The Old Testament never sanctioned murder, contrary to popular belief, although the death penalty was in existence and just wars were sanctioned.
The New Testament, a new covenant between God & spiritual Israel, made even hate towards one's brother a spiritual sin which ultimately carries with it the death penalty.
God is the same, now and forever.
If ever society comes to believe that The Bible is untrue and not worth the paper it is written on, then one grave consequence will be that there will be no remaining sanction against murder. The Bible is the moral authority which has underpinned Western Civilisation for millennia. I dread the day it is abandoned in the name of 'progress'.
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