Pink preferred to call Christ’s work as
Satisfaction, instead of Atonement, because this term best described
what was accomplished. The meaning of Atonement in its basic meaning is a
covering up. But using Satisfaction as the description, it is found
that Christ did not merely cover up the sins of the elect, but He
accomplished a complete remission of sins, so that when Christ’s work is
applied to a person, there is no more remembrance of sins. It is as if
the believer had never sinned. But if Atonement is used, and the basic
meaning of a covering up, then the sins would remain, though they had
been covered and forgiven. Since the days of Anselm, Satisfaction was
the term used by divines. Only in the last 120 years has Atonement been
generally used.
