| In the Old Testament came the phrase; "An Eye for | | | | stubbornness of the people that time being under |
| an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth" as a form of | | | | the claws of sins. But when Jesus came to redeem |
| punishment given during the time of Moses. The | | | | us from sin that separates us from the Father, we |
| Muslims in the same way applies this concept of | | | | were no longer under the claws of it, thus He told us |
| punishment lest anyone commits an offense against | | | | all; "Go and sin no more." |
| the teachings of Quran. Just recently, a news article | | | | Jesus, in countless parables explains how the Law of |
| from the internet reported that in Iran, three men | | | | Moses is subordinate to the Son as the Son is |
| convicted of adultery were sentenced to death by | | | | subordinate to the Father. The coming of Jesus and |
| stoning. This form of punishment is strongly | | | | His way of dying in the cross ends man's |
| condemned by some Muslim human rights group in | | | | enslavement to sin, thus to die physically only means |
| that country as the news report said and apparently, | | | | cessation of man's physical body and judgment of all |
| a law has been passed banning this inhumane way of | | | | of us sinners is reserved to the "Supreme Judge" of |
| punishment. | | | | all judges. It's however unfortunate how people from |
| In Christian countries like the Philippines who proud | | | | the time of Moses until the present day continuously |
| herself as the only Catholic nation in Asia and yet, | | | | ignore the message that Jesus had shown us; that |
| why these fellow citizens of mine are so hungry to | | | | no one is righteous, not even one. |
| shed the blood of the outlaws and offenders as if | | | | How easy for us to say who is right and who had |
| none of them had sinned? Didn't Jesus know that all | | | | done wrong in a world that is full of self-appointed |
| of us are sinners when He said, "Let those who do | | | | righteous. But little did we know that no one is |
| not sin cast the first stone?" Jesus being said that | | | | righteous among us, not even one. But if you think |
| didn't contradict the Law of Moses nor advocate for | | | | you are an exception, why don't you cast the first |
| its dissolution. In fact he explained that the Law of | | | | stone? |
| Moses was given the way it was because of the | | | | |