Traditional Legal Model: The stinging insects God said He would use to clear the land of its occupants so that His chosen people, the Israelites, could move in. Biblical Healing Model: A metaphor for the “stings” of conscience that would, hopefully, influence the Canaanites to change their ways and, if they would not change, cause […]
This study focuses on “consumed” translated from the Hebrew word “tamam” (H8552) because of its use in Deuteronomy 2:15. Note that there are other Hebrew words translated as “consumed.” Traditional Legal Model: Commonly thought to be the result of God’s destructive work to punish His people or their enemies as seen in: “For indeed the […]
On this page all verses using the Hebrew word “tamam” (H8552) are listed to help understand the meaning of “consumed.” The major meanings according to Strong’s are something like finished, completed, used up or to be physically destroyed, killed or consumed. I have classified them going by the context in each case as either of […]
Are arrows only shot by bows or is there a figurative sense in which someone can be pierced by an arrow? This page also looks at the word “lightning” which is used in a similar sense to arrows. Traditional Legal Model: The arrows of God are understood by some as only weapons to hurt and […]
Forsake definition according to two models of the gospel. We are looking mainly at what it means for God to forsake a person or group. Does He do it and, if so, how? And, if not, what is the meaning of the word “forsake”? Traditional Legal Model: Especially in reaction to people turning from or […]
Traditional Legal Model – Curses are actively and directly caused by God as punishment for sins. Biblical Healing Model – Curses are natural consequence of man’s choices to depart from God thus forfeiting His protection. Definition a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another. the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, […]
“And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.” (Isaiah 58:12) The meaning of the word “breach” as used in the Bible is examined here […]
“And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. And […]
Traditional Legal Model – some define a breach as God’s action to punish sin. Examples: “breach—the calamity wherewith God visited Israel for their sin” (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary) “The repairer of the breach: breach is put here collectively for breaches, which were made by God’s judgment breaking in upon them in suffering the walls of their […]
Traditional Legal Model: For the good of the universe and to end their misery God destroys the lost in His “strange act.” Biblical Healing Model: As in the examples included in the verse where it is mentioned (Isa 28:21), God, not being a God of force or coercion, honors man’s free will choices. It is […]