Well in all honesty what he posted was from the Old Testament..And to be honest again, Yes reading the Old Testament I thought God at times was harsh--even before Jesus came back into my life i thought
"How could God do such a thing?"
Now here is the lowdown..
in the OT God was very *MEAN* for short use of words..In the OT there was alot of death,sex,murder,sacrafice,confusion....
God gave Moses the 10 commandments on Mount Zion...Now if we were to go by the laws of the OT today, we would all be dead and sent to the lake of fire because we of course are all sinners and have broken some or all laws of the 10 commandments...But since God sent his Son Jesus Christ to the earth...Instead of Mankind being totally killed and sent to the lake of Fire...Jesus Christ sacraficed his life for us all and for all of our sins *including sinning against the 10 commandments* and anybody who Trust in Jesus and proclaims Himm as their Savior will not perish but instead be granted everlasting life.....
We are forgiven for our Sins through Jesus Christ....
Why did God show so much FURY in the Old Testament..
Well in the Numbers passage Neuro stated above God is sending Moses into the town of Midion, what Neuro forgot to explain is, why?
Numbers 31:2
Then the Lord said to Moses " Take vengance on the Midianites for leading the Israelites into Idolarty, after that you will die and join your ancestors"
Now Mindianites led the Israelites into believeing False Idols *Idolarty*
Exodus 20:4
"Do not make false idols of any kind, whether in the shape of birds or animals or fish. You must never worship or bow down to them. For I, The LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god."
That explains why the Midionites were killed and Moses placed War on them..
yes Moses was a murder no doubt, but he did as God asked, he was Obedient to what God asked--no matter how harsh
In closing..We are not bound by the Old Testament Laws anymore *they still play a tremendous role* but since the coming of CHRIST we are forgiven for our sins through him...
(Deuteronomy 20:10-14)
As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you
Again Neuro left out the important stuff that explains the passage above.. If you were to read further more after the passage stated just above this it says this
DEUTERONOMY 20:15
"v14 you may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that Lord your God have given you....v15:BUT these instructions apply only to distant towns, not to the towns of nations nearby"
Verse 16: "As for the towns of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession, destroy every living thing in them. You must completely destroy* the Hittities,Amorites,Canaanites, Perizzities, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the Lord Your God has commanded you. This will keep the people of the land from teaching you their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the Lord Your God"
So those names and tribes listed above were killed and their towns cleared out because they posed a threat against God and his people *Moses and the Israelites*..God had them killed because he didnt want the israelities to fall into their False worship of other so called *Gods*, which would cause them to sin deeply against the LORD
If you dont believe in Christ...Your sins are awaiting to be Forgiven by the LORD..You have to take the step and accept him into your Life..
thanks
spiritofthewolf
PS: Universal i hope this answers the question you were looking for..if not then i will give it a go again
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