Ezekiel18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
2007-07-15 17:55:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the soul that sins will die a spiritual death because of sin
Life cannot live where sin is
each one is accountable for his own sin
2007-07-15 18:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the part about "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father . . . " means that people can't cover or atone for other people's sins. The first part might mean that if you keep on sinning, even after you've been saved, and don't truly repent, that your soul could die, probably meaning that you'll go to hell. I have no idea about that last part. This is only my very uneducated interpretation. The best way to find the meaning is to pray, and pray and then do some research, then pray more. Good luck.
2007-07-16 01:05:41 · answer #2 · answered by Shy Farm Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fills me with a sense of sadness that people look at the bible(or the qoran for that matter) as more than just literature.
what about the story of Abraham willing to kill his son Isaac. Wouldn't that fall right under the righteousness of the father falling upon the innocent son...
god didn't judge Issac based on his sins...
what about the people that were killed during the great flood. Surely MANY of them were innocent children. Yet they were still punished along with the rest.
What about the children in sodom and gomorrah. these villages were destroyed by god because of the sins of the citizens. Yet he only saved lot and his family(excluding his wife).There must have been several children in that rubble.
What was their sin?
crickets are a chirping
2007-07-16 00:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Each man and woman will stand before God and give account. No one but this person will be accountable. It is not unusual to read in the Old Testament where an entire family would be destroyed for the action of one. It was not unusual for an entire bloodline to be destroyed so that the name would not carry on. A persons lineage carried a great deal of weight in the past but with God the only lineage considered of value is those adopted through His Son.
2007-07-18 20:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The verse, and a similar one from Jeremiah 31, corrects the thinking of the Jews. God judges each person individually for their own sins. The concept of generational sin (passed from one generation to the next), incorrectly deduced from Exodus 20:5 was to be done away with by these verses. Unfortunately, the Israelites listened to neither Ezekiel, nor Jeremiah. "Generational sin" was still a prominent belief even at the time of Jesus.
2007-07-16 01:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by Bob L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ezekiel18:20; confirms that each person is responsible for their own sins and will not be punished for other people’s sins. This counters the bad translation in many Bibles of Exodus 20:5 ; “... for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” The word ‘punish’ is one possible translation of the Hebrew but another is ‘to visit upon’ which is the correct one.
Children often suffer the consequences of parental sins but are not punished for them.
2007-07-23 02:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by cheir 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think the line was being drawn in the sand here in legal terms
prior to this if something you did harmed someone else's son then your SON not you had to bear the penalty even tho the matter may have had nothing to do with him
there is a case given in the law of Hammurabi (Babylonian ruler) where if a builder built a house and it collapsed killing the home owners son then his own son was to be put to death in return (an eye for an eye)
here we are shown that only the person who committed the act ought to suffer the consequences not innocent members of his family
so a day of advancement for justice
2007-07-16 01:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Aslan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God will hold every individual responsible. Sin patterns and "iniquity' does pass down through the generations, but we don't have to partake of or carry our father's sin due to Jesus paying the price for all sin on the cross. Our repentance and being partakers now of His death and resurrection will make us free.
2007-07-24 00:22:02 · answer #8 · answered by gg28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This verse explains explicitly that there is no generational sin. No wonder Muslims don't subscribe to the Original Sin (of Adam and Eve) belief of the Christians.
"God does not trouble a soul except that which one is able to bear. On the person is the wage (out of the good deeds) and the retribution (from the bad deeds) from what (one) has done" (The Holy Quran, The She-Camel, Verse 286)
2007-07-16 01:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by Suryadi 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In the old testament, people were taught that their sins could be carried out through generations. That is called a generational curse. (not like a voodoo curse) It's sort of the defense that abusers were abused themselves, or if you are born with a deformity it is because your mother took drugs during pregnancy. With sin, this passage is saying that you will not be responsible for the sins of your fathers but of your own sins. Even though generational curses still happen, when we are judged by God, we will account for only what we ourselves have done.
2007-07-16 01:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Yo C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋