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RE: Bible and Slavery - 6/5/2008 4:45:37 PM
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wordsnpic
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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.
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RE: Bible and Slavery - 6/5/2008 5:04:18 PM
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Miril
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Something I like to keep in mind while reading the bible and its wonderful stories, is that these are completely different times we are speaking of.
A lot of it harsh? Yes, but that also shows how far we have come. We no longer live in barbaric times, which is why when we hear of barbaric stories these days it is so shocking.
I also like to remember to read the entire story to see the outcome of the story.
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3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
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RE: Bible and Slavery - 6/5/2008 6:18:41 PM
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futuremartyr
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ORIGINAL: wordsnpic
There is a new book out called Letter to Christians by Sam ?. I saw it this weekend at my local library. It calls into question among other things the Bible's acceptance of slavery as part of every day life. This is something that continually comes up, and it is troubling to me. Jesus didn't seem to decry slavery, did he? Does anyone have comments on this, supporting argruments? How do you respond to this? I have been thinking about it all weekend?
In Bible times, and other times, most slaves were like a part of the family. Treated with respect. Just llike all things humans get their hands in, there was abuse involved in many cases. Jesus never condoned abuse of slaves.
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