As I said, I support the death penalty, but it would not upset me all that much if it was abolished, especially if all life was protected in return.
Moreover, it is a trap to take Old Testament law (and Genesis is technically NOT law) without considering Christ's teachings. He came to FULFILL the law and His Death was for mankind's sins and this could be interpreted as rendering the verse in Genesis as moot.
As I said, I support the death penalty, but it would not upset me all that much if it was abolished, especially if all life was protected in return.
Moreover, it is a trap to take Old Testament law (and Genesis is technically NOT law) without considering Christ's teachings. He came to FULFILL the law and His Death was for mankind's sins and this could be interpreted as rendering the verse in Genesis as moot.
10 posted on 02/22/2007 6:16:01 AM MST by wagglebee
When I compare the word "fulfill" with it's other use in Matthew only, This is very clear in Yah'shua' Holy Name which is "Yah has become my salvation" It does not do away with YHvH's command in Genesis 9:5-6 I'm not trying to argumentative , I am attempting to exegete "fulfill"
b'shem Yah'shua
it seems to point to corroborate Yah'shua's role as the "anointed" substitutionary sacrifice for sin.
because on careful reading the death penalty is commanded
because murdering another human being is an affront to
YHvH the creator of the universe.