The Word of God provides a way
for man to do reparation--to
remove the temporal punishment
due for sin--for the personal
or social values lessened or
destroyed when man turned to
created things in sin.
Daniel 4:24
Therefore, O king, take my advice; atone for your
sins
by good deeds, and for your misdeeds by kindness
to the poor.
Joel 1:14
Proclaim a fast,
call an assembly; Gather the elders,
all who dwell in the land, Into the house of the Lord,
your God, and cry to the Lord!