Yet he did not put their
children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in
the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: "Parents shall not be put to
death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each
will die for their own sin."(2 chronicles 25:4)
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Pulpit commentary
Verse 4. - Slew not their
children. Emphasis (the emphasis of mention, at any rate) is laid upon this,
perhaps partly to show that Amaziah did in some measure walk by "the Law
of the Lord," and partly because of numerous cases that had grown up to
the opposite (2 Kings 9:8, 26; Joshua 7:24, 25, where, however, very possibly
all were more or less aiders and abettors of the wickedness). For Moses'
clearly written rehearsal of "the commandment of the Lord," on this
subject, see the marginal references, Deuteronomy 24:16; Jeremiah 31:29, 30;
Ezekiel 18:4, 19, 20.
Parents are not to be put
to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each
will die for their own sin.(Deuteronomy 24:16)
"In those days people
will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's
teeth are set on edge.' Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever
eats sour grapes--their own teeth will be set on edge.(Jeremiah 31:29-30)
For everyone belongs to
me, the parent as well as the child--both alike belong to me. The one who sins
is the one who will die. But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and
right, (ezekiel 18:4-5)
"Yet you ask, 'Why
does the son not share the guilt of his father?' Since the son has done what is
just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely
live.The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the
guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The
righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of
the wicked will be charged against them. (Ezekiel 18:19)
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The concept of original
sin refuted from the scrolls of Moses and Abraham Pbut.
Or was he not informed of what is in the Scrolls of Moses? And of
Abraham, who fulfilled? That no soul bears the burdens of another soul. And
that the human being attains only what he strives for. (Surah 53:36-39)
Notice the ayat reads “That no soul bears the burdens of another soul” found
in the scrolls of Moses and Abraham. A typical claim Christians make is, the
Quran confirms the Torah they currently have. It will be interesting to see how
they confirm the saying “That no soul bears the burdens of another soul” form
their “Torah”. What’s amazing about this ayat is, the concept of original sin
is refuted, a concept which was not preached during the time of Abraham or Moses.
“Fathers shall not be put to death
because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their
fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin." (Deuteronomy
24:16)
