... he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God that judges on earth."" In Job the reference to the sword is made as the tool of punishment, this coincides with New Testament teachings of Paul as he writes to Rome and sates in ... them here and slaughter them before me." We see another parable given by Jesus in Luke 20:9-16 which illustrates that the proper punishment for murder is death. Even Jesus" apostle Paul shows that the death penalty is a just and permitted way of punis...

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