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NASB | Exodus 31:15 'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 31:15 'For six days work may be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the LORD; whoever does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. |
Bible Question: please explain the part about"must be put to death". |
Bible Answer: Hi Jenny, Yes, God meant what He said and He said what He meant. Breaking this law was a capital offense meaning it was punishable by death, usually an execution by being stoned, a form of execution that was most unpleasant for *everyone* involved. The reality is that all sin is, spiritually at least, a capital crime: *all* sin is punishable by death. There are *no* exceptions to that. In large part, God is teaching humanity through the Mosaic Law of the Old Covenant just how serious sin is - and that includes *all* sin, not just some of it. That is the whole point of the sacrificial system. That is the whole point of capital crimes. That is at least part of the point of the limited retribution (eye for eye, tooth for tooth) laws. Today we (believers) do not live under that Mosaic Law of the Old Covenant. We are to live under the Law of the Spirit, the Covenant of Grace and Mercy that has been brought about and put in place by the work that Jesus did when He willingly took upon Himself the sin (all of it!) of every human being that has ever lived or ever will live and paid the penalty for it by dying *in their place.* There is no human being who will ever be sentenced to eternal spiritual death (hell) because they are a sinner, since Jesus paid for that already. They will receive that sentence for no other reason than that they did not trust the One and Only Living God. God takes sin *very* seriously; so seriously that the One and Only Son of God (Jesus) gave (sacrificed!) His life because of it. |
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