Old Testament
Yes, You Can Believee In The Old Testament GodJ. Grant Swank, Jr. In the Old Testament, God commanded the death penalty in twenty-some cases. This was not because God was barbaric, but because God was civil. The Israeli twelve tribes had no law enforcement agencies. Further, they were surrounded by barbarisms of strange magnitudes exhibited by neighboring pagan nations. Consequently, for God to establish an Israeli civil community, He set forth stringent punishments--some being the death penalty. He Himself became, in other words, the Law Enforcement Agency for the new nation of Israel. That chosen community thereby was to model morality / civility to the surrounding nations. Extremely severe penalties then were commanded by God in order to fetch in line an Israeli community which tended to be unruly like it is neighbors. If God had been lax in penalties, humane nature, being what it is, would have tested gladly the boundaries. But when penalties were severe, humane nature thought twice before testing the boundaries, consequently the death penalty prescribed by God in a heap of instances. However, once Israel lost it is nationhood by "going a-whoring after other loves", Israel's civil structure disappeared. Israel as a nation lost it is temple, it is government--that is, it is two necessary parts of culture--religion and politics. Pagan nations then ruled over the heretofore nation of God. In this loss was the disappearance of death penalties antecedently prescribed by God. The death penalty amount of time as dictated by divine revelation, in other words, ended near the close of the Old Testament era. That is why when Jesus appeared as flesh-and-bones divine revelation, He pronounced, "You used to say, 'An eye for an eye', but now I say to you: Love your enemies." Jesus pronounced a civility of love toward one's enemies. "Love your foes, pray for your foes." This was the New Testament for it was now a new way of dealing with others--all others. Government was now conventional principally within the believer rather than beneath Israeli kings. "The Kingdom of God is within you." Law was now primarily of the heart. "My law will be written on your hearts." That was the new politic. Further, the tabernacle was now principally the humane frame: "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit." That was the new religion. Therefore, for the New Testament Church Age, it is the law of love toward all--friends and foes. Jesus provided a plainly stated ethic. He refused to garble it with amendments. But, one may ask: "What with regards to these atrocious crimes and the death penalty?" The biblical answer is still the same: love your friends and oppositions in Jesus. What kind of Christian love then may be shown to a multiple-murderer / rapist / arsonist / child molester? What kind of Christian love may be meted out to a Hitler? It is a Christian tough love. Tough love keeps the particular criminal alive but consigns that one to supervised surroundings without parole. Hopefully, even that special criminal then may come upon salvation through Christ, yet never be placed in tempting circumstances whereby he again may do others and Himself harm. Keeping the person alive also allows the possibleness that, realizing humane justice systems to be flawed, that person in truth may be found innocent though in the first place pronounced guilty. Indeed, the future may prove this to be fact if new proof is forthcoming. History has case files on those in the aforementioned category. Reason this moral / ethical circumstance from God's perspective: Adam and Eve slew God's love when they played loose with Eden's snake. However, God did not slay them. Instead, God banished them to their own solitary isles of remorse, hoping at least for their eternal redemption. You once slew God's love by going your own stubborn way. In reality, you pronounced yourself Lord of your life. It is a hurtful truth to you now that you are a believer; nevertheless, living once in sin and for sin, you were once that callused toward your own loving Creator. However, did God obliterate you? No, rather God searched you out, loved you even while you were enemy, in hopes of redeeming what was left of your destiny. He now invites each Christian to live out that same kind of persevering, at-times-tough love toward all others--especially those who are Enemy. God has already walked for us the path of love-for-foes. We, of all creatures, ought to recognise this for sure. Praise be to a loving, merciful God! He then invites us to join Him on that love path. He has walked it for us. He asks us now to walk it for others.
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Old Testament and New Testament closely have the same Prophecies, is that possible? Bible connected with old and new testament so if one Prophecy brought up in old testament must remind in new testament, but, why Sacred Books (Old/New Testament) did not consorted with each other regarding numerous (important) propheices like Apocalypse, or dose ancient jews had changed the Torah's origin content to fit what they like? I do not know. No it was not the jews, but check what happened beneath the church and Constantine in or regarding 325 AD. In 325, Constantine held the Council of Nicaea to talk about the Arian controversy over the interpretation of the Holy Trinity. The Council fell on the 20th anniversary of Constantine’s sovereignty and in 326 he left his son, Crispus in charge of the east. Upon his return, he was told by he second wife, Fausta that Crispus was planning to seize power. Constantine had his initial son, as well as Fausta slain when he came upon that she was in fact conspiring to help her oldest son in benefitting the throne. Although Constantine was one of the greatest influences in encouraging the Christian faith, he is also credited with infiltrating it with pagan practices, and bringing idols into the church. While Christianity was growing in popularity, sun worship or Mithraism remained strong in the empire. Sun worshipers were converted to Christianity because of their surface similarities, practices, and analogies such as “the sun of righteousness” which were later imposed into the church. Mithra, the sun god was celebrated in the solar paganism and their day of rest and worship was on the day of the sun. Constantine issued laws conflicting with the fourth commandment, altering the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday to coincide with the sun worship day of rest. Constantine’s motivatings for encouraging the pagan influences on Christianity are not certain. His mutual compensation was perhaps for political purposes of profiting favor or out of ignorance of the laws of the Bible. One mystery is The Arch of Constantine, built to honor his triumph in the name of God. The monument displays no symbolic relevance to God, but does have images of Mithra. http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2constantine.htm |
