Thou shalt murder?

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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.

Defining what happened in the above Scripture is troubling. What we have, in modern terms, is mass genocide justified by God’s Authority, the prophet Samuel.

Many problems exist in drawing parallels to what is expected of people who claim God as loving, patient, kind, and a Gospel (Good News) that James says; But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Doing something like this today would draw Christians into outrage, because of how most feel about abortion, abuse of women, and compassion on innocent children.

Imagine, going into a city of human beings, where people are living with their families, abiding in the hope for another day, swords drawn, slaughtering a mother and her infant as she screams for mercy. People are people, no matter where we live, and cultures don’t separate the fact, we love our children, wives, husbands, grandparents, animals, even in situations where the poor and no so fortunate are born.

I thought we as God’s people are not supposed to kill. That we are to love our enemies; That we are to pray for those who despitefully use us; That blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy; That we are to forgive, seventy times seven; That if we don’t forgive the begging servant who owes us, our Father in Heaven won’t forgive us; That we are to forgive those who trespass against us; That we are to turn the other cheek. That Blessed are the peacemakers.

Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.

One main reason something like this took place with no protest was no access to large scale media, the secrecy of this atrocity kept quiet and out of touch by lack of graphic display to the everyday person. Imagine turning on your TV, or going to Youtube, watching actual footage of men slaughtering babies, mothers, animals, and the elderly.

Today, if we claimed God told us by the Prophet of God to go into Mexico City, San Francisco, Paris, killing every living, breathing human being and animal in the name of righteousness, the Church would go fanatical with insult. Look what happened during the Vietnam War, when the American people saw the atrocities there by some of our military.

How about Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, and the Holocaust?

Yet somehow, we continue our strange attraction to events like this, preaching to the church about the rebellion of Saul. No worry to further instill fear in people, Samuel takes care of the final act by severing the King of Amalek into pieces in front of everybody. Do we call this humane? An act of God?

If we couldn’t do it, why should others do it, and why should we justify it? I honestly don’t see how this correlates to the Loving God we portray today in the Christian movement. I guess we still do what people have always done; Use what fits, and do whatever it takes to make it work, even if we must suppress them by FEAR!

Oh, but God loves them.......??????