Opps, Jesus taught that children that curse their parents are to be put to death.. not only in OT of the Bible, but Jesus himself taught this...
* "He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." Ex. 21:17
* "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God commanded, saying... `He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' But you say..." Mat. 15:3-4
Western society has (because of it's tradition) left this and now we have crime out the yahzoo and our childrens death rate and violence is outragious with gang fights etc.. but Jesus himself was not one bit ashamed of his commandments.. only we are.
You said — “Western society has (because of it’s tradition) left this and now we have crime out the yahzoo and our childrens death rate and violence is outragious with gang fights etc.. but Jesus himself was not one bit ashamed of his commandments.. only we are.”
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And when Jesus arrives here again, and as He sets up the Kingdom, then we’ll be in the Kingdom Age and in another dispensation. Currently, we are not in that “age” (or dispensation). We are in the age of Grace and we are *not* to carry that out. That’s pretty clear.
Furthermore, the ones who *were* supposed to carry it out, are no longer granted sovereignty by God, Himself. They will not gain that back again, until the Kingdom Age arrives and the Scepter, which has departed from Israel, will be given back to it, once again. Until that time, we are in the Age of Grace.
I really doubt you would be interested in reestablishing all the capital crimes listed in the Old Testament.
Adultery, kidnapping, premarital sex(for women, anyway), idolatry, sorcery, blasphemy, bestiality, rape, homosexuality, among others.
While I believe capital punishment should be more widely imposed than it is, few Americans would wish to reimpose all the capital crimes of the OT.