Vicarious Atonement is the teaching that the atonement which states that Christ‘s death was “legal.” It satisfied the legal justice of God. Jesus bore the penalty of sin when He died on the cross. His death was a substitution for the believers. In other words, He substituted Himself for them upon the cross. Jesus hanged in our place as He bore our sin in His body on the cross. See 1 Pet. 2:24.