|
wordsnpic -> RE: Bible and Slavery (6/5/2008 4:45:37 PM)
|
Those of us who are in Christ Jesus are not under the Law, but the Law does tell us God's opinion on matters and we do well to notice. God tells us about kidnapping ("man stealing" in Hebrew - surely what happened to many people during the last 400+ years, who were captured and hauled away as slaves):
“He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death."
Exodus 21:16
Whoa! So removing a person's liberty, selling them as a possession or keeping that person as a possession, in God's eyes, is worthy of death.
“If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you." Deuteronomy 24:7
God calls it evil. The penalty of an unrepentant slaver is physical death in the OT, and the promise of God's wrath after death in the NT (which is far worse).
Thanks for this. This goes further to answer the issue than anything I have read.
|
|
|
|