Traditional Legal Model: In the Old Testament, the common phrase “to visit the iniquity” is understood in the sense of “to punish.” Biblical Healing Model: The common Hebrew word used is “paqad” often meaning to visit to bless but, at times, is clearly stated as visiting to punish. When so used, however, it is “punishing” […]
Punishment by God is badly misunderstood. The Bible does say He punishes. The question is: “how does He punish?” Traditional Legal Model – Pain or some other penalty (including temporal and eternal death) actively imposed by God as just retribution for sins committed. Biblical Healing Model – God honoring man’s free will by allowing the […]
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” (Matthew 25:46) Note: this page is a supplement to the Character of God and the Gospel Glossary definition for “punishment” which explains the meaning of that concept. Here we are looking at the two words in the New Testament used in […]
Traditional legal Model – a sinner is someone who commits a sin as in “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” (1 John 3:4) However, many people would call someone a sinner only if they were particularly bad and significantly worse (in terms of visible acts) than […]
(Note: this page provides more detail on the information at the page Made to be Sin – definition.) “For he hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Cor 5:21) “Made him to be sin” is a strange-sounding […]
“Made Him to be sin” sounds like a strange concept. Here is the key scripture verse: “For he hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Cor 5:21) This page includes the term “sinful flesh.” Traditional Legal Model – […]
(Part 23 of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary Series) “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” (Matt 6:10) In this last section of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary series we will take a look from another angle and consider whether that cleansing might go as far as to […]
(Part 22 of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary Series) “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21) The Kingdom of God (often understood to be synonymous with the kingdom of heaven) is commonly thought of as heaven itself – the physical place where […]
(Part 21 of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary Series) We are nearing the end of our study on the cleansing of the sanctuary and I thought it would be good to look at the benefits of this process both to us and others. Seeing the benefits will hopefully encourage us to take this process seriously. […]
(Part 20 of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary Series) “Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?” (Psa 77:13) Is there a physical sanctuary in heaven that looks like the earthly sanctuary Moses built with furnishings corresponding to each item in Moses’ sanctuary? I would not […]
