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NASB | Deuteronomy 17:6 "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 17:6 "On the evidence of two or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of [only] one witness. |
Bible Question:
Hi Steve, Apparently you did not notice the NT quotes. So,the standard is still the same after the advent of Christ (if one's dispensational views causes them to disregard God's standards in the OT). So the question remains, Shouldn't this standard also be the standard of the civil courts? Peace, |
Bible Answer: Hi, Lionstrong; I did indeed notice and I don't disregard the OT. But I don't see any reason to believe that the judicial and legistlative standards for Israel are normative for any civil government including ours (USA, many others). If they are, then I would expect God to appoint a king for us as he did for Israel. But the fact is that if those standards are normative, then every government other than ancient (not contemporary) Israel is hopelessly lost. Ancient Israel was the only nation created by God with him as its king. No nation created by men (the only kind on Earth just now) can conform to that standard. So I'll ask you a question. Since God did not ordain elected legislatures for ancient Israel, is representative democracy an abomination in God's eyes? Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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