Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-26375611-20150903104208/@comment-1777104-20150906034517

First, the Sabbath Year was to be observed as an act of trust in God to provide for the people of God under his rule. The curses were generally against general disobedience to the whole of the Law, and they should be heeded by any people group or nation. God does not hold people guiltless just because they weren't there in the wilderness with Moses.

The Jubilee year every seventh Sabbath Year, and it was in that year that the debts would be wiped out. All contracts were to be made with that in mind. There is no evidence that the Jubilees were ever observed, and the Babyonian exile was specifically because the Sabbath years were ignored.

While the Law was to national Israel, it is a dangerous step to take to deny its principles are to be ignored by the church. Of course it does not apply in the same way to any nation today (even the USA!), but any nation that approaches Law in the same way, will certainly be blessed.

Abortion is a heinous sin, for it is indeed murder. Being a homosexual is not a sin, but committing homosexual acts is. We cannot apply capitol punishment in the same way as the Israelites were told to do, but harsh punishment for abhorant behavior would certainly keep it "in the closet" where it belongs. BTW, the proper translation is "You shall not murder" -- capitol punishment is not what is forbidden. According to Genesis 9, murderers should be killed for violating the image of God. But the execution is to be in the hands of the state.

Does this mean that abortionists should be executed? Only if the practice is outlawed by the state and labeled as murder officially. It could not be retroactive, of course, but one would think that such a national law would stop "abortion on demand"!