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Originally Posted by byHismercy
That's right. The author of the evil answer (I would call it that, also) probably knows nothing of the Fathers new covenant, the better covenant, the best covenant with His people. His unfathomable love towards us was proven with the sacrifice of His beloved Son! His love is undeniable. But the author of the kill list would like to leave that out, I guess. The OT for me is sometimes hard to understand, but the first question that popped up was, what actions had these ones taken against the Almighty God? I believe He is righteous, and executed righteousness in His judgments.
We, the church, we have the grace and mercy as He laid all the judgment upon Jesus. The author of the kill list should be on his knees in thanksgiving to God. Anyways, someday....
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Exactly! In going through the OT verse by verse, I'm struck with how God explains why He did certain things to such and such groups. He tells how they turned away from Him and did various egregious things to either God or His chosen ones.
And these things were all before the New Covenant of grace. It's not always easy to comprehend just how the law works - especially in this society where personal accountability is on the wane.
And for someone who doesn't believe there is a God in the first place, the whole thing seems so unfair. How could God do this or that!? It is like in Romans 9, "Can the thing made say to its Maker - Why did you make me this way? You have no right! You can't just decide to smash my lump of clay and start over!" He is God, and hallelujah the good news is He is dealing with man now according to the work of grace in His Son!