ABOUT SOCIETY
- You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you do
afflict them, and they cry out to me (refer to LORD), I
will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will burn, and I
will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become
widows and your children fatherless. (Ex 22:22-24, 23:9)
- How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to
the wicked? Give justice to the weak and fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand
of the wicked. (Ps 82:2-4, Jer 22:3, Is 1:16-17)
- (When LORD was about to destroy the ancient world by a
flood.)
(LORD to Noah) I have determined to make an end of all
flesh; for the earth is filled with violence through
them. (Gen 6:5-13)
(Before LORD destroyed Jerusalem in ancient time) Is it
too slight a thing for the house of Judah to commit the
abominations (Note: worship images) which they commit
here, that they should fill the land with violence, and
provoke me further to anger?... Therefore I will deal in
wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity,...
(Eze 8,9. Eze 16:49-50)
(After LORD has removed Shallum, a king of ancient
Israel) But you have eyes and heart only for your
dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for
practicing oppression and violence. (Jer 22:11-19)
- Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, lest
the land fall into harlotry and the land become full of
wickedness. (Lev 19:29)
- (LORD to house of Joseph, where ancient Israel was
divided into 2: house of Judah and house of Joseph) O you
put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of
violence? Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory,...,
and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst
of the stall, who sing idle songs,..., who drink wine in
bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oil, but are
not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! (Amos 6)
(Note: LORD view our society as 1 entity. Everyone is
responsible for all sin committed in it (Mt 18:15-17, Lev 19:17-18).
It is not that 'so long as the one being oppressed is not me, why
care about the fate of others' or 'so long as I do not do that,
why care about others doing that.'
When someone is to be put to death, 'the witnesses lay their
hands on the offender's head, and all congregation stone him to
death.' (Lev 24:14)
When Achan sinned and the Israelites took no action, LORD
departed from them. (Joshua 7,22) For young girls to be forced
into prostitution, young boy/girl committing suicide,
construction workers falling to tragic death, factory workers
losing limbs, demon worship, adultery, homosexuality,.... if we
close our eyes, LORD would send calamities on us.
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