was reading 2 samuel 1 (NLT) last night... and it brought me to tears actually. sometimes i don't understand the seemingly great callousness and injustice of the things that happen in the Bible. it was about this Amalekite guy who has killed saul (at saul's request) for the sake of saul's dignity. i am not condoning murder. but then david has this guy killed for killing saul, the Lord's anointed one. i don't quite see the justice in that. this guy hadn't done anything malicious (which i know doesn't mean he hadn't sinned)- there's just so much violence and killing to sift through... i don't understand when it's 'justified' or God-ordained and when it's not... and that makes me frustrated and a bit angry. sometimes it's hard to see how the God of the Old Testament is the same God as Jesus. i guess it's the same values - justice, mercy, compassion, love. but it's different in light of Jesus' sacrifice. perhaps the world would be much the same as those OT times if Jesus hadn't come and made the difference then... still, it's a lot to think about.
Category: God stuff