Eps 1: Eye for an Eye Leviticus 24:20

Eye for n Eye

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The notion of eye-for-eye, asometimes referred to asor, was a component of Mosaic law used in the justice system for Israelites. The principle of aan eye for eyea is meant as judicial policy, rather than a rule of interpersonal relationships. Justice must be fair; over-harshness and over-leniency must be avoided. We have no indication that aan eye for an eyea was followed literally; there is never any Biblical record of a man in Israel being mutilated because of that law.
You cannot take a ransom to buy the life of a murderer guilty of capital crimes; he should be put to death. If one has mutilated his neighbours eyes, it is necessary that he should pay with just compensation in money the injuries inflicted by him, and for the damages inflicted.
Whatever damage thou causest unto another, thou shall have done to him in return. A broken bone is broken, an eye is broken, and teeth are broken: as any one has done disfigurement to another, thou shall do so to him. A broken bone is broken, an eye is broken, teeth are broken; as thou hast done taint unto one, thou shalt do unto him. A broken bone is broken, an eye is broken, thou shall have done to him. The Torah is taught that if anyone causes another man to suffer an injury, he indeed deserves the same thing done unto him. It takes supernatural power from God to repay a slight with a blessing, or forgive someone who has obviously wronged you.
If those who so desecrate the name of God are spared the retribution of men, the Lord our God does not permit them to avoid the just judgment of God. There might have been that additional ground of the acceptance of Christs laws, God thereby demonstrating the provisions which He has made for mans security, by penalizing those who do wrong unto Him, that it ought to become a subject for the magistrates jealousy for His honor, to penalize those who blaspheme His name.
Biblically prescribed punishments are meant to correct something which has driven the individual from God. Murder is the irreversible act of taking an image of God out of the world, obliterating the work of creation.
Christians are fundamentally different than those who respond to natural tendencies to respond in kind. Rather, Jesusa separation of governmentas responsibilitiesato justly punish wrongdoersafrom those that all of us bear personally, before God,ato love our enemies. Rather, Jesusa is separating the responsibility of civil authorities from the responsibility we all have in a personal context to love our neighbors and enemies.
He is not abolishing capital punishment, but rather is emphasizing offenses and slights like slaps on the cheek, filing lawsuits, going an extra mile, and someone asking for money. Jesus is not speaking about what a government or a judge ought to do, but how the disciple of Christ ought to react when wronged. For both passages, this phrase is used in a context of a legal proceeding before a civil authority, like a judge.
Moses does not move with urgency in disciplining either side, but rather waits until God shows him what he should do . They were waiting on God, for God to show them what should be done concerning his son.
The signs of Jesus death give life to us, and are irreplaceably necessary for us to live. One has to drink of what is owed, preemptorily, solely, to God, judge of sin. For that reason, the only teshuva, the only path back to God, is to pay the ultimate price, to bring ones soul back to its origin. God wills, besides paying, that an attacker makes major changes to his life to prevent the same mistakes from happening again.
We want to fight for justice, to see the truth prevail, for consequences that match crimes, and to see the wrongs be made right. Because we are all unable to live up to Jesus Christs standards, there are limits set, and this must never be more than breech to breech, never more than an eye for an eye, never more than teeth for teeth.
Jesus did not just refer to Satans powers always seeking to taint Gods testimony, no matter what that might be at any given moment. We hope that they help you to understand more fully the meaning and purpose of Gods Word as it pertains to your life today. We want to provide articles that are easy to read that will answer your questions regarding meaning, background, and the history of particular verses in their scriptural context.
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