Considering all the bullying that goes on these days and the tragic consequences that fall on ones who experience it, I could not help but take special notice of Elisha in 2 Kings 2:23-25.
Paraphrasing...Elisha was walking along the road and some youths from the town came out to jeer at him saying "hey baldy, hey you with the baldhead, git on now." Elisha called down a curse on them and 2 bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the youths. Lesson for the day: don't be a bully.
So much for turning the other cheek...
ReplyDeleteTurning the other cheek didn't come along until Jesus and the NT. Turning the other cheek was the way things were done in the OT. That is why Jesus's teaching on the subject was so revolutionary.
ReplyDeleteA fair point I guess. But one might think, since it's the same God in the Old and New Testaments, you might expect the principle of turning the other cheek to have come around before Jesus. But I suppose that's the difference between the law (OT) and grace (NT).
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