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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
God used Gentile armies to bring judgement against His enemies, so would you say that God uses a non-Christian group to carry out His judgements?
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I think when death penalties are carried out by governments that these are the judgments of man upon man for a man's wrongs.
God's judgments upon us are eternal ones.
A murderer could find forgiveness and turn his life over to God and escape God's judgment even if man continued with his judgment and executed the individual.
The repentant thief demonstrated this to us on some level.