"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is mistakenly viewed as a harsh and unjust punishment system. The reality is, it's one of the fairest and most humane means of doling out justice... when compared to the alternative. One reason the average person feels so sickened and repulsed by the verdicts coming out of the modern court system is because we often veer from the "punishment fits the crime" and practice unequal extremes of unjust punishment. Our sentences are often "an eye for a tooth" and "a tooth for an eye".
If you've ever been shocked when hearing a verdict announced, you know what I mean.
About the Composer
- tAaOS
- In those wee hours of the morning; in those quiet, private times spent with the Lord; in those times of prayer and faithfully studying His word; that was when the Alpha & Omega Suite came to it's composer. This didn't happen instantaneously, but slowly and consistently over the course of nine years, beginning in 2000 and going through 2008. Accuracy to God's Word was more important than finishing the Suite quickly, which is a process that flies in contrast with the way things are normally done in our throw-away, media-centered culture. But, when dealing with the concept of God, it's important that our proclamation is based upon what He has revealed of Himself and not on the imaginations of fallen humanity.
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