FALSE CONTRADICTION FILE: When God kills your children

[Bobby-Joe]

Recently a false Christian claiming to see a contradiction in the following to verses from The Bible.

Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

The claimed contradiction: God says in Exodus He will kill your childern for your sins and then turns arround in Ezekiel and says, no, He does not do that.

Frankly I am bewildered as to how this poor person got this idea in their head. The Holy Spirit makes it so clear to me but he is so sadly blind. As it is widely said "scripture interprets scripture". So lets look at when God kills children:

• Exodus 12:29 The Egyptian first born for refusing to free the Jews.
• 2 Samuel 24 & 1 Chronicles 21 Wide number of Jewish children, along with their families, for King David's wicked census.
• 2 Samuel 12:16 David and Bathsheba child for their adultery.
• Job 1:18 Job's children because Lot was too faithful.*

You see the common thread; none of these children were forced to bear the guilt of their fathers. They were all killed by God to punish the fathers for the father's sins. The children were nothing more than a convent means to punish a sinner and when God judges the child He says out right their fathers sins will have no bearing in why they are sent to hell to burn forever (please note none of them were TRUE Christians).


* leading to the sin of Pride in God.

[James Hutchins]

Re: FALSE CONTRADICTION FILE: When God kills your children

I completely agree, Bobby-Joe. No interpretation needed, just read the words. I am simply amazed at the people who read the Bible and make up stuff that suits them by twisting His word. It is so simple. You read the Bible, you do what it says. Period.

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: FALSE CONTRADICTION FILE: When God kills your children

I completely agree, Bobby-Joe. No interpretation needed, just read the words. I am simply amazed at the people who read the Bible and make up stuff that suits them by twisting His word. It is so simple. You read the Bible, you do what it says. Period.

So true Brother. If people just followed what God commanded then God wouldn't be forced to do this.

Ezekiel 9:5-7 (King James Version)
5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

Were God sends the Babylonians to kill the Jews and their familes in mass for not following His commandments.