Deuteronomy
19 - Cities of Refuge
A
man who had unintentionally killed a person could flee to a city of refuge.
There he would be protected until a fair trial could be held. God made it
perfectly clear that the cities of refuge were to be protection for the innocent
man. He also made it clear that the cities were not for the protection of those
guilty of murder.
The
demands of the Law were terrible, and under no circumstances was one witness
sufficient. Anyone today who says that he wants to live under the Law should
really find out what it is.
If
a false witness should arise, then the accused and the accuser were to stand
before the Lord, represented by the priests and the judges. If the judges
decided that the witness was false, then whatever he wanted to have done to the
accused was the punishment which should be given to him. In that way, evil was
to be removed from the nation. There is no mercy in Law, I thank God today that
the Lord is not judging us based on Law. He saves us with His grace. Jesus
Christ paid the penalty of the Law so that there is pardon for sinners. The
throne of God has become a mercy seat because Christ died and His blood has been
sprinkled there, that’s the blood of the covenant.
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read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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