A STUDY IN GENESIS

It is a simple argument, but a powerful one! God does not like murder and makes this very clear as a precedent to what the legal system has failed to uphold.

Genesis 9:5-6 “Surely for your lifeblood I will demand [a reckoning;] from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man. 6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.”

When man fails to obey God, we turn to chaos. Noah, who grew up in the previous age, would have understood this. This is why from day one of the new era, God is making it clear what will be tolerated and what will not. Strange how God is focused on mankind and life and when man is not focused on God, we are focused on death. The less God is in our life, the more we are focused on what we should not be doing. Look at the religions of the world, these are man’s attempt to replace God and be their own moral authority; these religions become catapults resulting in the expediency of the filth of mankind’s capacity to dive headlong into death. Only in Christ Jesus is there life, only in Christ Jesus is there something other than doubt, damnation, and eternal darkness and punishment. This is not an indictment of any legal system but rather the attempt of making this a philosophical argument when it is very much a clear concise declaration by God. God calls us to a standard in our government no matter the nation and we need to hold to that standard.

Next week we will discuss the generational concerns and how one man can live for the Lord and just like that he may have a child that shakes his fist at God.

Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,

JL