Category: Death Penalty

God reconfigures the world (Genesis 9:1-7)

Genesis 9 is effectively a new creation. As Noah emerges from his little preservation box after a year, he offers gifts in recognition of the Lord’s authority, and God affirms the order of creation (8:22).

So, what’s the same in this new creation, and what’s different? That’s what Genesis 9 is all about.

Continue reading “God reconfigures the world (Genesis 9:1-7)”

Capital punishment? (Genesis 9:6)

Genesis 9:6 (NIV)
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

In re-establishing his kingdom after the flood, the divine sovereign made some concessions designed to head off the anarchic violence that wrecked the previous world: Continue reading “Capital punishment? (Genesis 9:6)”