universalchiro wrote:oh waauw, I already address the Amelekites. They were performing child sacrifices to a god. And Murder in the 10 Commandments is illegal killing for example murder. God sent messenger after messenger that if the Amelekites didn't change from their evil illegal murder, God would justifiably judge them.
http://www.levitt.com/hebrew/commandments.html "Hebraic Insightā¦
The Jewish sages note that the word āratsakhā applies only to illegal killing (e.g., premeditated murder or manslaughter) ā and is never used in the administration of justice or for killing in war. Hence the KJV translation as āthou shalt not killā is too broad.
Since man is made in the image of God, his life is infinitely precious ā only God Himself has the right to give and take life. In the Mishnah it is written, āWhy was only one man (i.e., Adam) created by God? ā to teach that whoever takes a single life destroys thereby a whole world.ā
But murder can be figurative as well as literal. The Talmud notes that shaming another publicly is like murder, since the shame causes the blood to leave the face. Moreover, gossip or slander are considered murderous to the dignity of man. The Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) states, āThe evil tongue slays three persons: the utterer of the evil, the listener, and the one spoken aboutā¦ā The Lord Jesus also linked the ideas of our words and attitudes with murder (see Matt. 15:19).
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āThou Shalt Not Killā Is Thou Shall not illegally murder.
ā Ex. 20: "
As far as King David's house standing forever? This too is very easy to see when someone searches for truth.
Let's look at the Genealogy of Jesus:
Matthew 1:1-18 This is through the legal line of Jesus' earthly father. Since Joseph didn't sire Jesus, for to fulfill prophecy, Jesus was virgin born, the wording changes from all the forefathers till it gets to Joseph. On all of the forefathers it says so and so was the father of so and so, but when it gets to Joseph, it says "Joseph the husband of Mary. To underscore that Joseph didn't sire Jesus, though he was his earthly father. Also, the genealogy starts off with Jesus the Messiah, the son of David. Clearly stating the line of King David is to Jesus.
Luke give a different genealogy, Luke 3:23-38. This genealogy is through the blood line of Mary.
Interesting that one genealogy goes from Jesus through King David to Adam to God. The other goes from God through Adam, through King David to Jesus. They go in opposite directions, a legal line through Joseph and a blood line through Mary. Why? To be redundant for the nay sayers, to be clear.
So the question is, is Jesus the King of the Jews?
Luke 23:3 Jesus on trial by Pilate for claiming to be God, Pilate asks Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And Jesus answered him and said, "It is as you say". And they put a crown of thorns to mock Him for being King of the Jews and they scourged Him with whips that had metal shards at the tip, that ripped the flesh off His back, then while bleeding and beaten and spat upon and beard pulled out, they mocked Him again by putting a royal purple robe on his opens wounds. As the blood coagulated, then they stripped Him of the royal robe. Humiliating Jesus they nailed Him to a cross and hung a placard above Him that read "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." Luke 23:38. All the while Jesus did not turn His face away when they beat Him, He did not fight back, He willingly went as a lamb to the slaughter. Why?
All this was foretold to occur, to every word that proceeded out of Jesus' mouth was to fulfill prophecy. And guess who was overseeing all this and all this pleased Him to see Jesus being nailed to the cross? God the Father. Isaiah 53:10... Why?
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
But that's not the end of the story... Revelation 21 & 22 The lamb that died on the cross will come down and reign from Jerusalem and His glory will put the sun and moon to shame, there will be no night in the region for His glory will light all. And this will be forever and ever.
So the lineage of King David, his offspring will indeed reign on the throne forever through Jesus the Christ. But a hidden truth is that God has always been King of Israel, from ancient of days even through now. Most of the time this is not physically seen with our eyes. But 1 Samuel 8:7 gives clarity that God has always been King and that God of the the trinity is Jesus. "The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you,
but they have rejected Me from being King over them."