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If a thief is caught breaking into a house and struck so that ho dies, the householder is not guilty; but if it was after dawn, the householder is guilty. —Ex. 22: 2, 3, Mo.
In the darkness of night, the burglar could not be identified if he escaped, and so he might be struck to halt him. If the breaker-in died, then the person protecting his property was guiltless. But if he broke in during daylight and was struck a fatal blow, then the striker was guilty of killing the thief. In daylight he could identify the thief and report him to the Law and have the Law catch him and compel him to make restitution and suffer a fine too. But in killing the thief the protector of property was going too far. Certainly, all the property a daylight thief could break in, and steal is not equal to the value of his life. If he got away, or if the invading aggressors got away, and the Law never was able or failed to bring them to justice, then though we have suffered the loss of material goods we have not brought blood guiltiness upon ourselves. W 2/1
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What the Thousand-Year Reign Will Accomplish
ABOVE everything else the Scriptures magnify the supremacy of Jehovah God. “That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.” “Power belongeth unto God.” There is none like him, “declaring the end from the beginning.” Whatever he purposes he ...
