In the present chapter we enquire into several vital but debated issues associated with the death Christ died. In the context of universal sinfulness, how can alienated men and women be restored to fellowship with a holy God? Millennia ago Job posed the question, “How can a mortal be righteous before God?” (Job 9:2). Later the apostle Paul inquired how God could be perfectly just and yet justify the ungodly (Rom. 3:25–26). To answer these questions we must address the meaning and significance of