I am curious sherri----from what line in the NEW TESTAMENT do you get
the impression "JESUS HATES ALL KILLING"? I am not accusing him of
liking killing----but from what do you draw your conclusion?
As to Matthew 23-----his lines are so typically PHARISEE RHETORICAL STYLE---
that you have no possibility of understanding them ----- He does not "DEFINE
HYPOCRISY" he addresses it as a vice unbecoming to people he considers
far far superior to you in that he demands that their behavior and demeanor
be -----more perfect than you could possibly comprehend
BEING A REJECTOR of Jesus, you have no abilty to understand Matthew 23. AS TO killing, we have His example, He never killed and His dealings with others and His words/commands to love. Love God. LOVE our neighbors. LOVE our enemies. LOVE one another as I have loved you. WHO is there left to hate and kill?Noone. EXCEPT SATAN!
you are quite a silly joke sherri I am not a "rejecter of Jesus" I recognize him
for what he was-----a jewish preacher of the pharisee pursuasion who spoke the language
of his audience----the jews of Israel/judea. You go from silly to idiotic He never
killed anyone thus PROVING THAT HE HATED ALL KILLING?
Again---I am not denying the possibility that he did hate all killing----
but your "logic" borders on psychotic. It is a well known fact that pharisees
always managed to find a way out of capital punishment---contrary to the filth
YOU LEARNED from the easter bunny. In fact finding the loophole
for LENIENCY was their FORTE. The story of the adultress while silly
and historically impossible ---is one of the parts of the NT which marks
Jesus as a PHARISEE
Adolf abu ali never killed anyone either. --------then you go on to quote jesus quoting
RABBI HILLEL----who was ---actually virtually the founder of
of PHARISEE JUDAISM
look around if you open your eyes----no matter where you live in the USA if there
are jews around-----there is some organization that includes the name "HILLEL"
If Jesus saw the name HILLEL he would feel right at home
I am reminded a preaching on radio that I heard decades ago-----in which a very
jerky backwoods style protestant type guy quoted JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS ---and then
commented on the favorable comments that Josephus made about PHARISEES
as being simply "a mistake" Ie he liked something Josephus wrote----but absolutely
did not want his endorsement to extend to the opinion Josphus held of pharisee jews
so he excused that stuff as "MISTAKE" I laughed for weeks.
your interpretations are just as idiotic