Bible Question:
To: Tim Moran, Makarios, Hank, Ray, Emmaus. I hope you were around. How a Loving and just God commanded such things? 1Sa 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. We can maybe assume that amalek was very evil person, how about the infants? Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Why the must kill the infants? they unskilfull about righteousness. Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. God bless, |
Bible Answer: Sometimes destruction is the most merciful act. God is the Creator, He can do as He pleases with His creation, and that without seeking any counsel but His own. We do not see how utterly heinous is sin, nor how monstrously it offends a holy God. Every time we see what God does and we think, "No fair" we are demonstrating that we do not appreciate just how holy He is and just how wicked man can be. If one sin warants death, it is amazing that God is not killing us off wholesale! The Hebrew 5:13 reference is using babies as an example. The author is wondering at why his audience have not matured more than they have in the proper handling of the word. |