Someone posted that the Bible says that rape and incest should be punishable by death?

Question

Deuteronomy 22:25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.

People say that the Bible is timeless, but I find that absolutely untrue. They also put people to death for blasphemy (uh, JESUS!), so should we all be slain that don't agree with your words on the Religion category? What do you think? The Bible has it all right, that man should treat his woman like a dog or one of his children and beat her? Is this modern?

Answer 1

Well, I think that the rape thing should still apply - I think rape is a horrible violent crime.

But that incest punishable by death - man, if that were still in practice, half of Kentucky (and much of the south) would be on death row! LOL (j/k)

Answer 2

Someone posted that the Bible says that rape and incest should be punishable by death?
Deuteronomy 22:25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.

People say that the Bible is timeless, but I find that absolutely untrue. They also put people to death for blasphemy (uh, JESUS!), so should we all be slain that don't agree with your words on the Religion category? What do you think?
Answer: Please give the scriptures that state that a man should be put to death for blasphemy other than Jesus (uh, JESUS!).

The Bible has it all right, that man should treat his woman like a dog or one of his children and beat her?
Answer: Please give the scriptures that state that.


Is this modern?
Answer: God does not change.
Malachi 3:5-7 (King James Version)
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5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Philippians 3:20-21 (King James Version)
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20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Answer 3

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same; but the medical practice changes...The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it; and also never fails to drop in at the tail of the procession- and take the credit of the correction. During many ages there were witches. The Bible said so. the Bible commanded that they should not be allowed to live. Therefore the Church, after eight hundred years, gathered up its halters, thumb-screws, and firebrands, and set about its holy work in earnest. She worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witches, and washed the Christian world clean with their foul blood.

Then it was discovered that there was no such thing as witches, and never had been. One does not know whether to laugh or to cry.....There are no witches. The witch text remains; only the practice has changed. Hell fire is gone, but the text remains. Infant damnation is gone, but the text remains. More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the texts that authorized them remain.

Answer 4

That was the Old Testament which was under the "Mosaic Law". We are no longer under the Law of Moses, for Christ's Redemptive Deed upon the Cross of Calvary did away with the Old Law, and we are under a new Covenant of Grace and Mercy under Christ's Shed Blood. Literally, Christ's act on the Cross "fulfills" the Law.

"The new covenant is spoken about first in the book of Jeremiah. The old covenant that God had established with His people required obedience to the Old Testament Mosaic law. Because the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), the law required that people performed rituals and sacrifices in order to please God and remain in His grace. The prophet Jeremiah predicted that there would be a time when God would make a new covenant with the nation of Israel.

"'The day will come,' says the Lord, 'when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah....But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,' says the Lord. 'I will put my law in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people" (Jeremiah 31:31,33). Jesus Christ came to fulfill the law of Moses (Matthew 5:17) and create a new covenant between God and His people. The old covenant was written in stone, but the new covenant is written on our hearts, made possible only by faith in Christ, who shed His own blood to atone for the sins of the world. Luke 22:20 says, "After supper, [Jesus] took another cup of wine and said, 'This wine is the token of God's new covenant to save you – an agreement sealed with the blood I will pour out for you.'"

Now that we are under the new covenant, we are not bound by the law. We are now given the opportunity to receive salvation as a free gift, not as a reward for any of our good works (Ephesians 2:8-9). Through the life-giving Holy Spirit who lives in all believers (Romans 8:9-11), we can now share in the inheritance of Christ and enjoy a permanent, unbroken relationship with God. Hebrews 9:15 declares, “For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance – now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”

Answer 5

Great question!

Man is over woman, he is the head of her just as Jesus is the head of the church.

- Eph 5:23 "For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of his body, the church; he gave his life to be her Savior."

The scriptures that you speak of were put in place BEFORE Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected.

Before Him people were in charge of "Judging" themselves. But now, Jesus will come soon and Judge each of us according to our deeds we do not need the commandments that give us authority to judge one another.

Remember, that Jesus said; "All right, stone her. But let those who have NEVER sinned throw the first stones!"Joh 8:7

Jesus will place judgment over the whole world, both living and the dead.

God Bless You

Answer 6

We are under a new covenant with Christ. The Old Testament is but types and shadows of New Testament truths.

Answer 7

Old Laws. We have a New Testament now. Jesus.

Answer 8

We are not ancient Jews under the old testament theocratic law. God nailed the written law code that testified against us to the cross and we are forgiven.

Praise the Lord!