6 Things Christ Accomplished by His Death

6 THINGS CHRIST ACCOMPLISHED BY HIS DEATH

Here’s a very brief summary of the six core things Christ accomplished in his death.

1. Expiation

Expiation means the removal of our sin and guilt. Christ’s death removes — expiates — our sin and guilt. The guilt of our sin was taken away from us and placed on Christ, who discharged it by his death.

Thus, in John 1:29, John the Baptist calls Jesus “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” Jesus takes away, that is, expiates, our sins. Likewise, Isaiah 53:6 says, “The Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him,” and Hebrews 9:26 says “He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.”

2. Propitiation

Whereas expiation refers to the removal of our sins, propitiation refers to the removal of God’s wrath.

By dying in our place for our sins, Christ removed the wrath of God that we justly deserved. In fact, it goes even further: a propitiation is not simply a sacrifice that removes wrath, but a sacrifice that removes wrath and turns it into favor. (Note: a propitiation does not turn wrath into love— God already loved us fully, which is the reason he sent Christ to die; it turns his wrath into favor so that his love may realize its purpose of doing good to us every day, in all things, forever, without sacrificing his justice and holiness.)

Several passages speak of Christ’s death as a propitiation for our sins. Romans 3:25-26 says that God “displayed [Christ] publicly as a propitiation in his blood through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in the forbearance of God he passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration of his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.”

Likewise, Hebrews 2:17 says that Christ made “propitiation for the sins of the people” and 1 John 4:10 says “in this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

3. Reconciliation

Whereas expiation refers to the removal of our sins, and propitiation refers to the removal of God’s wrath, reconciliation refers to the removal of ouralienation from God.

Because of our sins, we were alienated – separated — from God. Christ’s death removed this alienation and thus reconciled us to God. We see this, for example, in Romans 5:10-11: “For if while we were enemies, we werereconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”

4. Redemption

Our sins had put us in captivity from which we need to be delivered. The price that is paid to deliver someone from captivity is called a “ransom.” To say that Christ’s death accomplished redemption for us means that it accomplished deliverance from our captivity through the payment of a price.

There are three things we had to be released from: the curse of the law, the guilt of sin, and the power of sin. Christ redeemed us from each of these.

• Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law: “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13-14).
• Christ redeemed us from the guilt of our sin. We are “justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
• Christ redeemed us from the power of sin: “knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-19).

Note that we are not simply redeemed from the guilt of sin; to be redeemed from the power of sin means that our slavery to sin is broken. We are now free to live to righteousness. Our redemption from the power of sin is thus the basis of our ability to live holy lives: “You have been bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your bodies” (1 Corinthians 6:20).

5. Defeat of the Powers of Darkness

Christ’s death was a defeat of the power of Satan. “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (Colossians 3:15). Satan’s only weapon that can ultimately hurt people is unforgiven sin. Christ took this weapon away from him for all who would believe, defeating him and all the powers of darkness in his death by, as the verse right before this says, “having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14).

6. And he Did All of This By Dying As Our Substitute

The reality of substitution is at the heart of the atonement. Christ accomplished all of the above benefits for us by dying in our place – that is, by dying instead of us. We deserved to die, and he took our sin upon him and paid the penalty himself.

This is what it means that Christ died for us (Romans 5:8) and gave himself for us (Galatians 2:20). As Isaiah says, “he was pierced throughfor our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities . . . the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him” (Isaiah 53:5-6).

You see the reality of substitution underlying all of the benefits discussed above, as the means by which Christ accomplished them. For example, substitution is the means by which we were ransomed: “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom formany” (Matthew 20:28). Christ’s death was a ransom for us — that is, instead of us. Likewise, Paul writes that “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us” (Galatians 3:13).

Substitution is the means by which we were reconciled: “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that he might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). It is the means of expiation: “He made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21) and “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24). And by dying in our place, taking the penalty for our sins upon himself, Christ’s death is also the means of propitiation.

To close: Two implications. First, this is very humbling.

Second, “Greater love has no one than this, than he lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a pilot and writer who never felt content on the ground. But one forced landing proved to be quite fortunate. Attempting to set a flying record between paris and Saigon, he crashed in the Libyan desert, where he almost died of thirst.
Years later, the experience formed the basis for his 1943 children's book, The Little Prince. The allegorical tale, concerning a downed airman who meets a royal juvenile from Asteroid B-612, was aimed at adults as well as their offspring.
As he recounts his interplanetary voyage, the prince depicts most of the grown-ups he encounters as avaricious, self-obsorbed, and unimaginative. By contract, the prince himself - an eternal child - is full of goodwill, spontaneity, and simple wisdom.

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

January 8, 2005

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Directed by Michel Gondry, Story by Charlie Kaufman

Erase Memories

The title is quoted from the poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope (1688-1744). This poem was used in Charlie Kaufman’s earlier project Being John Malkovich(1999). This film shows how we can change our memories often for what we would have liked to happen or what we view did happen through our own minds. We are not camcorders and thus those memories can not stay "possible".
Franz Kafka’s short story “The Metamorphosis” is about a traveling salesman who wakes one morning to find himself changed into a giant beetle. Unable to communicate with his family, though he can understand them perfectly, the story charts the degradation of his humanity as he loses contact with the world around him. The Kafka principle: we accept as real something impossible (a man is turned into a beetle or we can erase parts of our memory at will). But then everything else has to be absolutely natural and commonplace. Once an impossible fact is accepted as a premise, its consequences have to be followed to the end in a scrupulously logical and realistic way.
This idea of selectively erasing memories was first seen in "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", a short story by Philip K. Dick.
Total Recall is the adaptation of that short story which is in dreamlike state quirky, nightmarish and disturbing quality.
Stephen Dixon's The Play and Other Stories, surreal short story "The Letter." Dixon is one of Charlie Kaufman's favorite writers.
Despite the fact that Kaufman's script and Michel Gondry's visual concepts were closely followed, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet were allowed many chances to improvise.
Puzzle-type of films: Being John Malkovich(1999), Adaptation(2002), Donnie Darko(2001), Memento(2000), Cube(1997), Vanilla Sky(2001), Open Your Eyes(1997), Naked Lunch(1991), Eraserhead(1977)…

1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - Tsunamis in Hollywood films

January 07, 2005

1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Tsunamis in Hollywood films

Indonesia reported more than 4,000 new deaths from South East Asia’s earthquake and tsunamis on Friday, January 07, 2005, pushing the overall toll to about 145,000.
‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is built on the idea global warming could explode into global disaster at any moment. It results in an overnight quick freeze of the northern hemisphere. As New York City is hit by serial tsunamis which overnight turn millions of people to multi-cultural ice cubes. This time, landmarks like the Hollywood sign and Statue of Liberty go bye-bye after Mother Nature gets her knickers in a twist, as massive floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and more usher the planet into a new Ice Age.
John Carpenter’s ‘Escape from L.A.(1996)’, God’s wrath upon that cursed land and is proven correct as a giant earthquake and tsunamis destroy the city. Even after being all but annihilated, Carpenter’s L.A. is still L.A., full of hip nightclubs, drive-by shootings, sex in the streets, battles to the death involving basketball and surfers ride tsunamis down Wilshire Boulevard.
‘Deep Impact(1998)’, impacts by comets or asteroids can also generate giant tsunamis -- large enough to swamp the Manhattan skyline -- are possible and have almost certainly happened in the distant past. Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico calculated that if an asteroid three miles across hit the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the tsunamis would swamp the upper East Coast as far inland as the Appalachian Mountains and drown the coasts of France and Portugal.
‘Die Another Day(2002)’, James Bond didn't pick up machine guns, punch guys in the face, pilot a helicopter, surf tsunamis, et cetera. But to be quite honest, though Bond has lost some of his classiness, the films are still fun to watch.

Filmmaker Young Man Kang Biography

Filmmaker Young Man Kang Biography

Young Man Kang studied fine arts at Hong-ik University in Seoul, Korea. In 1994, Kang moved to New York City where he studied film at The New School. In 1996, Kang moved to Los Angeles and continued his film career working as a director for a television commercial production company. In addition to his fifty-plus commercial credits, Young's 1999 claymation short entitled 'Image of Korea' was distributed by Big Film Shorts and released on DVD by Quickband/Warner Brothers.

In September 2000, 'Cupid's Mistake' marked his feature film directorial debut at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theater in Los Angeles followed by a second screening at the Pioneer Theater in New York City in August 2001. 'Cupid's Mistake' set the record in the Guinness World Records for least expensive feature film at $980.00.

Mr. Kang's short film, 'Toilet Lesson' was the Official Selection at Tromadance 2001. Both of Young's next films, his second feature film 'First Testament: CIA Vengeance' and the documentary, 'Haitian Slave Children' premiered in Los Angeles 2001.

'First Testament: CIA Vengeance' won the Special B-Movie Achievement Award and 3 Nominations at The 2002 B-Movie Film Festival in New York and released on DVD in 2004.

'Haitian Slave Children' received 'Best Effort Documentary' at the 2001 Jamerican International Film Festival and took the Silver Remi Award in the WorldFest Houston 2002.

Mr. Kang's third feature is the sexy romantic comedy 'Soap Girl'(2002). This third effort won the Audience Award at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. 'Soap Girl' also received notice as the Official Selection at the Riverside International Film Festival 2003 and The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. 'Soap Girl' opened in Hollywood at the Fairfax Laemmle Theater and Gardena in December 2002.

On tour, 'Soap Girl' heads for the Lone Star State in January appearing at the Border Theater in Mission, Texas, January 18. The sexy comedy then sails all the way out to Hawaii to appear at the Wallace Theater in Honolulu, February 14, 2003.

'Soap Girl' was rated one of the '10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002' and received Five Stars in 'Film Threat.' More than any other film to date, 'Soap Girl' has created internet controversy and debate.


Young's fourth feature was the supernatural mystery 'Death Valley Diary'(2004).

Young Man Kang is currently immersed in production for 'The Last Eve', an action film based on the story of Adam & Eve.