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1 | Numbers 25 | Rom 13:1 | Aliennow | 159092 | ||
I think it's in Numbers 25 where the Israelites have engaged in practices forbidden them and God states how to get things back on track, including some deaths and punishments. But the leadership doesn't follow through fully. And God (I'm sorry, G_d) sends them a persuasive rash or something. Their miserable but won't change. They keep sinning up a storm,like most of us would. Then this one fella takes matters into his own hand and kills two obvious offenders right in front of everybody. And G_d not only doesn't get ticked at him for sticking a spear through the chief's son and the chief's son's girlfriend, but instead rewards the guy and his lineage forever with certain blessings because he made it happen,what G_d told the chiefs to do. Okay, so, it wouldn't have been rewarded for somebody to get up and just start killing somebody for no good reason. But punishment on G_d's terms WAS alright, and then some. Does it make sense in any way to use something like Numbers 25 as an example to try to explain the idea that we as individuals, as citizens must act one way toward one another that is, lawfully, and not engage in law breaking, like murder for instance, but our governing establishments, like police or the justice system, have the right and duty to uphold safety and uphold rules and regulations whereby if someone willfully breaks them, like goes out and murders somebody then the justice system, the governing establishment, has the right to punish them and if it's the death penalty it's killing but not murder? Do you know what I mean? |
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2 | Numbers 25 | Rom 13:1 | BradK | 159093 | ||
Hi Aliennow, I think I'm following you. Perhaps, your question can be answered by first acknowledging that God is sovereign (Ps. 115:3). The passage you refer to in Numbers 25 deals with Israel commiting harlotry. 25:4 tells us , "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel." Romans 13:1-8 would be the NT reference that deals with your last question: "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God." I hope this helps, BradK |
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