When "the spirit of the Lord" comes upon Jephthah, he makes a deal with God: If God will help him kill the Ammonites, then he (Jephthah) will offer to God as a burnt offering whatever comes out of his house to greet him. God keeps his end of the deal by providing Jephthah with "a very great slaughter." But when Jephthah returns, his nameless daughter comes out to greet him (who'd he expect, his wife?). Well, a deal's a deal, so he delivers her to God as a burnt offering -- after letting her spend a couple of months going up and down on the mountains bewailing her virginity. (Judges 11:29-39).
Why does God allow human sacrifice? Why doesn't he just say that is all right, Jephthah, my law says "don't kill?" "Or, no what you would be doing is wrong, you shouldn't have made such a stupid promice." Does God's unwilling to step in make him seem unloving or uncaring to you?
2007-02-20 03:12:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry about the misspellings.
2007-02-20 03:15:09 · update #1
Don't apologize for your misspellings. Apologize to God and repent for questioning him and his word. There is no sin in misspelling words, but there is great sin in blaspheming the word of God. Unless you repent, it shall be judged as unforgivable.
2007-02-20 03:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's "allegory" in both "covenants": Galatians 4
http://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm
There's two allegoric Gods to sort out:
Enmity - "I will forsake you": Law
Friend - "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee": Grace
Christ is our peace who abolished the enmity(law): Eph 2
http://www.godshew.org/TwoGods.htm
As for sacrifice, the only true God (of false/true Gods) never desired sacrifice, nor ever took pleasure in such law law: Psalms 40:6; Psalms 51:16; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Hebrews 10:5-10.
http://www.godshew.org/Sacrifice.htm
The over-all more-all of the Bible:
Grace is sufficient (no law required)
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2007-02-20 11:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sacrifice,human,animal,or otherwise is for the purpose of showing to God your obedience.
When Abraham was commanded to slay his son,he was right about to slay him when an angel stopped him&told him God was pleased&blessed abraham
If ephthah didnt keep his end then more than likely what happened is he either was cursed or things started going down hill for him after his disobedience.
Remember:The point of sacrifice is to show obedience toward God.
2007-02-20 11:19:22 · answer #3 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would an all powerful and all knowing god need sacrifice? Any good reasons? One, maybe?
2007-02-20 11:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by billthakat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god is a hypocrite, just like the men who made him up.
2007-02-20 11:17:35 · answer #5 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was the last sacrifice
2007-02-20 11:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by travelguruette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋