1 SAMUEL 15 3! Why God Said Slay the Amalekites... "Slay Man & Woman, Infant & Suckling"
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- 1 SAMUEL 15 3! Why God Said Slay the Amalekites... "Slay Man & Woman, Infant & Suckling"
In 1 Samuel 15 3 does God condone "Genocide" in the Bible? We look at God saying to the Israelites to kill all women, infant and suckling children in 1 Samuel 15.
What is Genocide and is genocide ever lawful? Can God choose who lives and who dies? We take a look at what some categorise as Genocide in the Bible in this video looking at complete context of a major event Bible skeptics like to hone in on. This is taken from 1 Samuel 15:2-3 where God tells the king to utterly wipe out all the Amalakites and spare not even the children.
Key Bible text - 1 Samuel 15:2-3 "2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass."
This is a 1 Samuel 15 3 explanation and discusses in minor details why God ordered the death of women and children in the Bible.
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Hi, thank you so much for this video. But I still don’t understand why God would have to “stoop to their level” if you will? Like why order the killing of children? That still just doesn’t seem like a loving God would do something like this. It’s passages like these that really make me question my faith at times. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. 🙏
Peace To All you tell me what a loving God would do, if he must execute justice and judgement?
In Thy Word thank you very much for your response! Spare the children? I don’t know? It just seems to be such a barbaric response? Like we wouldn’t want our leaders to do that today in another country? What if one of our leaders said he or she was going to go in and slaughter an entire group of people (including babies) in response to something. People would be outraged I think?
And it seems that Jesus in the New Covenant teaches something totally difficult. It is hard for me to reconcile the two covenants. Why are the responses so different? I just can’t understand why Jesus said “love thy enemies” but God in the Old Testament said to slaughter them (in this case).
Thank you again so much for any insight you can provide on this. And I mean no disrespect to God by these questions. I am just really grappling with this. Thank you!
@@JesusSaves77799 You said "I don’t know?" but you judge that it is wrong? You don not have a solution but you judged the solution as wrong?
These two livestreams will help you:
Is God different in the Old Testament and New Testament:
ruclips.net/video/qilcFOqeJ1o/видео.html
My Response to Killing of Babies, Infants & Children in the Bible:
ruclips.net/video/T9BdL3SVZH0/видео.html
The Amalekites were chronic enemies of God and his chosen people, ancient Israel. The way God dealt with them provides a pattern for the way He will deal with his enemies today!
Because of their hardened and unreasonable hostility towards God’s people and because they “did not fear God,” the Amalekites came under a permanent ban. Since they worked in opposition to the purposes of the Universal Sovereign, Jehovah God, he decreed their utter extermination. Nothing was to be spared, man or beast, no spoil was to be taken. Everything devoted to destruction!!
In a famous decree, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the first Caliph, told his military commander: “Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for guidance on the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies; do not kill a woman, a child, or an aged man; do not cut down fruitful trees; do not destroy inhabited areas; do not slaughter any of the enemies’ sheep, cow or camel except for food; do not burn date palms, nor inundate them; do not embezzle (e.g. no misappropriation of booty or spoils of war) nor be guilty of cowardliness…You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone."
God bless Muslims now we see why Islam become the religion of peace and more people are trying to be muslim,
The bloody torah and bible say kill man and women and children and animals. The Quran doesn’t ❤️
So the first caliph went against the quran, even he knew how false that book is
And al bukhari 5134 the prophet married aisha at the age of 9
@@i7583 blah blah blah . Study learn stop being fool
Thank you, brother. I've been trying to look up the reasoning behind this. I didn't want to doubt my faith to God but it has to make sense to me at the least. You're the only youtuber that actually explained it this well. I'm halfway through NT and didn't want to stop and skip to the OT. This video was well done and helpful. God bless you
NO WAY God will say that and allow children to be killed .This is a fabricated verse,must be some evil person wrote it down
One day I had faith in "God".
But for real, do you think that even with this context it is justify to kill children, women, etc.
According to your morality, do you think it is good to take revenge by murdering men, women and children? Are they responsible for the orders of their king?
Even the guy in the video looks embarassed.
@@hygienicdonut2344 if he was embarrassed he wouldn't have uploaded a video about it.
It's not good to kill INNOCENT people regardless of their age. A terrorist is responsible for the crime they committed regardless if it's not or commanded by their terrorist's group leader.
@@lelouchvibritannia2327 I mean embarrased in the way he speakes.
I was not saying that but anyway men can't be responsible for every bad actions committed by others as much as women or children.
Finally the conclusion is the same. The context does not make this passage from the Bible more comprehensive especially with our modern morality.
God contradicts himself afterwards.
So he is not perfect. If he is not perfect it is because he is not God, he is therefore a creation of man.
I only wish the happiness of my neighbor including yours and I don't need God for that.
@@hygienicdonut2344 I had to rewatch the video just to verify your assumption to the action of the man in the video. To me, he's not embarrassed speaking about it. He was very cautious not to say any less or more of what was said and to stay on topic which is the righteousness of God. If you think he's embarrassed because that's the way he speaks, then give your reasoning as to why you arrive at that conclusion. Do you have the same accent as him? Do you have the same body gestures when speaking? Do you also double-check things the way he did it? If you are telling things dismissively then that's not even a valid point of argument.
I agree. The sin of the father is not the sin of the son. If you think there is a contradiction, it's perfectly understandable to know why. Have you heard about the saying "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, etc?" God commanded to give the same treatment Amalekites did to the feeble jews - if you proceeded to watch the entire video, you'll know what I'm talking about. Basically, the Amalekites have fallen so low in sin to an extent where God had enough of it. Now the question I think you should be asking is why God did not execute the destruction of Amalekites himself as it shouldn't be any problem at all for a God who is Almighty, right? In Genesis, we have read the destruction of Sodom and Gomorah through hellfire directly sent by God from heaven so why couldn't He just do the same? Instead, HE COMMANDED the people to do the exact same thing to the Amalekites rather than sending another hellfire which would do the job better in my personal opinion. Did this line of questioning ever cross your mind? Probably not but keep reading... God as the epitome of righteousness had to serve the best justice He could to Amalekites which is getting the same exact treatment they did to others - making their women childless so God ENABLED a group of men to deliver justice in wiping out the Amalekites.
I also only wish enlightenment for my neighbor so they wouldn't be foolish to assume things in their own bias, jump to conclusions, and approach someone in hopes of educating them into something they don't even understand. You need Jesus Christ. All praise and glory to him our Lord and Savior.
Trying to rationalize this hatred has just made it more clear. It wasn't God who spoke. Hate and fear mongering and doubt and no mercy and no forgiveness.
You are right. Lots of those leaders were people who make up what our loving God was suppose to have said Using God's name to do evil things even today.
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True, no way in any way god says kill infants and kids.
Surah An-Nisa (4:56): "Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise."
Surah At-Tawbah (9:5) "And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
Surah An-Nisa (4:34) "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance or disobedience, [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand."
You can’t justify killing of infants it’s horrible
@@youssefelsayed8025 you cant questioned Gods Wrath tho
@@youssefelsayed8025 So now you know more then God .. 🙄
@@Alamoboxing maybe because your limiting god what the point of god if god ain’t Godding god can be stupid or smart
What about abortion? People justify that all the time.
@@youssefelsayed8025 I expected that they were gonna take em infants and groom them as God's servants Brainwashing as they are raised and remove their history of being Amaleks rather than being 🔪
Thank you brother for this great analysis. This must be the best video on this topic! God bless!
'God bless'...well, unless you're an Amalekite or Canaanite woman, child or infant of course.
4:14 bro said totally justified. I don't know what to write... Childeren dying without knowing why.... Childeren in Gaza dying under the rubble and asking them self why they had to get murdered.
@@EposVideo. wait how can a dead person ask themself why they are murdered makes no sence
@@seraphim997 I think that you are a athiest, most religious people believe that humans have a soul.
Those have not been humans, descendants of the fallen ones, violent towards humans, and the Spirit of our God has not been with them.
@@dd13mm I see you answerd someone else's comment that said: ''You can’t justify killing of infants it’s horrible''. And your answer was: 'Those have not been humans.' I'm Muslim, I can't see why god would burn the souls of the infants in hell if de baby's didn't even had a chance in life. How can you judge the soul of a baby/kid that can't even decide if he wants a chocolate icecream or sweets
@@EposVideo. but why do you assume that God judged infant souls to burn ?
And what does that have to do with my comment ?
I don’t understand , so since he is GOD that means we just have to be ok with this and keep on going with it , we don’t have a day ? we have to go along with GOD telling people to kill infants and we just have to be ok with it because GODs always right ?
God created life which means he has the ultimate authority to take it away as well. It can contradict how we feel, but in our contradictions also lies sin which we know and understand to be wrong. This event is simply something we struggle to understand.
God also said to Abraham to sacrifice his only son, and was about to do so until God said to stop as he has proven himself. God can be very brutal and have no mercy at times.
@@micahleuck1021 Why wouldn't god just not create it in the first place. He is all knowing and can predict the future. If I gave you 20 dollars knowing you would spend it on heroin, and then stole the 20 dollars back from you, leaving you with an endless heroin addiction, would you say that that is justifiable? All God did was incept suffering into a human, had that conciousness experience immense pain during their death and likely for the rest of eternity (assuming that they go to hell) for no reason. That sounds evil. Playing a sadistic game with the knowledge you would get rid of the persons existence for no reason once so ever.
@@charlie8344 Because he aint real.
@@micahleuck1021 'Your parents gave you life so they have the right to have you murdered'. K....
Thank you for this, this has messed with me for years
And it still should; because this stuff is nonsense made up by Hebrew leaders to support genocide. Yahweh is a fictional tribal war God like hundreds, thousands of others through human history,
Thank you for this. For the past twenty four hours I have been wrought with questions on why the Lord commanded this - the Canaanites I have learnt more about their practises and their origins which has helped me grasp the severity of their situation. With the Amalekites, I was not so certain on. But this video, alongside another, has educated me on the issue with the Amalekites.
(Also it's quite nice to hear from another British Christian for once)
So new subscriber and thank you, again.
God bless you!!
Kat Maw thanks for your comment.
(Timothy 2:12) . Please shut your mouth Kat
And you guys said Islam is very bloody 😂😂😂😂
Some of these Bibles are rewritten by demons. This has nothing to do with NOW TIMES! It despicable no matter who does it. Israel is brand new and colonized land. Same with Palestine. Europeans gave land to 3 groups. EUROPE IS MESSY AND VERY QUIET LATELY!!! Snakes!!!
The tribes of amelekites are sacrificing their babies in a pagan god while it's on fire while their parenta are celebrating....
@@adameve2647blah blah blah
@@adameve2647 yes so does this justify killing their innocent new born baby? And there amature children?
Copium failed
@@adameve2647 so what good did you do? You sacrificed their children for your god too. Bo difference between them and you except you genocided their children and infants and eliminated them not they who eliminated the jews.
These were taken out of context… In Surah 2:191 the verse right before it says “Fight in the cause of Allah ˹only˺ against those who wage war against you, but do not exceed the limits.1 Allah does not like transgressors.”
In Surah 9:5 the verse before it says “As for the polytheists who have honoured every term of their treaty with you and have not supported an enemy against you, honour your treaty with them until the end of its term. Surely Allah loves those who are mindful ˹of Him˺.”
Plus… Now that I’ve explained that these were out of context, explain in the Bible 1 Samuel 15:3 how it says “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.” It literally says to kill women and children…
Not to mention it was commanded in Islam not to hurt Woman babies /children elderly the sick or nature I think there’s one more but I forgot
@@DeathMorethanlife then why Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth?
this is just - because amelakites killed isralites women's infants, olders, animals, babies, so the justice demands eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. they did bring upon themselves this judgement.
Thank you, this is exactly what i was looking for. I know God has a reason in his infinite wisdom, I was just curious to know what to answer to others that question this.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm still struggling with this :( Just because one hurts another does not make it right to hurt them back, Jesus taught this.
Since having a child of my own I see how God sees us, his blessed most loved, pure and perfect children. This is just what the world needs, what Jesus was and what Eden was. Surely this should and can be nurtured. Yes, sin will creep in, but at least that's of man and not directly from God.
Here's the big issue, sin driven events have been defeated by Jesus and we'll eventually all witness this but God driven events means we are always going to be subject to God's wrath. We are not called to fear God in the literal sense but to be in awe of him. How, when he instructs such acts? It happened in Esther as well, where is the character of Jesus in all this?
Have we misunderstood our text or did Samuel get the message wrong..?
I pray this makes sense oneday. In the meantime I lean on the life that Jesus lived and left for us to preach. 🙏
If a nation keeps killing people, in your opinion, what is justified Godly punishment?
@@InThyWord Killing man who fights with sword is one thing, at least where the fight is sin induced, but killing children and babies, no way :(
God is love. Jesus teaches us to love but not through fear. I'd never want my family to love me through fear.
In my tiny human mind my answer would be to heal. God can heal, Jesus did heal. Worst case, man should be subject to what our sinful human nature will bring which is death (unless born again), but surely not by order of destruction.
For all those who are not Christians and read these scriptures, imagine what they'll make of this. Look how Stephen Fry reacted when asked about his feelings towards God and that wasn't even about destructive instructions.
Hard times :(
Dave S do you think God was wrong to command it?
@@DaveSpicerUK cry about it
Galatians 6:7 Don’t be misled-you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire.
This verse sounds vile, but what's even more vile is that Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Palestinians as the Amalekites, after the 10/7 attack on Israel. Right before he unleashed his genocidal attack on innocent Palestinian men, women, children, and infants. .
No he didn't, he said the evil in the conduct of October 7th by Hamas was the same kind of Jew hatred as the Amakelites
There’s no Gate to out and get people around about 1 Samuel 15-3
Kamal Alamin Ahmed ruclips.net/video/T9BdL3SVZH0/видео.html
I hate it when people attack the rape and murders in Cambodia without context
Thank you for this video. I still don't understand some of the atrocities of the OT, but this helps make some sense of it. I still trust God and believe His judgments are just, and that He is good. Thank you.
So beautiful the way you wrote it down! Glory to God in the Highest!!! God continues to bless you richly, brother with more of His wisdom & all else! :)
Your god Yahweh is an evil murder
Glory to "God" for taking revenge. Glory to "God" who contradicts himself afterwards about it.
You are a scary cult member
Also Amalek was born from Timnah who was the concubine of Eliphaz Esau's son. Also Timnah was a Philistine. And we know that from that land the giants (Fallen angels) were roaming. Therefore it could be also possible that this race was a race of half-casts which were evil to the core. That is why God would have ordered such a drastic command because this would be a huge hinderance to the coming of the messiah (Jesus). Another interpretation could be also a hyperbolic one were certain verses are strengthened but perhaps misunderstood. For example ''The La Lakers were totally destroyed by the Chicago Bulls''. This does not mean that they were all killed, but that they were totally defeated. But either way, God has all the right to exercise His sovereign will on His creation. He makes life, and He can also take it. God bless you in Jesus name.
You sholl know what to say.
This was so helpful! I appreciate your handwritten notes.
I'm Glad it was helpful Brittany Craveiro
So in your eyes, there are cases in which innocent beings deserve to be punished/killed for something they themselves didn't do?
This was a great breakdown of context. Fantastic explanation! Thank u for sharing.
Thank you, now I know exactly how to tell when it's morall and riteous to chop up babies with swords. All I needed was context.
Randy's Tropical Plants is your problem babies died or hearing babies died in the Bible in this instance, in this manner? Or both?
@@InThyWord my problem is why you looks so desperate and confuse? Your god wants you to kill women and babies of amalek, it's already context enough to understand.
Atheism for the win!
@@thomaslang7616 not really
Thou shalt not kill, unless I tell you to
Some lessons av learnt here is God does not lie when he says he will do he will definitely do it. He doesn't forget either it doesn't matter how long it takes, his ways are perfect even when we don't understand, he definitely has a reason to do what he does and whichever way he does it above all he fights for his people more like vengeance is his. This was insightful indeed. I have a question though. Does it mean that king Agogs mother was not killed with the other amelekites
So, the reason behind the command is clearly for revenge. Thanks man. RIP justice.
If it was just revenge, why did it take 400 years?
@@InThyWord since when revenge have to be done instantly? no matter how many years, if the reason behind it was a payback for what Amalek did to them 400 years ago, its still an act of revenge. The Israelites didnt strike back instantly because they were weak back then. Just a bunch of refugees fled from egypt. Then they became stronger and they did what they did, claiming 'God tell them to do so'. The passage clearly tells you it was for revenge. Furthermore, it is wrong to kill babies in any context. If you can give 'context' to justify for killing babies, you need to check your moral. Even atheist wont do that.
You do realise 400 years prior Israel won right?
Do you condemn abortion?
@@InThyWord its okay whatever the reason was behind the massacre or whatever history behind it. It is still an act of revenge.
Though it is still wrong to kill a generation for what their forefathers did. Be proud of what's written in the scripture. It is still a good book to read. Thank you for the backstory of the verse. Keep on posting about contextualizing the bible verses. It is very helpful.
tho it's out of the topic, i'll answer you. Yes I do condemn abortion. Unless for certain circumstances i.e disease, or any medical reasons that will cause harm to the mother or the child.
Aylin Secure so I hope you are consistent on abortion videos with comments like you did on mine.
And secondly. If they were wiped out at the time and not given 400 years of grace, these descendants would never exist to be judged. If you listened to my video you would know they were doing the same things at the time of being wiped out.
Perfectly explained. Thank you so much.
I have considered your points. However, there is no justification for killing the innocent here (be they human or animal). I would need to make assumptions that killing them was in their best interest but then I'd be ever more firmly in the super villain camp.
As long as "whatever God does" is moral you'll never be able to know if you are "led astray." If it's not possible for God to break a moral standard you believe he created, how will you ever know when he does?
A perfect law giver doesn't live by a different moral standard than the one they provide. I suspect if you didn't want this to be justifiable you would find no reason to do so.
+A-A-Ron So you are against abortion?
@@InThyWord I'm not a fan of abortion. I would rather it not be necessary in order to preserve a person's bodily autonomy. No one should ever be forced to have their body used against their will. If embryonic transfer can be perfected at all stages of growth then maybe it wouldn't even be necessary. To be clear, my opinion on abortion is a completely different topic of conversation than Yahweh's inconsistent character.
Will my thoughts on abortion somehow make Yahweh's low moral standard more defensible? Are you attempting to show me that my moral justifications are as poor as his?
@@aaronjm94 let me borrow your words.
“I am not a fan of babies dying in the Bible. I would rather it not be necessary in order to not have God’s name wrongly dragged through the mud. If God deemed another way sufficient, maybe it would not be necessary”
Let me borrow some more:
RE ABORTION “I have considered your points. However, there is NO JUSTIFICATION FOR KILLING THE INNOCENT HERE.”
You want me to believe that mankind can decide when is right to take innocent life but God who in the Bible created life cannot?
@@InThyWord I can imagine scenarios in which killing an innocent person would be necessary even if regrettable, however I am not omnipotent. Your deity can be either omnipotent or omnibenevolent, but he can't be sufficiently both and still be backed into a corner were the best option was murdering children and animals.
Convincing yourself he needed to do that to preserve his "good" name seems clearly delusional to me, but defending the indefensible is a tough place to be. I use to be there too.
@@aaronjm94 🤔
Re-read my comment.
You can think of ways to justify it, But God cannot make this decision and justify it? Then you say you are not God.
Stop contradicting yourself.
I never said he did it to preserve his good name 😂.
Start reading the Bible for yourself contextually.
Here because Benjamin Netanyahu just used this verse to justify the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
@@USMCKong0311 no not plausible, if this were the case there wouldn't be such an aversion to harming civilians and such effort to move people to refugee camps
So correct me if I'm wrong here. According to this logic if one person comes and takes lives of my wife and children God forbid I should not only go and take his life (when he alone is guilty) but I should also go after his family? Dude can't you see that it doesn't add up? Baby bro. Baby. It not only didn't do any harm but a baby is unable to do any crime. That's why it's impossible for someone who is moral and objective to accept this (I believe you're subjective not immoral). If I took lives of your family God forbid I'm sure that you'd come for my head and rightfully so. But when you see my wife scared and afraid of me if I'm for example super violent and have a short fuse and you see my 1 year old twins who can finally have some peace from me would you start hacking their heads off? Does that make sense honestly? I'm not saying that the Bible is wrong. I'm saying does it make sense?
Bro May Allah guide you nowhere in the Quran God says go kill children. I strongly recommend you to read Quran
@@hamzaarslan8044 yeah it doesn't mentioned because "the last prophet" used children for slave trade and for s3x.
It’s interesting that people struggle with this, but don’t really think about the flood, how many babies do you think died in that world wide catastrophe? We really can’t understand Gods ways fully, but everything he does is just and right, because he is the definition of just and right
So your saying sence he’s god he can kill whenever he wants to yeah go f### yourself
Thanks! Really helped me to understand this situation. God bless you amigo! 🙏
GLAD TO HELP we answer other "tough" Bible questions: ruclips.net/video/ExUiV_c9VQQ/видео.html
Can you explain it to me?
Treatment of Combatants and Non-Combatants: If the offer of peace was rejected and the city was besieged and captured, the men were to be killed, but women, children, and livestock could be taken as plunder (Deuteronomy 20:12-14). However, in certain cases, like with the Canaanite cities, everything that breathes was to be destroyed (Deuteronomy 20:16-18).
Can you please take off the “subscribe” alarm every single minute that pops out.. its so hard to follow the message..
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Wonderful video, God bless you
Great explanation 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Luke 💪🏾
Brother we just have to work on your handwriting skills. But good video brother thank you so much for explaining this to me ✝️
Thanks Tyler
What happens when you explain something like this to those who are looking for excuses to rebel against God?
It depends if they are reasonable or not. I have had good conversations with Atheists, but also seemingly pointless ones too.
What happens?
Didnt answer the question lmao are u sure u are even qualified to tackle this issue?
A Potter has every right to throw her warped pot into the pug mill, but no one has the right to destroy the work of another artist. No one else can create life, so no one else can take it. God knows the hearts, thoughts and future of all his creation.
Imagine thinking this lowly of yourself
0:21 i guess it is about God destroying the evil? I don't know but i will find out
I’ll give the key take away:
“They started it!”
Lol
The donkeys started it. Kill the donkeys. While you are at it, please kill the camels and sheep. They were in on it
No, the key takeaway is "They wouldn't stop".
@@danieln.6097 They wouldn't stop doing what? Eating carrots? Donkeys are known to be stubborn, but did they deserve to die?
@@sbnwnc The intergenerational war, violence & murder of the Israelites & more particularly the most vulnerable among Israel such as the women, children & elderly. God made this command & judgement having this foreknowledge. Regarding the animals, likely God commanded the killing of them because of pagan practices & bestiality which occurred with them & was common among some nations in the ancient near east.
@@danieln.6097 Yeah that's absolutely insane and it is not something that an all-knowing and benevolent God would do. Killing babies is wrong. Killing women and children is wrong. Think about how bat-poop crazy what you are defending really is. Why should all the babies have been killed? Why couldn't they be adopted? If all the humans were killed why did the animals have to be killed? Who was going to practice beastiality on the donkeys if all the humans are dead?
Samuel 1 15-3 "Murdering children is just fine when I say to do it" and you guys think abortion is wrong. 😂😂😂
Is Abortion wrong Raymond?
@@InThyWord Only when your wife cheats on you and god tells you to give her some bitter water.
Sorry not trying to be disrespectful, in all honesty I don't believe in the bible but I idolize the teachings of jesus. I don't personally think people should get abortions, there are alot better options. And that was a rather snide response.
@@InThyWord also to be fair, the only reason I ended up on your video is because I asked someone "how many people would Jesus let go bankrupt from medical bills" and he sent the scripture "1Samuel 15-3" and I searched it real quick to find your video."
@@stormy5377 I want to see if you are hypocritical or not. If you are not against abortion, why are you acting as if killing babies is an issue for you? And the fact, you think people are equal to God is very interesting and not logical to be honest (even if you are an atheist, just observing a theists worldview). How can you idolize Jesus and not believe the Bible?
Appreciate you bro
Anakin Skywalker will do the task, no hesitations.
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Like in Star wars Episode ll when Anakin was doing genocide on the tusken raiders for kidnapping and murdering his mother
@@bailujen8052 It was a camp of them
No argument about this event in the Bible has proven the bigger picture, which was how is this evidence that Gods behavior and thinking is above man? if he has to resort to horrific acts like this , which is what humans do frivolously... And how today does the genocide have any benefit on today or back then ? Just because they were " enemies " or " sinful" and against God, but all that is still alive and well today ...so what's the point ? Nothing came from it but violence. What you need to do is ask yourself if your neighbor next to you , let's say they are family of 6 with infants in the home, and you were told to take a sword and enter their home and do harm to everyone because the crimes of their parents, would you commit such an act...truly ask yourself that? God has the power to take people in their sleep , why choose for an infant to experience extreme violence and pain.
To do as Humans do is not godly ... It's lowly as Humans do. Nothing grand about that.
Soo many misconceptions and false teachings on this verse, thanks for correct teaching!
Thank you.
Also this screws the freakish hebrew israelites up as they are mistaken Europeans for already dead tribes
Thank u so much u just won me a debate
That was an awful way to justify something horrific. All the God had to do if he wanted to get rid of Amalekites was to do his magic and poof they would be gone. Asking people to go out and kill a whole tribe of people and all of their animals is barbaric and unbecoming any decent God. A decent god would do no such thing and would never tell people do such Genocide. If this is God than he is weak and feeble. Sad and pathetic.
Sorry magic only goes to duplicate food and heal the cripples.
Huh? He did exactly that and you're still complaining.
Great explanation, but video volume is a bit low, could barely hear it
Noted!
So in your eyes, there are cases in which innocent beings deserve to be punished/killed for something they themselves didn't do?
Even with context the verse is disgusting.
@Justoo Islam.
@Justoo Hi, with regards to Banu Qurayzah, there was treason committed. The Jewish tribes made a treaty with the prophet, however, they violated the treaty. In al-Bukhaari (4117), the Angel Gabriel comes to the prophet and says "have you laid down your arms? By Allah, we (angels) have not laid down ours; go out to them. He said: “Where to?” He said: Over there - and he pointed in the direction of Banu Qurayzah. So the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went out to them. So the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went out to them and besieged them with detachments of Muslims. The prophet makes clear in this hadith not to harm women and children as states not to harm children. "His verdict concerning them was in accordance with the ruling of Allah: their fighters were to be killed and their women and children were taken captive."
@Justoo Yes adult males.
@Justoo Sahih Al Bukhari (4117) "Their fighter were to be killed and their WOMEN and CHILDREN were taken as captive."
@Justoo Sahih al-Bukhari 2541 "Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives."
Thank you for explaining Amen
Thanks for this bro, it's helped me to try come closer to God
Wow ❤
Actually, with context, this story isn't much better.
It seems that God's "righteous judgement" in this case was "collective punishment" -- enacted on those members of the Amelekites that had nothing do with what happened in Exodus.
If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, surely he would have had a better solution -- one that punishes the wrong-doers, but gives the innocents a chance. The fact that he didn't confirms that "God" (or Yahweh, if you will) was created in man's own image --- not the other way around.
Spooky Action At A Distance I know this will help if you are open and willing to watch ruclips.net/video/T9BdL3SVZH0/видео.html
Interesting. If a man can look at the actions of God and say that they are wrong and that he should have known better, why too would someone think that God was created in man's image? If man's perception of what God should be like differs from the God of the bible, why do you think that the God of the bible was created by man? Not that I necessarily agree with this videos justification of this particular text, but I do think that is something that no one really explains. We always have these ideas about what God should be like, how he should act, and what he shouldn't do, but really that would only apply to a God that man actually created. If it's a God that man didn't create, he would be just as he was, and probably not confined by man's expectations of him. Whether man liked it or not.
Exactly, he has an emotional thing against it, but him claiming this disproves god is silly. You just don’t like it based off one verse
@@JA-jx1hk It's not solely based off this one verse -- there are lots of other reasons to believe that the God of the Bible is a product of man's imagination. Note that I'm specifically saying "God of the Bible" -- there may in fact be a god. What I was alluding to here is that Yahweh's "command" seems to be justification for something the Israelites probably wanted to do anyway, as it actually contradicts many attributes of Yahweh as described elsewhere in the Bible
@@mpersand This isn't the only reason I think that Yahweh is a product of the Israelites' imagination , just one of them. I do agree with your fundamental reasoning (if God is real, who are we to protest the way things are), but you first have to prove that Yahweh is in fact real and rules over us all. There must be some objective proof of this, otherwise it's all circular reasoning. And so far, the many contradictions in Yahweh's character , his tendancy towards war and vengeance in the Old Testament (which is completely consistant with other ancient Near East cultures btw), the evolution of the concepts of Hell and Satan as the Bible progresses (these concepts didn't even exist in early Judaism), among other things, suggests to me that it's far more likely that Yahweh was conjured up in the minds of men. But if there is evidence to the contrary, I'm open to it. Note that my argument is not that there is no God -- I think it's possible. My argument is that it's not Yahweh.
I listened to your explanation and about context why God commanded this
Bible is about bigger picture yes
What about context where Jesus says turn the other cheek
This contradicts to your story?
Bro , don't use logic! This is not allowed
Sounds like a revenge mission 😂
Great explanation brother
Think of it this way.... God knew the minds and souls of the Amalekites... Knew the children would take revenge and there would always be war between the 2. Just remember God's plan is PERFECT in every way.... What we cannot understand , he has perfect reason and what we might not understand now will be understandable someday.
Congratulations, you've been fully brainwashed and binded by religious dogma.
Then why didn't he impose the punishment himself??? Why give the task of murder/killing to others....does not make sense...so l do believe in God as Creator, but, the Bible is tainted with biases and tribal hatreds.
What context? This is why religion is banned in some countries, these people are insane!
Does that prevent people from killing each other
Didn't your god say revenge was a sin?
Thanks for the question WHY Unify? do you have a reference specifically you are talking about. I want to know the context of what you are referring to before I answer.
@@InThyWord I'm referring to the fact that you make your God seem vengeful with justifying the killing of innocent in return for killing of innocent
Your true creator would never kill/murder or tell you to do this, WAKE UP and be careful of whos voice you listen too, evil, death and murder is never justified, you need to trust your own understanding, JESUS SAID "All you need is faith"
Old testament Yahweh = the demiurge
Genocide is not justified even if the people (including innocent children and infants) being slaughtered are 'really bad', perform human sacrifices, etc. There is no justification for the genocide in 1 Samuel. This incident, being one of many biblical atrocities, can however be a catalyst for examination on the part of believing Christians. Perhaps it would be of value to begin such an examination by asking oneself, "Which is more likely? That a record of an ancient warmongering tribe of desert dwellers survived to today, and thus includes barbaric and deeply repulsive actions and beliefs, or that a morally perfect God ordered this same tribe of desert dwellers to commit genocide, infanticide, and a whole host of other atrocities for some twisted reason or other?" I sincerely hope that any objective examination of biblical validity beginning with that question results in a thorough disillusion with the bible's legitimacy.
Do you condemn abortion?
@@InThyWord How is that related to whether or not the bible is moral, or whether genocide/infanticide is justified? Even if I don't condemn abortion, and even if you believed I was inconsistent for failing to do so, it wouldn't mean that genocide is justified or moral ever, let alone in a supposedly moral book.
The Atheist Appeal so you openly condemn the Bible as immoral for killing babies but cannot openly condemn abortions for killing 50,000,000 babies every year?
And you really asked the relevance?
Should God, or man be able to determine who lives or not?
Garth Andrews Hypocrisy
@Garth Andrews As I told In Thy Word, this is an irrelevant ad hominum attack. You may think my worldview is inconsistent, or that I myself have a ridiculous set of ethics, but that in no way lessens your intellectual burden to justify the atrocities within the bible. If you claim that the god of the bible is moral, but then suggest that that same god can command genocide and infanticide one day only to supposedly condemn it the next, invalidates your claim. And again, my original comment was intended to respond to In Thy Word's supposed justification of this genocide. Neither he nor you have provided any semblance of a defence for his justification, instead you have turned to irrelvant ad hominum attacks. This is not a genuine or productive method of discourse, and it certainly fails to address anything I've actually said.
This video is very informative about how Christianity and religion can be a force for evil - with convenient "context" to justify the most unspeakable, heinous and barbarous acts.
Are theists truly this stupid?
10:43 isn't dat literally vengeance though the amalekites killed children so israelites should do the same how can dat be justified
It can’t be justified. I could never kill a baby. That’s evil and I am not evil. These are mens’ words.
How vicious, killing infants, now you see why Netanyahu and Naftali said no water food, or electricity for an infant in incubators, as the Infant is an enemy, poor Palestinians,
because netanyahu is a bible butcherer and is trying to rile up American Protestants (his biggest supporters/customers) to support him by quoting our holy book, without doing it any justice. Netanyahu forgets the fact that God, revealed to all the world through Christ Jesus , favors no nation over another and the old testament covenant has been fulfilled. This is from the same book he quoted. Israel’s war in palestine is unjust and genocidal
Praise God. Thank you for allowing us to better understand the word of God. Respect from New Mexico USA
Thank you.
God bless.
Another question which tends to come up from time to time is, why is God different in the Old Testament, in regards to punishment, compared to New Testament: This video will help, *Why is God different in the Old and New Testament! **ruclips.net/video/qilcFOqeJ1o/видео.html*
That’s why Jesus had to die for our sins because the father use to kill like this back then from all horrible sins. Thank You Jesus
This world is filled with blood and violence maybe it's the reason why god called it curse soil
What was the sin of an infant who was killed because of what his ancestors did 400 years ago😂
What did the donkey and cattle do😂
@@af32218 Ask God what’s the sins with the kids in Palestine. Don’t Ask because that’s looks like a Wrath from here.
@@af32218 All the Unaliving going in there it’s because of God will, nothing it’s done out of he’s will. He’s the only One that Gives life and Unalive... Not like puppet Muhammad that unalive without God consent.
God be like: "Do as I say not as I do"
Do you believe the same rules apply to everyone in every situation?
@@InThyWord Yes nobody is above the law. It jus doesn’t make sense to me that God can experience Jealousy, anger, wrath etc but if we experience those feelings (involuntary) it is a sin? Can God control those feelings in himself? and how can we be held responsible for those feelings that we have if we can’t even control them?
@@josephminder7366 Do the same rules apply when the Police break down a house door to get in, as if civilians did it?
God creates the law, he is not necessarily bound by his law. For example the governments print money but it is illegal for everyone else to print money. Does this make sense?
But to your follow ups, Paul (this is a New Testament disciple of Jesus, if you are not a Christian) talks about Godly jealousy he has, The Bible talks about righteous anger, and how we should be angry but not sin. We can control our emotions and behaviour, and this is why God holds us accountable. You have freewill to act voluntarily how you want. And judgement is a byproduct of our freewill.
@@InThyWord That is a good point about the money printer and police. But I know for a fact that people can’t control their emotions completely or their beliefs because I can’t control my emotions and I can’t choose What I believe. It is the same way people can’t control what music they like or what their favorite color is. I like diving deep into philosophical discussions but that isn’t really practical here but believe me I could talk for hours about so many things and I wish I could relay to you all the concepts I’ve pondered which I’m sure would influence your perspective. Like how the expansion of the universe parallels the growth of a tree (life in the universe is like the the fruit of the tree) and they both grow from a small point magically and mysteriously and that is just the tip of the ice berg. Anyway I think you’re really cool and nice and I love you!
Sorry for taking up your time I appreciate it tho
Its seems people forget
8 people were saved in noahs ark
4 people were found just in sodom and gomorrah
Im sure people of all ages were lost in both situations God is a just God
Lol the rationalizations for this always make me laugh.
@MacGuffin, Do you condemn abortion or rationalise?
@@InThyWord neither.
@@MacGuffinExMachina So you cannot rationalize and just deluded narrow minded?
@@InThyWord why the divergence? Killing children is wrong and God commanded it right?
@@MacGuffinExMachina you failed miserably
You explained this well bro!
I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED IF THE CHRISTIANS UNDERSTOOD WHAT U WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN...IT'S DOESN'T MAKE SANSE AT ALL"
Christians say they understand so 🤷♂️. No need for your surprise. What do you believe?
@@InThyWord I Believe the Bible is been Corrupted&...Bible Writer like Methew,Like,John,Paul there all never saw Jesus,That's why Christians are leaving their Faith today...while Pope is Campaigning "Homosexual"
@@shenjamamzingi7950 Are you a muslim?
@@InThyWord Yes i am,I submit myself to the Will of God just like Juses(may peace be up on him)..&which Religion u are!
Are u Christian?
@@shenjamamzingi7950Can you provide evidence the Bible is corrupted?
Therefore We ordained for the Children of Israel53 that he who slays a soul unless it be (in punishment) for murder or for spreading mischief on earth shall be as if he had slain all mankind; and he who saves a life shall be as if he had given life to all mankind
Quran 5:32
This is the peaceful book of the Quran.. ok😅
excellent breakdown! I was just struggling with this chapter recently. Very helpful and thank you!
So in your eyes, there are cases in which innocent beings deserve to be punished/killed for something they themselves didn't do?
If God were all-loving then he would find the idea of killing his children (humans) totally abhorrent. Fortunately, being all-powerful he would be able to achieve his aims without killing anyone.
So have have a triangle of paradox - the 3 points of which are this alleged deity’s love, his omnipotence and his record of murdering those who displease him (we’ll overlook the fact that those he kills, are supposed to be his ‘children’ and the fact that he created them and their motivations).
These 3 three attributes are in conflict and you can only have 2 of them. You can be all loving and all powerful and not have kill people; you can be all-loving and kill people/let them die because you lack the power to prevent this or you can be all powerful and murder people because you don’t love them. (In answer to the question, being all-loving is in conflict with murdering your child, all-powerful or not).
Yes, you can argue that these three are human attributes and that your deity is not human so doesn’t have to abide by them, so why give it human characteristics? If you are going to describe your god as all-loving, you can’t then say it doesn’t have to behave as though it is.
@@Bugsy0333 well here's the thing. This was a group of people who rejected God but at one time were related to tribe of Ephraim. For a long time they rejected God. Therefore they are no longer classified as God's children because they never came to God and repented or sought how to be right with God. Furthermore God would want all people to stop sinning and turn to.him but they did not. What is worse is they attacked God's people unprovoked and the bible is clear in several scriptures that he will exercise judgement on those who come against his children. If you have a person or people who follow God vs someone who has not only rejected God but also caused harm to those who are following God then you wouldn't think there would be consequences? Your theory about triangle of paradox does not apply
@@Bugsy0333 did u even watch the video
So the all powerful God who could have just instantly had only the men drop dead instead asks humans to kill babies? Please use your rational brain. I know the brainwashing is tough but just think about how ridiculous this justification is.
God is the owner of the universe and everything that's in it he could do what he wants with it...
You just gave us the context. Still don't see how this justifies the killing of innocents, the killing of children, those that does not even know the difference between good and evil. And how could a just God order the death of innocents? Seems more like God in the OT is jealous, revengeful and has the attitude like "If I'm not having a man no one's having a man" "If they kill my babies I'll kill theres"
But God said that there would be war with this family? That means that the babies would their footsteps, why is not good that the babies are getting killed so they wont grow up to kill more other babies and actually enter Heaven and not hell?
@@@Aden1234100 By that logic God should kill everyone about to enter hell because he knows they'll do bad and can therefore kill them as you stated in your comment.
Absolutely shameful to justify the killing of innocents babies.
@@edmqnd8128 so u rsther wanted God to let these abies grow up and kill other babies?
@@Aden1234100 At that time they weren't guilty. They couldn't differ between right and wrong. If God just killed the ones that taught the babies to be evil they wouldn't become evil.
And again by that logic shouldn't God kill everyone that are going to hell then? You know that logic is flawed.
There is no justice in killing innocents. You're trying to justify the killing of innocent babies just because your belief. It's amazing what people are ready to justify just so they can say their belief is correct.
@@edmqnd8128 The reason is that God KNEW that they would follow their footsteps. He KNEW it. He said there will be war for generations. God is all knowing, he knew this would keep going for generations, so he STOPPED IT. THAT'S WHY. I added the hell part to tell u they spend eternel life in Heaven. But u rather want God to let these babies grow up and kill other babies and it would go on centuries?
Very good explanation!
My understanding why infant were killed because there would be no one to take care of them. And if incase they were taken care of by samuel just for mercy, someday when they would grow or get older they would take revenge , therefore its better to kill them.
@Mahdi rahimi the truth is just in front of them I mean their whole fath is about Jesus is God and he never said he is . that would tell you Stone headed they are
@@aminhakim5087 Muslim brother☪️❤🤝🏻
@@aminhakim5087 yes it does I can tell you don’t know nothing lol
@@jasonrobert851 where
@@jasonrobert851 where
Excellent
Thanks
Bloody Bible
Bloody qran. barbaric prophet. pseudoscientific misogynistic totalitarian halfeducated mulllah !
Bloody qran barbaric prophet pseudoscientific misogynistic totalitarian mullah !🍼
I think murdering children is wrong.
What makes your opinion better than people who are for abortion, or anything you dislike in the Bible?
@@InThyWord Abortion is irrelevant. Are you saying killing children isn't wrong? That's my only point here. And I'm right
still doesnt explain why, it just seems like revenge and the women and children were being slaughtered for literally no reason
Very well explained brother thank you ❤
justin neumeister all glory to God. 🤝
context is fine but still Jesus did not preach this..very hard to digest this chapter..only God knows...greetings from Tuticorin,India
Greetings to India 🤝.
Do you believe Jesus was/is God?
@@InThyWord Well, my faith is God the father who created this world gave his only begotten son Jesus to save me/us.Jesus died for my sin and rose again victoriously defeating the evil and he will come back soon. Corona time has given us the opportunity to explore Bible and we do the book of samuel now.
These two will help you:
Why is God different in the Old and New Testament! ruclips.net/video/qilcFOqeJ1o/видео.html
Is Killing Babies in the Bible EVER Acceptable ruclips.net/video/T9BdL3SVZH0/видео.html
Feel free to ask more questions you have and I will do my best to help. Keep reading and always look at overall context.
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Thou shall not Murder
Thou, implying mankind. Gods will is seperate from the will of man, and oftentimes men pervent the will of God for selfish gain
@@joshhill4903 God is allowed to murder his own children xD!!!
@@ponponpatapon9670 i wouldnt want to be the person to say "hey i know you just gave us all of this and we really fucked it up but youre wrong". Doesnt sit well on thr tongue
@@joshhill4903 Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
According to your own scriptures mankind has the SAME access to moral understanding as God does.
@@BlGGESTBROTHER just because mankind has access doesnt mean we will use it properly or understand completely. There are bigger pictures than what a little human brain can conceive and your capacity for "knowledge" wouldnt be the same as Gods. That doesn't mean we dont have a responsibility to strive to live as rightous as can be humanly attainable, at least in my personal view, ill never be able to "play ball" on the same court let alone with God. Because like discussed we are fallible
it was judgement
god has the last word he is the judge and in the end we will all be judged
i respect his actions and my faith is strong in him
for a man like me i have seen the evil of this world even the spawn of evil
but the one thing that almost took me away from god was the ideas of the world
for this world is evil and so is its ideas
the only word that matters in this world is god's word and it took me along time to see that
Ur book is evil.
Lol desperate christian.. pity!
*Pitty
@@Ivan23233 idgaf
Cry about it
And this is why we’ll never have peace in this world. I hope you come to your senses. Heaven is not worth selling your soul for.
FYI, history shows these battles never took place. Perhaps God put this story in as a test. To see if you’re willing to stand up against injustice, even if you have to stand up against God.
Deu 24:16
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers…”
I hope you find peace in your life.
Great video I was crying the other day reading it as I just couldn't understand
Nicholas Rourke glad it helped. Thank you for sharing.
God bless.
Children are innocent. God ordered an evil act
@@guzavevic6736 I agree but idk God sees things different from us
@Mahdi rahimi Thats not true the bible is a very holy book which only speaks the truth it hurts me that you say those things about the bible Jesus loves you no matter what❤
@Mahdi rahimi yes very true he loves everybody thats why he sacrificed himself for us all glory to him
If God has low-level human emotions (in abundance); it is NOT GOD! If God chooses a faulty group of people over all others (regardless of their fielty) IMO that by definition is a man's idea of God; not, God telling people who it is! ONE
Animal lovers would not like 1 samuel 15.
Killing animals based on revenge to their owners is just disgusting.
+Kemal Batavian I would hope they would look into context more as well because God talks about in the Bible how many of the nations he punished were having relations with animals and that would cause all kinds of problems like diseases etc if consumed and other ways bacteria’s can be transmitted.
Does this make sense +Kemal Batavian?
@@InThyWord does bibble even explain the diseases, etc? the problem by the animal is just your assumption.
slay kids? even baby? what is god trying to teach us here?? compassion??
If you do research you will find that is true. Apart from being an inhuman act to have intercourse with an animal, the ramifications are severe on your body.
If you read all my replies, in the comments, I believe I provide a valid explanation as to why this was justified and a gracious act on God’s part.
@@InThyWordi want words from bible. does the bibble tell that those amalekites have disease or even have intercourse with animal?
Not only Amalekites but all the nations that God drove out of the lands. It says in Leviticus, don’t do all these things the nations that are being driven out do (sleeping with animals was one of them.)
The Amalekites were still killing babies 400 years after killing Israelites weakest and most in need people.
Hey brother , I still have alot of questions ,
first why did God didnt kill the amalekites that actually kill the hindmost . Because of my understanding he kills a complete different generation to punish the previous amalekites actions .
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second question how does that justify that God is forgiving and loving .
From my understanding. I use Isaac 9:6 to enforce the fact that the prince of peace didnt arrive Yet . But I still think its not enough .
By the way Im christian im not trying to debate or anything im just trying to be at ease because I know God doesn't contradict himself I know theres is things we might never understand too .
The problem is the killing hadn't stopped. Read in 1 Sam 15 again: And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless..." (v. 33)
ah ok perfect so basically an eye for an eye is your justification for the death of innocent infants except in matthew 5:38 Jesus teaches THE EXACT OPPOSITE basically saying if a person slaps you on your right cheek, turn to them the other cheek as well. seems a bit contradictory
No thats fulfilling the eye for an eye. Gods grace increased the more we sinned, and it’s not a contradiction but a fulfilment into turn your left cheek. Since the wages of sin are no longer death.
Also the babies were not innocent, they were going to grow up evil, as they were in an evil environment and would try destroy the Israelites. God didn’t want this to happen; and it says in the Bible babies go to heaven since they haven’t understood the conscious of evil.
Without context it look eveil that why we need to read and pray.
CAUSE AND EFFECT. G♉D.
Ya know, I noticed a lot of the word "innocent" getting thrown around here. How could an all-loving God kill someone who is innocent? The answer is simple. Compared to God, there is no such thing as innocent.
As human beings, the instant we draw our first breath, we are dead in sin thanks to the machinations of the devil with Adam and Eve.
Back in the Old Testament, no one, and I mean no one, could stand before God and when talking about revenge, it is written the God said "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay."
Now you may wonder "So what, God sends babies and children to hell?" Not according to Matthew 18:10
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.“ and Matthew 19:14 "But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
I've mentioned this before in another video, but the reason we have such a sensitive view on death is because we place a inordinate amount of attention on our own mortality and as such we develop nihilistic and hedonistic tendencies. So this hatred and fear of death is rather silly because sooner or later our physical bodies will die.
This place is but second and those who are of the world think of this place as everything and death is the end all be all. But that isn't the case, Hell is the true death. Our time on earth is a blinking of the eye, a snapping of the fingers, so temporary and fleeting it's over before you can breathe.
That is why a Savior had to come down, because without Jesus, we are doomed. End of line. So a new covenant was made and the old covenant replaced. A new commandment was made: Believe in the One who was sent, Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God who died for our son's and rose on the third day, Love the Lord your God, and to Love one another. Simple as that. Not so difficult. But life can be complicated and hearts can be hardened, that is why staying in faith is so important.
I hope this clears up any confusion. If not and my words angered you, I am sorry but peace be with you and God be with you all!
How do you know that those tribe leaders made it all up and said God told them to maim, and chop up children and babies? Many even today , religious leaders say that God tells them to kill or cheat people out of their lifes savings? Back in those days, leaders were high in position and people would beleive anything they said and go and kill. Look what happened in the 1600s in Europe when Christians burned many people and tortured them all in the name of God
You said a whole load of nothing.
Sounds like today's Hamas.