PUNISHMENT
capital:
(See DEATH PENALTY)
civil (including as divine agent):
purpose of
♦ just retribution
♦ purging evil
♦ correction of life
♦ warning to others
forms of
under Mosaic Law
♦ death
(See DEATH PENALTY)
♦ restitution
♦ retaliation
♦ fining
♦ flogging
♦ selling into slavery
other than Mosaic Law
♦ imprisonment
• 1 Kings 22:27; Ezra 7:26; Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11; Matthew 5:25; Luke 3:20; Acts 12:4; 23:10, 35
♦ stocks
♦ scourging
♦ beating
♦ confiscation of property
♦ banishment
divine:
purposes of
♦ correction of life
♦ promote fear of God
♦ give knowledge of God
• Psalms 59:10; 83:16-18; Ezekiel 11:10-12; 12:16; 14:7-8; 21:3-5; 25:11, 29:9, 16; 38:22-23; Daniel 4:17, 24-26; Romans 9:17
♦ promote righteousness
future (eschatological)
♦ general
• Isaiah 13:11; 26:21; 59:18; Zephaniah 1:12; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 3:12; 5:21-22, 27-30; 7:21-23; 10:28; 23:33; Luke 3:17; 12:47-48; Romans 2:8; I Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 10:29; 2 Peter 2:9
♦ degrees of
causes for
♦ forsaking God's covenant
♦ pride
♦ rejection of grace
♦ wickedness
♦ according to deeds
• Job 34:11; Psalms 62:12; Proverbs 12:14; Isaiah 59:18; Jeremiah 17:10; Ezekiel 7:3, 27; Ezekiel 39:24; Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 16:27
eternal
(See also HELL)
♦ general
descriptions of
♦ fire
♦ lake of fire
♦ second death
♦ darkness
♦ torment
♦ punishment
♦ destruction
causes for
♦ rejection of Christ
♦ blasphemy against Spirit
♦ worship of beast
♦ sin
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.