The Ten Commandments and their Punishments
Brethren and Sistren
It has come to my attention that not only are many of our members unable to correctly recite all of The Ten Commandments, but those who can remember even a few, invariably get the sequence wrong. Let me set the record straight: The commandments do not come in a random sequence. With the exception of the 7th Commandment -- an obvious anomaly -- the Commandments appear in order of severity. The harsher the punishment, the closer to the top. I hope this handy color chart will make the intrinsic beauty of God's word more comprehensible to all:
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I've just printed that off as a handy reference to keep in my Purse.
Who needs Secular Laws when it's all so simple? |
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Thank you for posting that comprehensive chart, Pastor. One needs all the reminders one can get of God's holy law.
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Why thank you Pastor Prune, you have satisfied a long felt want. Now, seeing the Commandment and their punishments, do you notice what is missing? Imprisonment!
The only mention of imprisonment in the Old Testament is when Ataxerxes issues a Godly decree that all shall obey Ezra. Quote:
In the New Testament, we see that Saul speaks of imprisonment, but clearly this is Ungodly: Quote:
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You can see that the cost of imprisonment in the USA in 2001 was $46Billion, by 2006, it was $60Billion. There are tax-dollars to be saved here, and these savings mean less tax for us all, at least $200 for every man woman and child! Thus a family of 8 would get $1,600 each and every year! I hear lieberals saying prison doesn’t work – prison is inhuman – prisons are universities of crime! Well, I suggest we take them at their word. The Godly punishments are the just ones. So we are looking at the death penalty for adultery upwards (plus abominations, wayward sons, and witches, etc.) fines or death for thieves and despising and scorn for the rest. Now despising and scorn doesn’t seem too bad, but I would say that this means not being able to take part in business of any sort, having no access to public services, welfare or health treatment, and no home; quite effective and entirely cost-free. |
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Friend, Brother Prune hardly means that as an insult to God. He is simply pointing it out so that we may contemplate why it is so. Clearly, God has some reason he wants us to see in the 7th Commandment being out of place.
As to the severity, all of the punishments are from scripture so they are completely Biblically founded and thus what God says on the issue. |
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Nowhere does it say so in so many words. If there was such a verse in the King James Holy Bible (1611) I would of course have posted my little sermon in the "Favorite Bible Verses"-forum instead. Am I right? However, God's plan should be clear to see for all. Consider the draconian punishment for breaking the First Commandment: Deuteronomy 13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Deuteronomy 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Deuteronomy 13:15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. . . . men, women, children and even the animals are to be killed for following other gods. Praise the Lord. :thumbsup: Compare this with the Tenth Commandment: Thou shalt not covet - for which the Bible does not specify any particular punishment. Of course this is not completely true, since Our Lord Jesus has added that coveting the wife of a fellow True Christian™ falls under the 7th Commandment, all of which goes to reiterate what I said, i.e. that the 7th Commandment is an obvious anomaly: |
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I have been a christian all of my life and i disagreed with most of this "handy color chart."
And i dont mean ANY disrespect, but who is going to inforce GENOCIDE as a punishment?!?!? if that were a reality whole civilizations would be destroyed, is that the perfect will of God?.....No, my understanding is that God wants us to have free will, and choose for ourselves what we believe. As for changing the order of the 10 commandments to what suits you, and then preaching that it should be so, unless I've missunderstood your point. sounds twisted. Note: This site was brought to my attention by comedy genius Ricky Gervais who openly ridiculed it in his latest audiobook discussing Law and Order. Ricky Gervais has always been open about his "faith" and makes it clear that he is an athiest, but this was easy pickings for him as he read aloud to thousands of people the content of this post and listed the 10 commandments, their alert level and punishments. |
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Friend, we don't know who Ricky Gervais is, but we have passed your information to our Joo lawyers.
He can expect a knock on his door soon! :angry: |
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I believe theft is punishable by secular law as well as Biblical law.
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I'm updating the table with scripture. So far I've got the capital punishment ones covered:
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Excellent idea Brother, before anyone thinks we are making this up. :thumbsup:
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i apologise that this is a subject i have never really looked into. the examples you have given are helpful, but surely the same punishments cannot still apply to todays society?
it is only my intention to understand the reason behind the changing the order of the 10 commandments and i dont mean any offence.:) |
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Another of God's punishments for not obeying His commandments is forcing people to eat their children:
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. -- Leviticus 26:29 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters. -- Deuteronomy 28:53 I'm not sure where to put it, since no particular commandment is mentioned. It just seems to be "any of the above". |
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what about forgiveness?
surely if you were to get biblical law in the USA you would choose to forgive rather than kill? |
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