Note: “sanctuary” can have a few meanings. The sanctuary this page is most concerned with is that most often referred to as the heavenly sanctuary that is to be cleansed as in Daniel 8:14 “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” Traditional Legal Model – The sanctuary is heaven or a part thereof where Jesus, in […]
Traditional Legal Model – a legal account of every sin a person has committed and whether it has been pardoned or not to be used as the basis for judgment (Rev 20:12). Biblical Healing Model – a record of each person’s: acts, good and bad choices, especially to love and trust God or not individuality […]
Sacred names, in the thinking of many, are the only ones to use for God. Of course, there are many different ideas of what those correct names are. Unfortunately, that has even led to divisions within spiritual groups. This page is a supplement to the definition page for “name.“ It provides additional evidence that the […]
Ray’s Note: I especially appreciated this guest article by Troy Edwards (www.vindicatinggod.org) as he had some very good explanations of idioms and their use. I have included it here by permission and with slight editing. The highlighted emphasis is mine to especially draw attention to the importance of understanding the effect of idioms. God Destroys […]
Traditional Legal Model – Any sin incurs a debt and an entry in the record books of heaven for which justice demands a payment or penalty. The penalty and record of the sin can be erased or forgiven only by the payment of blood – the death of either the offender or a substitute. God […]
Does God judge in the sense of deciding who He will allow into heaven and who He will leave out? There is a verse that seems to answer that directly: “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:” (John 5:22) That makes it sound like it is the Son […]
Traditional Legal Model – God condemns and has negative feelings towards sinners and will impose punishment on them if they don’t make things right. Biblical Healing Model – God does not condemn or have negative feelings towards sinners. His focus and efforts are always to heal and restore. A Modern Definition Condemnation (noun) the act […]
An article submitted by Emmanuel Eshun looking at the charge that a non-violent God is too soft. “Your picture of God makes him look too soft” is a phrase often used against the teaching about God’s non-violent use of power. We are often accused of making God look too weak and unjust, a namby-pamby, goody-goody […]
Yes (in response to the page on Korah’s Rebellion – see footnote), there is a principle that operates consistently and without exception. Divine Recession, I have called it. It is a modern phrase for the withdrawal of Divine power, which functions ever and only to create, sustain, and protect that which He has established. In […]
Revelation 8 has seven trumpets that read like cataclysmic, earth-shaking events: Hail and fire and blood cast on the earth One third of trees and grass burned up One third of sea life died One third of ships destroyed A “star” (comet”) poisons the water The sun and the moon are even affected And that […]
