NUMBER 6
Tuesday, July 16, 2013In God’s record:
Genesis 4:8; The first murder.
Judges 9:54; The first assisted suicide.
1Samuel 31:4; The first self-inflicted suicide.
Exodus 20 & Deuteronomy 5; The ten words.
USA 2010 statistics:
5.3 reported murders per 100,000.
12.4 reported suicides per 100,000. (I believe this number much higher as suicide is not always credited as cause of death. There are those among us that know so personally.)
The Centers for Disease Control published that more Americans die by suicide now, actually exceeding death by vehicular collision.
The 6th of the 10 Commandments says “Thou shalt not kill”, right?
Not so any more than the Old Testament was written in English saying “the 10 commandments”, the Hebrew being “the ten words”. Not knowing this is not a major problem. Not understanding what the Hebrew word for “kill” in the 6th means has and continues to make for unnecessary confusion; Misbelief muddle resulting from group and individual lack of Acts 17:10-11Berean 2Timothy 2:15-16 diligence in study.
The Hebrew word is râtsach; raw-tsakh’ . . . We are not to murder! Studying further in Scripture we learn murder means the destruction of the innocent.
Hmmm … considering yesterday’s thoughts, does this relate in any way to “dominion”?
EBB4
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