The heathen, in all their religions, they bring an offering to God to appease Him, and that’s what propitiation means. You’ve got to do something to win Him over. But the thing is that the sin of man has alienated man from God, but you see it’s God who did something. And today God is propitious. You don’t have to do anything to win Him over. And propitiation is toward God and reconciliation is toward us. God has done everything that needs to be done. And today, we’re asked to be reconciled to God; not to bring something to win Him over. God’s already won over. That’s what Jesus did for us on the cross.