The Atonement of Jesus Christ

"Atonement means taking two things that have become separated, estranged, or incompatible, like a perfect God 
and an imperfect me or you, 
and bringing them together again,
thus making the two be 
"at one."

Dr. Stephen E. Robinson
(Believing Christ, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1992, 7)