For example
Deut 25:11-12
11 If men get into a fight with one another, and the wife of one intervenes to rescue her husband from the grip of his opponent by reaching out and seizing his genitals, 12you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.
Ex 35:2
2 For six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. < including priests,pastors, right? since they preach on a sunday
Ex 21:20-21
20 When a slave-owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished. 21But if the slave survives for a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner’s property.
Well do you think these teachings by "almighty god" should be used in your country?
2006-10-27 14:13:13 · 20 answers · asked by Iwishmyhairwasemo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-10-27 14:13:40 · update #1
We are so fortunate that Christ came and took the weight of the Law off of us and suffered for our disobedience to it so we can be "civilized... Jim
2006-10-27 14:19:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Deut 25:11-12 - I think cutting off someone's hand is extreme but under the Mosaic law of that day that would be the punishment . Now she would be charged for sexual assault.
Ex 35.2 - the sabbath is not Sunday it is really Friday night-Saturday night, from sundown to sundown. You can research it. So priests and pastors wouldn't be violating the Sabbath by preaching on Sunday. Look at this text from Jewish eyes. A Jew know when the Sabbath is. I don't think you should be killed if you work on the Sabbath, because of the day and age we live in. We have based our lives around the belief that the Sabbath was on Sunday, we have been ignorantly violating this law. If you can change your schedule fine, but honor the Sabbath somehow, take a moment of rest at work to bow your head and pray (other than when you're eating).
Ex 21:20-21- if you killed your servant you were guilty of murder, because of your mercilessness, something that should not be a character of Jew (or Christian, anyone for that matter). If the slave dies from wounds they received the master did not kill them, their bodies just couldn't continue. The master bought the slave and that is their investment. You would punish your child who disobeyed you, wouldn't you? The rod was a form of punishment and used to keep them in line and keep them faithful and loyal and in the right way so they wouldn't be rebellious. (Another scripture says spare the ROD and spoil the child). You can't have a spoiled slave because they won't work for you. I am not an advocate for slavery either and neither is God. If you read in Ex. 21:2 it says if you buy a slave they will only serve you for six years and then they are free. If they were married then they leave with what they came in with, their wife and children. If a wife was given to him by the master then the wife and kids stay. If he won't leave then he is the master's forever
2006-10-27 21:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by Deborah 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On the surface, those verses look pretty "harsh" and graphic, but you have to consider the times that they were living in back then, and why God gave such strict punishment. The woman's hand was to be cut off because she would have ended another person's seedline (bloodline). Back then was a time in which mankind was still multiplying on the face of the earth, and to harm a man's "privates" -- obviously ends his seedline, and thus, he cannot obey God's commandment to procreate. Why did God command death to anyone working on the sabbath? Because people kept breaking this commandment. And such bold-face rebellion in front of God is not tolerated. And why were there slaves back then? So cities would be built. The slaves weren't abused, that's why God said anyone caught beating a slave will be put to death. But thank God we're now under the salvation of the new Covenant.
2006-10-27 21:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't. The reason being is that Jesus Christ fulfilled the law given to Moses. Thus, we entered into the age of grace. Every thing you quoted comes from the old testament. And, since Christ fulfilled the law, we are no longer bound by it.
As far as the Sabbath goes, Jesus plainly stated that the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. God gave us the Sabbath for our own good. He knows that everyone needs some rest. Peace.
2006-10-27 21:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by superfluity 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You know, fundamentalists & other Christians have answered your question with some variation of the old saw, "We live under grace now, not under the law..."
I have read the Bible cover to cover (literally!) and have never found the verse or passage that says the law ended and it was okay now to ignore it.
Where did God or Jesus say, "You know all that stuff I told you I'd kill you for in the old days? Well, it's okay to ignoree that now because you're living under grace. Except the murder, lying, adultery things... and oh yeah, death to gay people & fortune tellers..."
Seems like, as they say, you have to accept the entire Bible as the Word of God, or none of it. You can't pick and choose.
2006-10-27 21:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by Don P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you can read where these ordinances against mankind was nailed to the cross when Jesus died for us. The old law was completed - not done away but filled full - so we are no longer under those laws. They acted as a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ and His reign.
2006-10-27 21:45:16 · answer #6 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We need to look at the time. Those Bible verses were said in a different type of governemnt. They were the civil laws by which the early Israelites were ruled. In those times people used to make justice by themselves. God wanted to avoid that. He gave them laws, He wanted to give the Israelites a government where they could learn discipline and not just act as wild people. The punishements seemed to be taught, yes; but think that anyone who obeyed didn't need to go through it.
Those who have children know that there are times when children need to be disciplined according to what they've done. For example, if your child brakes a vessel, maybe you won't hit him; but if he was about to plug a fork in to the pluging source, then the discipline will get a little taugh. The child needs to learn that it is wrong, specially if he's got a brother, you don't want his brother to learn what he was about to do. You want to make it as clear as possible what is good and wrong, and the discipline used if a rule is disobeyed. Let's notice that all this is motivated by love. You love your children and do not want anything bad to happen to them. If you don't discipline when it is needed, the consecuences of their actions will reach them, and it will be worse.
You seem to read the Bible. That's good. However, what do you look for when you read it? Do you really want to find God? If you continue to read the Scriptures, you'll realize that the verses where God may seem a "dictator" are a few compared to those which tell us about His loving care for His children. As we saw, even when God disciplines, it's for our good; after all, who is the father who do not discipline his children? You see? even the earthly parents discipline because they love their children. What would we think of a father who does not correct his children when they're wrong? Am affraid he doesn't love them, does he? or he just doesn't know how to show his love for his children.
The best example of how God is, is Jesus Christ. There's nothing in Jesus' life that tells us that God is arbitrary or selfish, on the contrary: God is so self-giving that He loves you more than His own life!
"The love of God still yearns over the one who has chosen to separate from Him, and He sets in operation influences to bring him back to the Father's house… A golden chain, the mercy and compassion of divine love, is passed around every imperiled soul." COL 202
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God Is My Father
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that
we should be called the sons of God. 1 John 3:1
What love, what matchless love, that, sinners and aliens as we are,
we may be brought back to God and adopted into His family! We may
address Him by the endearing name, "Our Father," which is a sign of our
affection for Him and a pledge of His tender regard and relationship to
us. And the Son of God, beholding the heirs of grace, "is not ashamed to
call them brethren." They have even a more sacred relationship to God
than have the angels who have never fallen.
All the paternal love which has come down from generation to
generation through the channel of human hearts, all the springs of
tenderness which have opened in the souls of men, are but as a tiny rill
to the boundless ocean, when compared with the infinite, exhaustless
love of God. Tongue cannot utter it; pen cannot portray it. You may
meditate upon it every day of your life; you may search the Scriptures
diligently in order to understand it; you may summon every power and
capability that God has given you, in the endeavor to comprehend the
love and compassion of the heavenly Father; and yet there is an infinity
beyond.
In all His children God beholds the image of His only-begotten Son.
He looks upon them with a love greater than any language can express. He
enfolds them in the arms of His love. The Lord rejoices over His people.
He has redeemed us out of the careless world and has chosen us to
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King. He invites us to trust in Him with a trust deeper and stronger
than that of a child in his earthly father.
God is to us a tender, compassionate, heavenly Father.
From My Life Today - Page 289
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May God bless you, my friend!
2006-10-30 04:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by Cachanilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are Old Testament teachings, Christians don't have to abide by them. And by the way, the sabbath is on Saturday.
2006-10-27 21:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by Messenger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay since when is Sunday the Seventh Day of the week?
Don't we wish that crime had a more horrible punishment instead of criminals getting ESPN to watch in their gymnasium?
2006-10-27 21:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The law of Moses was very strict and it proved no one could keep it. So if we all are guilty then we all need a Saviour and that my friend is what the law was all about to lead us to Christ who was their Saviour then and our Saviour today. They looked ahead to Him and we look to Him now. He is the author and Finisher of our Faith. Without Him there is no Salvation for anyone.
2006-10-27 21:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Deuteronomy doesn't apply for us in modern day because we have other laws built to suit our society for men who get into fights.
Even in Jesus day they didn't put people to death for that .... remember Him picking corn on the Sabbath?
See my first paragraph ... this doesn't apply.
2006-10-27 21:24:19 · answer #11 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋