Jurnal Koinonia, Volume 15, No.1, June 2023 38 A Biblical Evaluation of O. R. L. Crosier’s View of Atonement Donny Chrissutianto Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) chrissutiantod@aiias.edu Abstract The idea of when Jesus does His atonement has been a discussion between Protestants and Seventh-day Adventists. Evangelicals have thought that Adventists do not believe that the cross is a complete atonement of God. This question was raised in 1957 and Adventists answered it through Questions on Doctrine. This question, once believed by some Adventist pioneers, has its foundation in the writing of O.R.L. Crosier. This article aims to answer biblically why Crosier’s idea is rejected in this denomination. Usi ng the word study of “atonement,” this work argues that the biblical idea of atonement involves the sacrifice and the application of the high priest in the sanctuary. The Old and New Testaments embrace the concept that Jesus died on Calvary and His application ministry in the heavenly sanctuary as atonement. The reason for Crosier’s limited perception of atonement since he focused on the work of the priest and was not on the overall idea of atonement in the Bible. Keywords: atonement, O. R. L. Crosier, sanctuary, Day of Atonement, Adventist pioneers Introduction The doctrine of sanctuary is an important doctrine for Seventh-day Adventist theology. Since the beginning of Seventh-day Adventist, this concept has played a significant role in understanding other doctrines. Early Sabbatarian Adventists believed that the concept of sanctuary was an integrating principle that connected their doctrines. Joseph Bates described the fulfillment of the typology within the sanctuary as the “perfect, harmonious, and complete” understanding of truth. 1 James White viewed the doctrine of the sanctuary “as one of the most important, beautiful and harmonious subject that can, at present time, engage the mind of man.” He furthermore believed that in it “all the great columns of the present truth center; and our system of truth forever remain unshaken while this citadel stands.” 2 Ellen G. White, one of the co-founders of this 1 Joseph Bates, A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath and the Commandments of God: With a Further History of God's Peculiar People from 1847 to 1848 (New Bedford, MA: Benjamin Lindsey, 1848), 208. 2 James White, “The Sanctuary,” Review and Herald [RH], December 1, 1863, 4, 5.