Numbers 31:17-18 "Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
Ezekiel 9:6 "Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women . . . "
Isaiah 13:16 "Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished."
Deuteronomy 13:15 "Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly . . . "
Leviticus 20:9 "For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death . . . "
Exodus 32:27 ". . . Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour."
Deut 21:10-12 "When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; "
Exodus 31:15 " . . . whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death."
Deut 21:21 "And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die . . . "
Luke 19:27 Jesus said, "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."
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2007-07-29 17:04:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Obviously, yes. For the Bible tells us so.
2007-07-29 17:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Don't confuse murder with execution. As a God whose holiness is beyond our comprehension, He was not simply randomly murdering people; He was commanding the execution of people whose actions seriously violated His holy standard. The tribes occupying the area of Israel before the Jews entered were entirely debauched cultures who were vile in God's eyes - Having reached the end of His patience and mercy, He commanded their elimination as a just recompense for their evil behaviors.
In addition, all but one of your quotes is from the Old Testament, when God ruled the Jews as a theocracy. Now that we are under the New Testament, no Christian has any right or excuse for killing anyone - except perhaps legitimate self-defense. The one quote you do have from the New Testament is a parable, a story designed to prove a point, not to be taken literally.
Notice how God views actual Murder throughout the Bible - it repulses Him, and he punishes the one committing it. In Genesis, He commands that if anyone murders someone, the murderer is to be put to death. When David arranged for the death of Uriah, God punished David with extended, painful, and publicly shameful discipline.
It is an indicator of how seriously God views things like adultery, murder, and even rebelling against one's parents, that He punished such offenses in the Old Testament by executing the guilty.
2007-07-29 17:20:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We has humans are an amazing creation so much so that we forget that we did not create ourselves. Whether we like it are not we don't belong to ourselves. At the end of the world we are all going to have to live somewhere and based on Christian believe it's either Heaven or Hell.
But let get back to pointing our finger at God I suspect if we were as good as God expect us to be then we could sit in judgment of God but while we hated God and hate Jesus he died on that cross so that those who chose to believe wouldn't have to face God's wrath.
Passage Matthew 7:11:
11"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, (A)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
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OK maybe Jesus didn't have to be one to go up on that cross to save mankind so God looked In Heaven and in the Earth to find that one good person to be the scarify for mankind's sins and here's what he found.
Passage Psalm 14:3:
3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
2007-07-29 17:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by Owl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"quite i be conscious of the common Christian answer. it extremely is asserted that if a guy or woman extremely believes in that Jesus is the son of God, they are going to visit heaven no count number what the crime." incorrect. they ought to quite be sorry and repent. Repenting incorporates taking despite punishment they had ought to stand. The ideals of Muslims (from what i've got discovered) are that the terrorists did incorrect, and are going to Hell.
2016-10-01 00:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God lawfully has the right to execute judgement upon anyone.
When God authorises the nation of Israel to wipe out a people, it is a lawful execution due to their rebellion and sin against God.
What God does not permit is unjustified killing which is murder.
Killing in self-defence for example is legal, killing in anger or for revenge is not.
Execution of a murderer is legal, killing a victim in the course of a robbery is not.
2007-07-29 17:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by jeffd_57 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As I said in my edit, Ezekiel and Isaiah are books of prophecies and warnings. Each prophet was warning the Israelites that these things were going to happen to THEM.
The passage in Luke is a PARABLE. Read the whole chapter.
As for the others, do yourself a favor, and read all the events leading up to those. These were NOT good people.
Read it for yourself.
2007-07-29 17:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have to understand that any time Jehovah God directed his people to kill was because these people well new who Jehovah was. But they chose not to serve him but to serve other false gods, burn thier own children as sacrifices, even so much as eat thier own off spring, God always warned the people and gave them a chance to turn around from thier imoral ways but they refused to. They liked violence, war, imorality, bowing down to images such as stone figures, poles, animals, flags, other people, homosexuality, drunken brawls, tourchering other people, animals, and even thier own families. The sport of the day was to throw people, kids and babies into the center of the ring and watch lions tear them to pieces. Do you think they deserved to die?
Sincerely yours,
Fred M. Hunter
2007-07-29 17:36:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
So then, in the instance of war, the killing is murder?
is it wrong to put to death, a murderer?
apparently many people think so.
Of course you totally missed the fact that it was the Jews, not the Christians, that were commanded to put different ones to death.
Christians, have been commanded to return evil for evil to no one.
So, true Christians, will not participate in any warfare, or any act that involves the putting of another human to death.
2007-07-29 17:09:20 · answer #8 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i'm part of a church, and i'll be the first to admit that the bible is screwy. one thing is undeniable; the bible was written by people. and these people figured that a good way to frighten others into faith is by writing gory stories about how the unfaithful were smote.(haha, love that word)
you can believe in god and be a follower of the christian faith WITHOUT taking the bible completely literally. unfortunately, some denominations choose to follow the bible for every word. people need to remember that it's the principles and spirituality that count!
whether god is violent, peaceful, angry, or loving, i can't be sure. all i know is this: god is just. he will do what he knows is right. after all, justice, as do all things, originates from him.
2007-07-29 17:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by findpolaris 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Alright, God. Smite them!
2007-07-29 17:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋