A nugget - atone

I subscribe to a vocabulary newsletter that sends out a word each week day. Lots of fun and unusual words come through.

Today's word was "atone." It's a word we hear in Christian teaching and sermons. Christ's death atoned for our sins. His resurrection completed the work of atonement. But have you really thought about how much is packed in that one word?

Here it is:

ETYMOLOGY:
From the contraction of the phrase "at one" meaning "to be in harmony".

Because Christ died for us, we can be "at one" and "in harmony" with God.

Wow.