Punishment Has Its Place....

Punishment has its place in society. That includes the death penalty. You can listen to all the protestors, but you will all agree, it purifies the land of evil. Putting a voice inside someone’s head to warn them of the consequences of their actions, by carrying out rightful punishment, is healthy and necessary. There will always be those who do evil (here on this earth), but having a healthy dose of justice, in the form of proper punishment, certainly reduces a large number of them. Look where the educational system has gone over the past 30 or so years? Take away discipline and what do you get? A broken system. Josiah sought the Lord all of his life. He did right in ridding the nation from its idolatrous practices. When he killed the pagan priests, he burned their bones upon their own altars, giving a clear warning to all who worship anything other than God. Yes, it’s a little disturbing, but it certainly accomplished God’s will. It purified the land of evil. And everyone benefited from it. Punishment has its place, we just need to make sure it’s consistent, appropriate, and God ordained.

3 During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images. 4 He ordered that the altars of Baal be demolished and that the incense altars which stood above them be broken down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 34:3-5