Reminds me of the revenge attitude of so many people today. "I don't get back, I get even." Not a very godly attitude.
Cities of refuge were to be established where a person who has accidentally killed someone could flee to and be safe. Think about all the times in Scripture that God is described as being our refuge, our safety, our shield and protector.
Jesus was very clear how He felt about a revenge kind of attitude.
Matt 5:38-39
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Striking on the right cheek was an insult. Since most people are right-handed, a hit would be on the left cheek of the person being hit. Striking on the right cheek would be a back-handed kind of hit and considered an insult. Jesus says if someone insults you, let it go.
If we have an attitude of revenge in our hearts, we are following the crowd in doing wrong like we have been warned about before. It's so much easier to follow the crowd than to stand out in a crowd. But as Believers in Jesus, we are called to be different and to stand out!
We thought you might like to view this short 8 minute summary (by a nine year old) of the Bible. Thanks to Vicki for sending this to us quite a while ago. There are a couple of things the little boy missed. He said that Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Life. They ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. He mentions the 400 years of silence. The only "silence" is that things were not printed on our modern Bible. There are many books written, and canonized, but do not appear in our Bible. They are the apocryphal books. Other than those things, he is right on! We especially like his insight at the end concerning the importance of reading the entire Bible!!! Have you heard that from us before???
Enjoy!
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