That is if you had something done to you then you have to have restibution?Or restitution?
2006-12-16 09:10:11 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But isnt that what we are doing in Iraq? We arent turning the other cheek.Just trying to get justice anyway we can.I know its not right i for one would love to turn the other cheek. So who is right and WHO is wrong here?Something i've been thinking about a long time on this subject.
2006-12-16 09:42:57 · update #1
Shalom,
While you have a fragment of the saying correct the rest is misinterpreted. Eye for a Eye means sow shall you reap. Or the karmatic laws of God will fall upon you. It doesn't mean that if someone kills your relative that you go kill one of theirs. For what has Paul given?
"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord.' On the contrary, 'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."(Romans 12: 17-20)
Vengeance is Gods.
Peace
Aza
2006-12-16 09:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by Aza 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In ancient Palestine, offenses against ones honor were met with an escalating response. For example if some careless bozo trampled a row of your corn with his ox-cart, you might go and set fire to his field. In other words, "teach 'em a lesson." The eye-for-an-eye ethic put a stop to this escalating violence, insisting that punishment or restitution be proportional to the actual, demonstrable harm done. It was not intended as a command to do vengeance, but as limitation on vengeance: "Do this much, but only this much." Then, in the New Testament, Jesus specifically rejects this vengence theme: "You have heard it said, 'an eye for an eye,'...but I tell you, love your enemy."
Actually in old testament teaching, punishment must be 'consequence-sensitive'. More than this, punishment pays heed to the importance of maintaining, or restoring, relationships in society characterized by justice, mutual respect and, wherever possible, full participation back in community life. The punishment should acknowledge the place of the victim and in many cases will demand reparation by wrongdoers. Such wrongs created obligations to make right, and the normal process was to negotiate some sort of restitution agreement. Prisons as we know them were virtually unheard of back then!
2006-12-16 10:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the old testament it did say an eye for an eye. With the coming of our Lord Jesus He taught us to turn the other cheek 70 times 7. This makes me believe that vengeance is mine saith the Lord.
2006-12-16 09:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by rose v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the context from which it came. It will show you that the verse had a completely opposite message.
Jesus said to forgive those who have hurt you, and then he warned us: If you don't forgive others, then your father in Heaven will not forgive you.
Bubba Preachers never give a sermon on this. Why? Most of his hypocritical congregation are holding a grudge against someone. He might lose his followers if he told them the truth about what Jesus said.
2006-12-16 09:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Exodus 21:22-25 (v. 24 contains your quote) talks about when somebody fights with a woman, and the fight results in premature delivery. It says that whatever harm is done to the baby should be repaid to the assaulter.
Also, God says in Deuteronomy 32:35, "To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste." That's not to say you shouldn't defend yourself in a physical fight, for example, but if unnecessary, don't go seeking vengeance.
2006-12-16 09:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mysterious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe the Bible when it says that but that was Civil Law but now we live under the law of grace so when Jesus said turn the other cheek - He meant it as a Spiritual law!
2006-12-16 09:11:19 · answer #6 · answered by Home_educator 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read it again. The Bible does not say that for us. It says that men say that but Jesus tells us to forgive others and to turn the other cheek. The Bible also says that "Vengeance is Mine,saith the LORD,"and I will repay in kind."
Don't try to make it say what you want it too. Just go with what it really says.
2006-12-16 09:20:14 · answer #7 · answered by softspot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn the other cheek is an act of personal behavior or community behavior, whereas "an eye for an eye" is more for governmental justice.
2006-12-16 09:32:00 · answer #8 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only under the law of sin and death. Jesus told us that to overcome evil, we need to love. Bless those who hurt us.
But if a person attacked you and plucked your eyes out, that person needs to be brought before a court & sentenced accordingly. That is a blessing for that person.
The spirit of revenge isn't from the Lord. The Lord is our avenger.
2006-12-16 09:20:03 · answer #9 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is in the old testiment under the law of Moses the new testiment of Jesus says to turn the other cheek.
2006-12-16 09:12:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋