Leviticus
20 Capital Punishment
The
penalty for breaking any of the ten commandments was death. Punishment of a crime is for the moral good
of the people. Punishment of a crime is
a deterrent to crime. It will cut down
the crime rate. The worship of Molech was savage, satanic, cruel, and
brutal. Children were offered as sacrifices
to the idol of Molech. Jesus said; “Suffer
little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of Heaven.” Matt. 19:14. Stoning to death was the penalty for this
crime of “giving his seed to Molech.”
The child brutality today in our land could be curtailed if our judges
would punish parents who brutally treat the little ones who can’t protect
themselves. The judge should protect
them. For a man to remain silent when a neighbor worshiped Molech by offering
his child was to make him a partner in crime.
He was to be cut off from the people, which was equal to the death
penalty.
The
soul that turns after familiar spirits, wizards and seek after them, God says
“I will even set my face against that soul and will cut him off from among the
people. Leviticus 20:6. Satan is a liar and the father of the lie. God says that He will set His face against
the soul that turns to this kind of false worship. Demon possession is a reality and has existed
in all ages. This is all the work of
Satan. The death penalty was exacted for
participating in or practicing these satanic rites of the occult. A departure from the Word of God and a
departure from God always leads into error, and this gives rise to the false
cults which we find today.
The
people were to be Holy because they belonged to God. To practice these sins and
turn from God is spiritual adultery and treason.
The
death penalty was inflicted for cursing mother and father. The Bible also offers grace in this regard.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” John 1:9.
Adultery
in every form and shape was punished with death. This is a rebuke against lax morals
today. These are the sins which cause
God to give up a people. Despite the awful immorality of these sins and the
severity of the punishment. The Savior stands ready to forgive any who will
come to Him. Incest was to be executed publicly. God demanded cleanliness in every detail of
His people’s lives; especially as it had to do with sexual relations. God
forbade it between those who were near of kin. God put the Canaanites out of their
land because of these awful sins. God is High and Holy, and He demands
Holiness. This is the key to Leviticus.
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