Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dan Wagner <Dan.Wagner AT datastream.net>]

Yes, and along ultimately similar lines, where God judged David through the
death of his son, to whom David knew he could go some day, even though he
knew the baby could not return to him. David had the pain; the innocent baby
had the grace. Egypt's parents had the pain; their firstborn babies were
preserved from growing up in that pagan, polytheistic society. (Of course
this does not apply to the older, responsible firstborn.)

Amazing how much grace is in the early death of an infant, eh?

Dan Wagner

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Blank [mailto:glennblank AT earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 13:39
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Slaughter of the Innocents
> 
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> Along the same lines, I Samuel 15:3 -- where God is not doing 
> the killing
> himself, but is ordering the massacre.
> 
> glenn blank   Pensacola, FL    glennblank AT earthlink.net
> 
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> >From: Robert Vining <rvining AT log.on.ca>
> >To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> >Subject: Slaughter of the Innocents
> >Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:28:28 -0500