| Type of Language | Biblical Words | Human Need | The Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language of OT sacrifices | Blood, lamb, sacrifice | We are guilty | We are forgiven |
| Language of personal relationships | Reconciliation | We are alienated from God | We are brought back into intimate fellowship with God |
| Language of righteous anger at wrongdoing | Propitiation | We are under God’s holy wrath | God’s wrath is satisfied/quenched |
| Language of the marketplace | Redemption, ransom | We are enslaved | We are set free |
| Language of the law court | Justification | We are condemned | We are pardoned and counted as righteous |
| Language of the battlefield | Victory, deliverance, rescue | We are facing dreadful enemies | We are delivered and are triumphant in Christ |