Defining God's Righteousness and Love

Divine righteousness encompasses both God's love and justice, as explained through an analysis of biblical terminology. The Hebrew and Greek terms relating to goodness highlight God's nature as generous and beneficent towards Israel, while righteousness reflects His moral perfection, which includes both compassionate deliverance and appropriate punitive measures against evil. This duality suggests that righteousness is not opposed to love; instead, they are interwoven qualities of God's moral character. The evolving scholarly consensus also supports the idea that divine righteousness is comprehensive, embracing both God's loving faithfulness and His just retribution against wrongdoing.