Based on the sources, Christ's suffering and death specifically achieve reconciliation with God by addressing the state of humanity alienated from God due to sin, which resulted in God's wrath, judgment, and hostility. Humanity was subject to God's curse, eternal death, and considered enemies.

Reconciliation required appeasing God's wrath and satisfying His just judgment because God, as a righteous Judge, must punish broken law.

Christ accomplished this through:

• Substitution and Bearing Condemnation/Guilt: He took the sinner's place, allowing himself to be condemned and suffering the punishment, guilt, and righteous vengeance that threatened us. Our acquittal is based on this transfer of guilt to him.
• Expiatory Sacrifice and Satisfaction: His death was a perfect expiatory sacrifice that satisfied God's justice, appeasing His wrath. His shed blood purged the evils that made us hateful, serving as a wash for our corruption.
• Bearing the Curse: By dying on the cross, which was accursed, he became a curse for us, lifting the curse that lay upon us and transferring it to himself.
• Suffering Spiritual Torment: He underwent the severity of God's vengeance in his soul, grappling with the dread of everlasting death. This intense spiritual suffering was a crucial part of the price paid to appease wrath and satisfy justice.

Through these acts, Christ removed the cause of enmity and reconciled us to God.

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