(November 20, 2016 at 2:17 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(November 20, 2016 at 2:07 pm)The Joker Wrote: This law is applies to Israel, have you ever seen a christian fathers going around stoning children, in the new testament this law is not necessary.
In the Old Testament, God appears harsh for three reasons. First, it was to demonstrate the exacting requirements of the Law--a perfect and demanding standard. Second, it ultimately demonstrates the need for grace that would eventually be manifested on the cross. Third, should rebellion take root the very heart of the gospel would be at risk since the prophecies of the Messiah coming to and through Israel could be undermined should rebellion become rampant and society fall apart causing the prophecies to fail. Therefore, we can conclude that this harsh requirement was a necessary legality to instill and designate the necessity of family order and respect and to ultimately provide another safeguard that would ensure the sacrifice of Christ.
When the first impression of a guy is him being brutal and violent, it shouldn't come as a surprise when we don't care if he changed his method later. Or what excuses are made to justify such atrocities. Killing or threatening to kill someone seems to be his solution to just about everything, which means he isn't very smart. He can't think of a better way to solve the problem than completely removing sections of the population.
So to sum it all up, God knows the right thing to do, at the right time, at the right place.
