What is Meant by Justification? Note: this page includes discussion of the word “justified.” Traditional Legal Model – justification is the declaration that a person is right with God in a legal sense – He is then justified, his sins being forgiven and the penalty paid. Essentially, it is a ticket to heaven. Biblical Healing […]
Biblical Atonement – It’s True Meaning Biblical Atonement has been very poorly understood for many centuries. Traditional Legal Model – atonement is understood to be the satisfaction of God’s justice by the payment of a legally-imposed penalty, that penalty being death – “… the wages of sin is death …” (Rom 6:23). Biblical Healing Model […]
How to Appease God That is a question in the minds of many religious advocates of various religions who are seeking to gain favor with God. Let’s look at the meaning of appeasement in relation to the God of the Bible. Traditional Legal Model – to satisfy the wrath of an offended God in the […]
God and Warfare in the Bible Many people, when they read about God and warfare in the Bible and all those wars that ancient Israel, God’s people were involved in, have a very hard time reconciling that with a God of love. The Bible does record many wars and much killing but have we correctly […]
Is Genesis 6:13 Permissive or Causative? I was asked: “Is ‘I will destroy them’ in Genesis 6:13 written in the permissive or the causative sense in the original Hebrew?” Genesis 6:13 says: “And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, […]
Moses turned God down when God asked him to do something. God was not upset even though many will read it that way. God met Moses at the burning bush and gave him the good news about the plan to deliver Israel from Egyptian bondage. It was good news to Moses until Moses learned that […]
Is Jesus in the Old Testament? Part 1 There are hints in the Bible that the God who interacted with people in much of Old Testament history was actually Yahshua, Jesus, the Son of God and not Yahweh, the Father. For example: “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that […]
Could how we see ourselves affect our concept of God’s character? How much time do you spend looking in the mirror? I’m not talking about the physical mirror you might use to check that you are presentable in the morning. Rather, I am talking about how much you focus on yourself and the character image […]
The Bible seems to make God sound vengeful with verses like this: “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” (Romans 12:19) However, we have to remember that God’s ways are not our ways. We always have to carefully […]
Ananias and Sapphira are often referred to as evidence that God actually kills people directly. But did God actually kill them? It is a serious thing to falsely charge someone with taking the life of another. Let’s take a look – a careful look – at the account and consider the possibilities: “But a certain […]
