The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 506
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 506 thee. ” 1 This commandment of the Jewish law was not only a commandment on paper, rather, the children of Israel always acted upon this teaching and Jewish cases were always decided according to this very principle. Therefore, let us witness an example: “And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. . . . . . . . And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. ” 2 Although the Messiah of Nazareth (who was also from the children of Israel) never received the opportunity to govern, nor was he ever faced with instances of war and conflict, whereby his method of practice could be witnessed, yet there are certain statements made by him, which shed light on his views regarding the judgement of mischievous and evil enemies. As such, addressing his enemies, Jesus as states: “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” 3 In other words, O people! You are worthy of being destroyed like poisonous snakes but I do not have the power to punish you. However, fear God, and if nothing else, abstain from your immoral and mischievous deeds for fear of the punishment of hell. It is perhaps due to this very reason that when the followers of Jesus as attained power in the world, in accordance with the teaching of Jesus as that evil and mischievous enemies are worthy of being destroyed like snakes and scorpions, they did not feel the least hesitation in 1 Deuteronomy 20:10-15 2 Numbers (31:7-12) 3 Matthew (23:33)