EB, with all this talk about the OT here, I thought I'd ask you about the following: I am sure from your extensive study that you already know that personal retribution is explicitly forbidden in the Torah. Look here:
Leviticus 19:18
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Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people,
but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
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Lev 19:18 - thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — The word “neighbour” is used as synonymous with “fellow creature.” The Israelites in a later age restricted its meaning as applicable only to their own countrymen. This narrow interpretation was refuted by our Lord in a beautiful parable (Luke 10:30-37). --A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
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Luke 10 is of course the parable of the Good Samaritan. This is really a great way to see how God views our treatment of all men. Those who did not value this man's life were looked very poorly on by Jesus. He said that we should do as did the Samarian. He was the one who showed value to life. What are your views here?
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