An Eye For An Eye | Exodus 21:12-36

Some of the greatest atrocities in history has been committed against other humans have happened because those who committed the atrocities dehumanised their victims. The Nazis saw the Jews as sub-human. Slave traders of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade saw their slaves more as packhorses than people. The Soviet Union regarded those who opposed its communist and socialist policies as enemies of the state, expendables with whom they could do as they please, sending them to the Gulags. Whenever humans are dehumanised, whenever they are not seen for who they are – image bearers of God with innate dignity and purpose – then it is very likely that all sorts of injustices unfold.

In this text, we continue looking at some of Israel’s civil laws in the Book of the Covenant. In particular, we focus on how justice was to be administered in the face of various crimes. What we’ll see here is that God’s law is aimed at achieving justice for all – not just a select few in society. The reason for this is that because we are all created in God’s image, all human life is precious in God’s sight and therefore everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and equality under the law.

Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.

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