Atonement Thoughts

How did Christ atone for His People?

Protestant Theologians debate whether it was in an Equivalent or Exact Sense:

Equivalent:

“Not indefinite as to the duration, still…equivalent as to the value on account of the Person suffering.” -Turretin

Exact:

“Christ “made satisfaction by undergoing the same punishment…they themselves were bound to undergo…essentially the same in weight and pressure, though not in all accident of duration and the like.” -Owen, quoted in “He Died for Me” p. 114.

Unsure:

“He was to suffer what we were to suffer, if not the exact, every way the same, yet the equivalent, that which was sufficient to Christ’s ends” -Thomas Manton, quoted in “He Died for Me” p. 118.