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.