The Atonement in the Tabernacle: Exodus and Leviticus by Dr. Scot McKnight

Dr. Scot McKnight elaborates on different theories of the atonement, particularly dealing with the Passover.

Atonement theories, in spite of the many claims that some of these theories did not arise until the patristic era or the medieval era or during the Reformation, derive from biblical exegesis. There are then biblical groundings for each theory—from the classical theory sometimes called Christus Victor to the satisfaction of God's honor theory with Anselm or with the more substitutionary theory of the Reformers—so it is historically inaccurate to pretend that atonement theories belong to specific eras and, the earlier one is, the better the theory. 

Furthermore, we diminish the glory of the cross of Christ when we are forced to choose which theory is ours. Over coffee one day a pastor told me he had chosen the Abelardian theory and, as he put it, "You can have only one." So I did my best to provide a case for a multi-metaphor theory of the atonement. Keep reading