Mark, Mark, Mark,
You have got to let me finish catching up. Or how will we ever get to John 6?

What is the atonement? Is it not Jesus taking the ‘punishment’ we deserve for our sin. If therefore Jesus took the ‘punishment’ for every single person in the world, how therefore are they sent to hell.

They are sent to hell because they did not have the payment applied. But just because the payment wasn’t applied doesn’t mean the the payment wasn’t made.

Two examples:

1. If I buy you a very expensive gift certificate for your favorite store and I give you that certificate, have I paid the price for it? Is the money out of my pocket and is my bank account now a lot lower? Of course! But what if you refuse to cash in that certificate? Will it benefit you? But if you refuse to cash in the certificate does that mean that I didn’t pay the price?

2. All of the examples of atonement in the OT are always two fold. The requirement was the death of the animal and the second part was the application of the blood. When God told Moses that the people needed to sacrifice the lamb at the first passover in Egypt, was it okay to kill the lamb and eat it without applying the blood to the door?

The fact is that every example of the physical atonement was for the price to be paid and the blood to be applied.

Let me ask you, why was it necessary for Jesus to apply His blood into the holy of holies in Heaven after He had already died for our sin?