Heya it's me again, need ya guys to explain to me another verse. I found it somewhere, and I do not wish any harm, I just want explaination kay? By the way thanks for answering my previous question politely!
2007-02-16 17:58:05 · 15 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his town at the gate of that place. They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel will hear, and be afraid."
- Deut 21:18-21
2007-02-16 17:58:37 · update #1
The verse means exactly what it says - Jesus even referred to this passage in Mark 7:10. God takes rebellion very seriously. At the same time, very few parents are apt to turn their child over to such a fate, but it adds strong incentive not only for the child to be obedient and submissive to his parents, but for the parents to train up their children in a manner that will be in the child's best interests.
I think many of the seemingly severe passages in the Law can be explained by a statement made by Jesus, where He was addressing the matter of the Law allowing for divorce: "Because of the hardness of your heart, Moses permitted you..." (Matthew 19:8)
Good people really don't need law, because they do the right thing. Law is made for law breakers.
2007-02-16 18:13:43 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This verse was given to the Israelites when they were travelling from Egypt to the promised land. The son described in the verse was someone who was disobeying one of the 10 commandments about honoring your mother and father. God doesn't put up with unrepentant rebels for long. Notice that the person described in the passage has a history of disobedience. It's not like he slipped up once or twice or was never warned. Since the son is a drunkard he isn't some 4 year old child who doesn't know any better. God isn't some senile old grandfather sitting in a rocking chair and grinning while people despise his commands and basically give Him the finger when they think that He isn't looking. Here's a New Testament passage to demonstrate the point.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people." 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
2007-02-17 02:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This scripture passage is very straight forward. In the Old Testement, the Law of Moses said, "honor thy mother and thy that thy days may be long upon the land in which I am giving you". It was seen as a abomination unto the Lord for a child to not obey his parents. If rebellious children were allowed to remain in the holy camp, other children would follow suit. So rebellious children were put to death to purge any evil behavior which could spread through out the camp.
2007-02-17 02:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Old Testaments stories are excellent pictures for New Testament truths. The law was fulfilled by Jesus Christ and we are not under that covenant anymore. Rather, we can now use the Old Testament stories to apply to our lives today.
In this scripture, we can see that the young rebellious boy is the one who is in sin. He is rebellious toward God and will ultimately be punished for that, unless he accepts the punishment that was taken on his behalf by Christ. The parents in this picture is the Holy Spirit, He who convicts us of our guilt.
2007-02-17 02:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You also need to take into account the Parable of the Lost Son. It refers to all of us, we were rebellious to God, but he always takes us back again if we repent. The other son represents those who have always stayed in the faith. We should not be jealous of those who come to faith later in life because we enjoy being his heirs and have peace while as we should rejoice when anyone is brought into His flock. Same was with the Parable of the Workers and the Danarius...Christ gives us all eternal life no matter when we come to faith, all are his sons and daughters. Also, it is an O.T. law, abolished when christ died, we no longer have to offer sacrifices, for he died..once for all. (O.T. you've read many about peace offerings, friendship offerings, grain offerings..ect..ect...once christ died, the perfect lamb, the curtain in the temple tore, there was no longer a rift between God and Man. We have peace as the angels sang of..Peace between God an man, (not man and man as is usually misunderstood) All men are saved by faith the same way, O.T. and N.T believers, only they looked ahead, we look behind, and look foreward to His coming once again.
2007-02-17 02:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Miss Know-it-All 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was not given for children but for adults. As an example if a mother and father found their child was a rapist and murder to take him to the Elders to be judged. You see it happen at times now days also where a mother or a father turn their adult children over to the police for heinous crimes.
2007-02-17 02:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by saintrose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds muslim doesn't it? The Muslims and Christians have the same Old Testament, but the New Testament shows that God is love. In those days they were traveling. They were not in one place long enough to establish a jail for reformation. God just wasn't putting up with the rebelliousness. I'm glad it isn't like that now. (Except for radical muslims.)
2007-02-17 02:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure.If a man was being a glutton,drunkard,not obeying the law,causing harm,not listening to anyone,and being dangerous to society in general,he was to be put to death.
This sentence wasn't given to someone who had,say,just gotten drunk one night,but someone who was very dangerous.
2007-02-17 02:06:17 · answer #8 · answered by Serena 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to consider the time that this is set in. People were under the law and the curse at the time
2007-02-17 02:04:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously this town didn't have a problem with youth offending and teenagers being insolent towards the police.
2007-02-17 02:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by Bad bus driving wolf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋