Atonement
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- Amulek explains the atonement.
- v.9 Atonement necessary.
- v.10 Law of Moses does not atone and neither can we atone for each other.
- v.12 All sin remains to be atoned for, therefore infinite atonement necessary.
- v.15 Atonement enables mercy and repentance.
- "through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved"
- "[Christ] suffereth the pains of all men ... that the resurrection might pass upon all men ..."
- Brief explanation of the Atonement and a good example of how it works even in extreme circumstances.
- Gordon B. Hinckley, "Inspirational Thoughts", Ensign, September 2007, Subheading: "Divine Mission of Jesus Christ", "The Blessings of the Atonement"
- W. Cleon Skousen "The Meaning of the Atonement", The Joseph Smith Foundation
- Skousen reasons, from the scriptures, that the Atonement was necessary because God's power comes from the respect which the intelligences of the universe have for God, and that only Jesus's sacrifice could maintain that respect, because only Jesus could have commanded the respect and sympathy required for such a sacrifice to be accepted.
- Gospel Lessons, "False Traditions around the Temple Garment with expert Bruce Porter", YouTube, 16 Mar 2025
- Discusses how garments symbolically represent the atonement. Adam's garment was made of skins; involved the shedding of blood; what was created was a "covering" for his nakedness; "covering" is the same word which is often translated from Hebrew as Atonement.
- Aside from this doctrinal nugget, I find the video's title to be ironic, because it's a very hedges-around-the-law discussion of garments; not discussing exactly what the law is, but instead giving a very strictly hedged beyond-the-law sort of discussion as a reaction to people who are either apostate or simply less strict. They get into very few specifics, but are aghast at the idea that garments might be modified (they have been repeatedly during the history of the church) or that unendowed youth wear clothing that is not garment-friendly, before they are endowed.
Notes
In Hebrew, the word that we translate as atonement, means a "covering".