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John Calvin had a profound understanding of the atoning work of Christ. In this book, Robert Peterson first examines what Calvin says regarding the love of God, the Incarnation, and Christ’s offices of Prophet, Priest and King. He goes on to consider Calvin’s comments on other aspects of Christ’s work: he is the Second Adam, the Victor, the Substitute, the Sacrifice and the Example.

‘Christ had to become man in order to fulfill the office of Mediator’ (Inst. II. xii). In the thought of John Calvin there is an essential precondition for the atonement; without it no atonement could have been accomplished. It is likewise that which makes the atonement intelligible—it gives Christ’s work its meaning and force. That prerequisite for atonement in Calvin is the incarnation: God became a human being for our salvation. When we understand
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