Peter Kropotkin wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 4:28 pm
Luke 19:27 ESV / 39 helpful votes
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.’”
Deuteronomy 13:6-10 ESV / 39 helpful votes
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. You shall stone him to death with stones, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
2 Chronicles 15:12-13 ESV / 34 helpful votes
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
Deuteronomy 17:12 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
VA: You do not appear to understand the essence of Christianity.
K: and you seem to think that the bible is two, distinct and separate books,
with different authors, different messages and no, NO, connection with
each other... and you miss the really basic point that Jesus, of the NT
is Jewish...of which the first book of the bible, the OT is the Jewish history....
Jesus was Jewish in every way, shape and form... and if you had called
him a Christian, he would have no idea what you were talking about....
if you remove the history of the Jews, the story of the OT, in reading
the second part, the NT would make no sense of any kind....
and in removing the OT, you damage both books of the bible....
the one needs the other....
VA: Whoever is a Christian must have entered into a covenant [divine contract] with God/Jesus and obligated to comply with the terms of contract within the Gospels only and no where else, not OT, Epistles nor Acts.
Therefore the above verses from the OT are irrelevant to the essence of Christianity [Gospels only].
K: once again, acting as if the two books are totally isolated from each other...
like one had nothing to do with the other.... are you saying that the god
of the OT, is not god at all? But someone radically different? to make
that argument is to suggest that god isn't god at all because
the entire point of the bible is to suggest that there is a god and he/she/it,
is the one true god... that the god of Genesis is not the god of the NT....
and that might be the most radical theological idea I have ever heard...
VA: The overriding maxim of the Gospels of Christianity is 'love all, even enemies' 'give the other cheek and other pacifists maxims.
Whatever is relevant to Luke 19:27 cannot be condoning evil else it would be contradicting the overriding pacifist maxim.
Here is from AI [wR];
AI wrote:Here's how to understand Luke 19:27 in light of this broader message:
Context matters: This verse is part of a parable told by Jesus (Luke 19:11-27). Parables are stories with a moral or allegorical meaning, not meant to be taken literally.
Understanding the parable: In the story, a nobleman travels to receive kingship and then returns to deal with his servants. The verse you quoted refers to the nobleman’s command to execute those who opposed his rule.
Interpreting the meaning: This doesn't mean Jesus condones violence. The parable is about the consequences of rejecting God's chosen one (represented by the nobleman).
So, while the verse itself seems harsh, it's part of a larger story with a different lesson.