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To: James C. Bennett

1 Samuel 15:2 is a reference to the time Amalek fought Israel as stated in Exodus 17:8-14. Moses made reference to this again in Deut 25:17-19, that when Israel had rest, they were to utterly destroy Amalek so that group would be eliminated. It was now hundreds of years later but The Lord is making good on His instructions. God’s timing isn’t always ours, but IT IS certain.

This may look harsh to us today, but it was well deserved and a long time coming. It had been hundreds of years since the Amalekites had transgressed and; thus, brought God’s punishment (Deuteronomy 25:17-19), and HE had graciously given them generations of mercy.

Back then sins could not be purged, only covered, and with Amalek being totally given over to idolatry, they were so wicked that they were like a cancer that threatened Israel and cancer grows. So it was like amputating a diseased limb in the effort to preserve the life of the individual. This was harsh on the Amalekites but well deserved, and an act of mercy on the human race as a whole.

And, FYI, this was a fulfillment of a prophecy that Balaam spoke of in Numbers 24:20.

So save your rant about the Amalekites, God showed them His mercy for generations. God is GOOD all the time and man is evil. Have your beef with man but NEVER God. God protects His Own.


47 posted on 04/25/2013 11:54:26 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name
Back then sins could not be purged, only covered, and with Amalek being totally given over to idolatry, they were so wicked that they were like a cancer that threatened Israel and cancer grows. So it was like amputating a diseased limb in the effort to preserve the life of the individual. This was harsh on the Amalekites but well deserved, and an act of mercy on the human race as a whole."

Babies. Infants. Did not yet commit any crime. Why does a god create them, then regret their creation, and then kill them using proxies, before they did anything? Sign of a false god.

Your other comment was too stupid to even consider a response. Ranging from blind anti-Catholicism to incoherence, up to evident lack of reading comprehension skills. Learn to answer specifically.

50 posted on 04/26/2013 3:18:06 AM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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