Jesus said you can beat women with a rod till they are unconscious?

Question

Do Christians believe JESUS is the GOD of the Old Testament?

The Trinity contends that all three parts of God are one without any separation between them otherwise it would be proven to be polytheism.

Therefore, according to Christianity the God of the Old Testament is Jesus.

If you say yes, then you cannot ever deny that he sent the commandments written in the Old Testament.

Someone can say they don’t follow them anymore…ok…. But if they ever deny that he made these commands then JESUS was not the GOD of the Old Testament.

Here is one command JESUS sent down:


"If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, 21: but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.” ---- Exodus 21:20-21


If a Christian denies it was ever sent down by Jesus then either Jesus is not their God or they don’t believe that the Bible is the word of God.

Whether these are still enforced or whether these were sent millenniums ago…… are not the question.

The eye opener is that Christians cannot deny that according to their faith Jesus sent this command down.

Maybe enslaved men can handle a beating but fragile women would be in pain beyond imagination.

Answer 1

Yada yada yada.

Answer 2

Good question. I will try to answer it the best that I can and I might have to do a lot more research to give you a better answer, but if you would like I will do so. However, this is what I can think of off the top of my mind. First, No, I do not deny that the Bible is from God, nor do I deny the that Jesus is part of the trinity. however, one of the things that I have learned is that context is king. In this context, the slaves of the Israelites in the Old Testament would have been the Cannanites, or the people from the surrounding nations who didn't belive in God and who actually served idols. Of these people groups God had commanded the Israelites to conquer, not to take slaves but to kill. Yes, this is something that is hard to deal with, but, the essence of it is that the Israelites, fresh from being enslaved themselves by the Egyptians needed to be pure from any idolitrous nations. no pluralism was to be tolerated. This was so that, in the long course of human history, God's people, the Israelites, could produce the savior of all people. This savior, Jesus Christ, fulfilled all of the Old Testament law, so that we, all of those who have come after Him and believe in him, might be freed from the law. In the New Testament, we're taught that we are "one in Christ", that we all hold equal ground in front of him. I hope that this answers your question, and if not, I'm certianly willing to do more research to give you a better answer.

Answer 3

Jesus is definitely the God the Old Testament. Is that a nice command? No, it is not. However,is that a command Jesus was happy giving? No, it is not. God can only move people, be it as individuals or as a society, as quickly as they will move. Actually, He pushes them quite hard anyway. It is not by choice that God still allowed slavery at that time. The ancient Hebrews were very barbaric and God can only move so quickly with people who have free will. There are many examples of this in the Old Testament, which is why people often see the God of the Old Testament as a God of wrath and the God of the New Testament as a God of love. However, even in the Old Testament, God shows incredible love. That was always there. It took me years to see this but it is there in ample measure, from Genesis into Leviticus and Numbers and beyond. In fact, Leviticus is becoming one of my favourite books in the Bible and I am gay (many people use Leviticus to condemn gay people).

By the way, the word of God is contained in the Bible but not all parts of the Bible are the word of God. Do not listen to the fundamentalists or to other religious people. They will always get it wrong. They do not know God from a bar of soap. Jesus Christ warned against them and continues to warn against them.

Answer 4

Yes this is posted in the wrong spot, but the guy / gal that posted this should start reading the book of Luke, then John, and to Matthew and then to Mark, their you will find all the info about who Jesus is. all this info is in the New Testament. Jesus heald the sick, and God three in one is ture. In the old Testament it speaks of Jesus's birth and coming...
Wait a Rock picking min. are you a JW's only a jw would speak of such things

Answer 5

That isn't part of the Ten Commandments which is written by the finger of God. The rest of the laws are actually cultural laws and ceremonial laws. It doesn't apply to us because it applied to that region and culture. What does apply to us now is thou shall not kill, thou shall not bear false witnesses, etc.

It is interesting to note that the world uses the Ten Commandments as the basis of its laws. Perhaps there's something to this God making up the laws thing after all.

Answer 6

Nearly all the women I know would grab that rod from you and shove it down your throat.

"It is never legitimate to use the words of scripture to promote a loveless agenda."

- Right Rev. Dr. Peter Short, The United Church of Canada

Answer 7

Whatever. Rationalize your mythology however you like, just keep it out of my Government.

Answer 8

you need to post this in the right place

Answer 9

The bible is just another good fiction story, but I guess I am the only one who sees the subliminal messages in that it is only there for mass mind control.

Answer 10

LOl you will not win with the god botherers!