacrifice of Christ. The "peace dividend" that atonement brings ranges from the forgiveness of sins for the individual to adoption into the family of God.