[Conservative til I die]

No but God did in the Old Testament..Jesus' coming did not change rules made in the Old Testament

So the Old Testament supersedes the New? Funny, this new-fangled "American Israelism" theory that quite a few here are promoting didn't seem to exist for the first 1900 or so years of Christian history.

The Old Testament deals with specific instances having to do with Israel and its enemies. It is not license for anyone to speak for God and decide to smote who they think are his enemies on their own.

[Lord_Baltar]

I think the word you were looking for was "smite", as in "to Smite" "Jane said she was going to Smite John"

I'm not sure, but I think "smote" would be the term for after the fact "John Smote Jane, before she could Smite him"

Granted, I could be wrong about that...

:)

[PaulaB]

No it is not more important.....all of Gods word is to be taken seriously..I said this to you because you keep quoting New Testament for your argument and I was reminding you of the Old.

It is not license for anyone to speak for God and decide to smote who they think are his enemies on their own.

I never said this... I seem to get the impression from you that you don't believe God wants us to deal with evil