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When trying to define atonement and the redemptive work of Christ, it's easy for things to get ... murky. Penal Substitutionary Atonement, a relatively late concept to Christianity, goes too far.
Christ didn't enter the Jordan to be washed. He entered to crush Leviathan, sanctify the waters, and reveal the Trinity to the world. The Eastern Church never forgot this. It's time we remembered.