Note: this Glossary page is also part 12 of the Cleansing of the Sanctuary series. 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). “Better remember and confess every sin.” Biblical Healing […]
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 […]
Traditional Legal Model – To be hardened is understood to be an individual’s action of resisting or refusing truth. Biblical Healing Model – The meaning is the same but the word is included in the glossary to clearly distinguish who is responsible for the hardening. From a Modern Dictionary: Hardened (adjective) made or become hard […]
Traditional Legal Model – judgment is the legal determination of guilt or innocence and pronouncement of arbitrarily-imposed punishment to match the crime which is understood to be death in every case of unconfessed sin – “The wages of sin is death…” (Rom 6:23) Biblical Healing Model – Judgment is not so much legal as it […]
Blood is a very misunderstood, yet very important concept in the Bible. Traditional Legal Model – “Blood” (the bodily fluid) is the means or currency used to make payment for the legal debt the sinner owes. “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” […]
Love is defined in a practical way by the life and words of Jesus Who came to show the true meaning of “God is love” (1 John 4:8). From the perspective of the two models of the gospel, the “definitions” below point out the major difference in how God’s love functions toward sinners. Traditional Legal […]
Traditional Legal Model – justice demands the penalty/wages of death and eternal separation from God. It is only satisfied if the guilty person pays that penalty or if someone else pays on his behalf. Justice is retributive. Biblical Healing Model – justice is doing the right thing which is to restore to a right state, […]
Traditional Legal Model – to satisfy the wrath of an offended God in the sense of making payment to meet the required penalty and to offset the injustice He feels over sin. Biblical Healing Model – the Bible does not use the word in relation to God. God does not need to be appeased in […]