Originally posted by LeoVirgo
You may believe God, The Most Prime of all things killed all those babies and you may believe that just as the Bible says, there are justification for
it because of the hardening of the Pharoahs heart and lessons to be learned to the Hebrews of the power of God yada yada....I have placed that concept
of God behind me. The passover is not the original intention of The Father.
With saying that, I look for God in the Bible through graces, mercies, love and peace.
so what your saying in so many words is god doesnt fit your definition of ¨moral¨ so you have decided to pick an choose what you want to see. that
an interesting way of going about it.
the passover like most things jewish was symbolic of something else. it was a foreshadow of things to come.
first one must understand the ransom. adam was created to god´s standard. he DESERVED to live until he sinned. god´s own sense of justice set the
standard of death of sinning long before adam partook of the fruit. in fact god told him plainly, if you eat of this fruit, you will positively die.
adam knew of the consequences. still he misused his freewill and sinned. that sin did something to him, and now that imperfection is passed on to us.
is it really fair for someone to be condemned to death from day one without any say in the matter? god doesnt think so. the first prophecy uttered by
god immediately adam sinned was pertaining to the ransom. he promised a seed.
if adam´s death sold us into sin, the death of a perfect man could release us of sin.
able understood this. thats why his sacrifice was acceptable whilst cain´s was not. he understood blood was involved.
the entire jewish law was a ¨tutor¨ to humankind, preparing them for the promised seed. animal sacrifice was symbolic of the need for the messiah
(since animals are not equal to humans, the sacrifices never actually forgave sins).
even the passover was symbolic of that. the lamb seasoned with bitter herbs directly mirrored jesus´ death. jesus is even called a slaughtered lamb
in revelation.
the very day of the exodus is a foreshadow of when god will bring his people out of satan´s world and into the ¨promise land¨.
yes, god is love. but god is also a god of justice. god had to send his son to die because god is bound by his own standard of justice. he cannot
simply ignore a sin, his holiness doesnt allow it. this is why blood was needed, to balance the scales. not because of bloodlust.
the fact is, animals are not equal to humans. they were put into subjection under adam in eden. they were permitted to be eaten with noah. god even
gave us the proper teeth to eat them with. even our digestive system requires certain things in meat. even the jewish law allowed for certain meats to
be eaten.
peter even had a vision of the meats forbidden by jewish law being declared clean.
in conclusion. saying that meat is bad is not biblical
1 tim 4:
[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils;
[2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
[3] Forbidding to marry, and
commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe
and know the truth.
[4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
[5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
