Remission can mean forgiveness or the reduction of the intensity of something: to reduce in intensity, or reduce the intensity of something. Reduction or disappearance, lessening of something. But it can also mean restore something: to restore something to a previous condition or position. Now if we consider. That remission is ἄφεσις in the Greek and means: Freedom. Release from bondage or imprisonment. To cause to stand away. What we get is a reduction or disappearence in the intensity of something that causes restoration. For Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; Jesus Christ, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. John 3:3; 2 Cor 5:17-18; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 8:3-4 The Ministry of Reconciliation. Reconciliation is καταλλαγή in the Greek this word means: an exchange, an adjustment, reconciliation. Hence restoration to the divine favor. Καταλλαγή is from καταλλάσσω. This word means to change mutually, to reconcile. This word is a compound word. One of the words is κατά. Which means down in place or time. And the other is ἀλλάσσω, to change, transform, make different. God has downed the difference. He was manifested to take away our sin. He has set our differences, who we our in his own body, condemning us in His flesh. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Condemned in His flesh. That we being dead to sin should live unto righteousness. For we are dead nevertheless we live yet not us but Christ liveth in us and the life we now live, we live by the faith of the Son of God. Who loved us and gave Himself for us. We are called according to his purpose......Us, for whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 6:6,7; Gal 2:20; Romans 8:28,29 The Son has made us free. So free we are indeed!!!!