Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Violence in Ezekiel
The first 7 or so chapters of Ezekiel are shockingly violent. Some of the descirptions are jsut bizzarely graphic. Like chapter 6:13 talks about corpses being chopped into tiny pieces and scattered around their false idols. I've always heard about this ridiculously violent Old Testament God that was so horrible it led people to declare two Gods in the bible, one for the new testament and the other for the old. I hadn't ever takn much notice of this just becasue I honeslty hadn't really read much of the old testamet before this class. But after reading chapter after chapter about this God who commands violent deaths upon people, I can understand why it is that people struggle with the faith. I also have a much clearer understanding of what it means to fear God. Love him yes, but also fear him.
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Kiersten,
ReplyDeleteWe don't like to talk about the violence in the Bible very much. Your point is well taken, and it reminds me of the violence in Matthew--e.g., why does the king have to punish the guy at the wedding feast who doesn't have the right robe on?