Article Covering the Amalekites

[HammerStone]

Link: http://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2013/08/the-amalekite-genocide/

The standard evangelical response appeals to the sovereignty of God and to the depths of human sinfulness. And of course it is true that God can command what he wants. And of course it is true that we all deserve the same fate as the Amalekites because of our sin. But it seems to me that the real issue at stake here is not God’s right to command a genocide, or whether the action commanded is fair—though those are important. The real issue is what it means for the same God who loved a world of sinners so much that he sent his Son to die for them also to command a mass indiscriminate slaughter of some of those sinners.

This article put a difficult verse in context and explained why there is logic to such a grisly command of God.

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

I have long thought that Amalek symbolizes the flesh/carnal mind. The spirit of GOD will war with it until it's dead.

The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans 8:7