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I did answer the question. I believe that all scripture is inspired by the Lord and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto every good work.Do not hide behind a scripture, answer the question.
What questions? I feel that I have answered them.I am just asking you to answer the questions.
How much of that wisdom do you respect? Do you call it righteousness? How much of that do you want in Christianity?
All of it, 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
How much of that wisdom do you respect?
Do you call it righteousness?
How much of that do you want in Christianity?
The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism established polygamy and the Mosaic Laws governed it.
The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism had Moses to go to another land and kill all that breathed and reminded them not to
forget the babies.
The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism directed them to take their children out and stone them if they were disobedient.
You have not shown that these statements are biblical statements.The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism established polygamy and the Mosaic Laws governed it.
The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism had Moses to go to another land and kill all that breathed and reminded them not to
forget the babies.
The wisdom and righteousness of Judaism directed them to take their children out and stone them if they were disobedient.
You have not shown that these statements are biblical statements.
Once and if you can show that these statements are from the Bible, I will address the issue based on a deeper look at the scriptures in question.
As it is, you are making general statements about what you think the scripture teaches but 1) have not shown what the scripture teaches, and 2) you have not presented to me the capability of answering the scriptures you are thinking of with an apologetic discourse; because you are keeping hidden from us what scriptures you have in mind.
Tell me what scriptures you are thinking of so that I can have something to go on.
Are you telling me that you do not know that the Jews practiced polygamy?
Are you telling me you have never heard of the whole kill all that
breaths thing?
The only case of polygamy that I can think of in the OT is with Jacob and Leah and Rachel; and that was because Laban tricked Jacob.
I know of no mandate in the OT where it says in OT law that polygamy is to be the practice of Judaism.
Our culture is based on a Judeo-Christian ethic; if polygamy were in OT law then it would also be inherent in the laws of our nation.
I think that Israel's kings also multiplied wives to themselves; but this was specifically against what the Lord had said to them in His law and it was because they were copycatting the kings of the heathen nations.
I've heard of it; but I don't think that it happened with Moses.
It happened with Saul. God told Saul to wipe out the Amalekites because their sins had developed to the point where they were beyond redemption.
It seems to me that in the NT, Jesus' condemnation of sinners to hell is worse than condemning a nation to extinction; for the former thing is permanent and eternal and involves everlasting punishment: while with God's command to Saul to wipe out the Amalekites, at least the newborn babies that were killed have a chance at redemption; as David said concerning his child that the Lord took from him: I will go to him; but he shall not return to me.
Which indicates that there is an age of accountability and shows forth the fact that God's decision to wipe out even the newborns of the Amalekites was an act of mercy on God's part.
Let me add that only God has the right to make that kind of decision; since He is Omniscient and is the only One who knows all the circumstances of any given situation.
Humor....You have lived a very sheltered Old Testament life. Ha Ha. To understand Christianity, you need to understand Judaism to a
degree, particularly to understand early Christianity. I cannot help a lot because there is too much information to cover to put it in this forum.
Dive into Judaism and you will be surprised, it will open up a whole new level of understanding. There are those that will quote the Old Testament scriptures, relying on the ignorance of others, to unjustly prove their point. I truly wish you luck.
Heb 8:13, In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
2Pe 1:3, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Ti 3:16, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17, That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
I believe that these scriptures tell us that the Old Testament (the religion of Judaism) is waxing old and is ready to vanish away; while there are certain things in the Old Testament (such as promises that He has given to His children) that continue to be profitable for today's believers.