Appeasement, defined as the policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace, consistently fails in this world. Historical examples, such as Neville Chamberlain's efforts as British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, demonstrate this failure. Chamberlain met with Adolph Hitler three times in September 1938, agreeing to return the Sudetenland to Germany in the Munich Agreement to prevent war expansion in Europe. Despite his declaration of "Peace in our time" upon returning to England, Hitler invaded the remaining parts of Czechoslovakia by March 1939, forcing Chamberlain to renounce the agreement and later declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland. Yet, this response came too late to be effective. More recent instances also highlight the ineffectiveness of appeasement. Following George Floyd's death in May 2020, riots erupted across American cities, including Portland, Oregon, where local leadership yielded to agitators' demands despite widespread lawlessness. Portland City Commissioners voted to cut the police budget by nearly $16 million in June, yet the riots persisted through the summer and into fall, resuming on New Year's Eve. The mayor expressed dismay at the failure of his de-escalation efforts, noting ongoing violence and scorn from radical groups. Even as late as February 2021, rioters continued to damage property, showing dissatisfaction with new political leadership. In this world, appeasement never works, as conceding to demands often reveals weakness and invites further disruption.

Appeasement involves granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace. Analysis of various examples shows that appeasement never works because it emboldens aggressors to take advantage of perceived weakness. In Chicago, mayors have appeased the Chicago Teachers Union with generous contracts despite massive pension debts and deficits in the city and its schools. These actions have led to repeated strikes and ever-increasing demands from the union. The Bible shows a form of appeasement that always works. John the Baptist spoke of this appeasement when he identified Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. The Savior's death paid sin's penalty in full. The Bible refers to Jesus as the hilasmos, the propitiation for sins. This Greek term describes a sacrifice that appeases the wrath of God and makes God favorable toward human beings. Christ's blood serves as an atonement for all confessed sin that appeases God's wrath. In the Old Testament the sin offering represents the just payment for sin and shows the need for a Savior. The ultimate sin offering given by Christ provides for continued communication with God. Israel's priests burned the sin offering outside the camp. Although it appeased God's just requirement of a payment for sin it was not a sweet-savor offering because of the presence of sin. The Savior's death satisfies the requirements for breaking God's law and appeases the Father's anger. He died outside the camp. The living sacrifices represented by the burnt grain and peace offerings are called fragrances of appeasement to the Lord. These sweet aroma offerings represent different aspects of the life of Christ. Christ's propitiation provides the appeasing sacrifice and gives the opportunity to conduct lives in sacrificial love toward God and men in a way that satisfies the heavenly Father. The only appeasement that will ever truly work is the Savior's life and death.

In the history of Laodicea the founding judgment to establish the city away from a natural water supply and on an open plain led to wealth through trade but also produced a people adept at compromise and appeasement because their location placed them in a precarious military position. Laodiceanism entered the church from the world as an attitude of self-satisfaction based on physical well-being that neglects God. This attitude manifests in the adoption of worldly doctrines and practices that replace revealed truth with compromise.

The word kawphar is translated as appease. The word appease carries with it somewhat why atonement is necessary. Sin is an act of disloyalty against a relationship with God. It is driven apart and it is for this reason why God calls sin especially idolatry. Among all sins idolatry is the worst. It is the destruction of a relationship factor. Jacob hoped to expiate his guilt and appease Esau's anger by giving Esau a gift. He was going to bribe him. A material sacrifice of wealth was what Jacob gave in order to be at-one again.