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I see where you are going from with this, but notice he says if he has done anything deserving of death he will accept being put to death. The difference is standing up for God's law, over a man's law that is ungodly is not worthy of death.
Putting a person to death is now at the hands of the ungodly which is why I can not support it, biblical or ethnically.
Because there is so much misuse of the system, and only if the judgment of the system is done in a Godly manner could and should we agree with it.
The problem is there is they have taken a lot of correction side of t away, slowly making it hard to minister to them, and even after that people and the system still want to hold ones past against them. That also is unbiblical to do, Jesus says he forgave us our sins, and never uses them against us again. We are to show that same mercy on them.
There is though now a difference in one saying they are deserving of death, and the putting to death being justifiable or not. For I have said many times that I am deserving of death to for my ungodly deeds, but do to having a just Lord He has forgiven me of those deeds, so I should repay that same mercy to others that was shown to me.
Satan has a firm grasp on our judicial system, and he would want to have these prisoners be put to death before they can repent and have us agree with him. A soul he causes to die in unrepentance, is a win for him and a loss of a soul for the Lord.
I just know when I stand before the judgment seat of Christ and have to give an account of my life to Him. One of the questions I don't want Him to ask me is; Why did you not forgive them, and have mercy on them like I have shown you ?
Matthew 18:23-34
23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[b] was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[c] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
