CHRIST’S OBEDIENT CROSS WORK OF PROPITIATION (PRESUPPOSITION: DIVINE WRATH) The category under which we now view Christ’s cross work is derived from the ἱλάσκεσθαι, hilaskesthai, word-group. Four times the New Testament represents his achievement at the cross by some derivative from this verb: Romans 3:25: God “publicly displayed [Christ Jesus] as a sacrifice which would turn aside his wrath, taking away sin [ἱλαστήριον, hilastērion].…”10 Hebrews 2:17: Christ “had to be made like his brothers