|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|