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To: PieterCasparzen

Do you have a New Testament passage, or better yet, a quote from Jesus Himself, that we are to pray destruction on our enemies?


34 posted on 06/07/2014 12:03:50 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter
Do you have a New Testament passage, or better yet, a quote from Jesus Himself, that we are to pray destruction on our enemies?

There are many verses from the Old Testament that Jesus did not quote. One can't infer from that, however, that without Jesus reiterating a verse from the Old Testament that he was implicitly deleting it in his own teaching. In fact, in his preaching in Matthew 5 our Lord reveals quite the opposite stance:

"17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."

Jesus thus specifically says he is not abrogating "the law" and then goes on to actually clarify the teaching of several Old Testament moral laws, explaining that the then current wide understanding of those laws was more in the letter of the law than the spirit (in the present-day legal sense of spirit, meaning intent) of the law, that the law was actually more demanding than was commonly understood. This shows that he was preaching that yes, the law still applies, it was being interpreted too liberally such that there is legal guilt under the law that people needed to be reminded of.

Jesus never specifically mentioned bestiality in the New Testament, but because we know that he did not come to destroy the law, but fulfill it, we know that he was not preaching that bestiality was no longer a sin, God forbid.
50 posted on 06/07/2014 2:55:16 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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