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- What does the Bible have to say about rape and Sexual assault? In this video, Pastor Nelson answers the question: “What does the Bible say about rape?”
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I hope the death penalty is brought back for this. Nowadays, they are only getting a slap on the wrist, and some re-offend, causing a life-time of suffering to yet another person.
Rape is sexual immoral
...yet the Bible commands it.
@cygnusustus show me the scripture.
yet it happens in gods own temples all the time lol
@joshuaenodien3853
No response?
I accept your concession of defeat. The Bible condones rape.
@@cygnusustus stop it LoL
No sin is too far from the grace of God. Thank you for the gift of confession❤
Pastor can you pray for me I need you oh lord help……😢
Are you okay?
Praying for you🙏🏽
Margomitch we are praying for you and there is hope in Jesus
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The body of Christ are family@@JustAshayla
A great ministry
Good word.
Been thinking about this due to a an atheist criticism of how the Bible judged the "rapist". Thank you for clarifying it.
He clarified nothing. He lied about it.
There were no laws against rape in the Bible. Instead, there were laws against having sex with a woman who was not your property, and the victim was consider to be whatever man owned her. Not the woman.
In fact, sexual slavery was condoned and commanded. Numbers 31:17-18.
@@cygnusustus hmm...i guess I have things to learn from you.
Perhaps you can help me answer some questions. I hope you won't be uptight if I ask you the questions.
@@olaoluwaelijah6154
You are welcome to ask me any sincere questions.
@@cygnusustus there is no mention of any sexual slavery in numbers 31:17-18 LoL
@@Doctor_Fate5
Read number 18.
Rape is sexually immoral, but in some cases the woman is also bashed
some even near to death, or are killed so it is not just a sexual crime. Sadly
it is not any where's near punished severely enough if you ask me.
I agree with your words. Rape is an act of extreme violence. A crime which should be punishable by death. No one cares anymore. We are in The Last Days. Pray That Jesus Christ Comes For Us Soon. ❤
@@Hope-qi4bf Amen ❤🙏
💯💯💯💯
It can also be without violence and not just against women. Children even tiny babies are raped. Men are raped. Women can and so rape men, women and children of all ages. Children, even those whom have not been groomed to be sexual or been sexually abused by any means, have been known to rape others. Some do so because of what has been done to them or being introduced to pornography or open curiosity with other children they know that develops into more of an obsessive behaviour. Most rape is not about sexual attraction but rather it is about power and control. Some cults force sexual acts and create a culture of subjugation and manipulation. War, acute chronic civil unrest, these times when there is a heightened sense of fear, uncertainty, hatred and aggressive conflict tend to also come with an increase in sexual violence.
And what is about rape of children ?🤔
An amazing answer, thanks for sharing I’ll save this just in case
He lied.
Rape was not even a crime under old testament law. Having sex with a women who was not your property was a crime, regardless of consent.
In fact, sexual slavery was condoned and commanded in Numbers 31: 17-18.
Stop believing these liars.
@@cygnusustus No where in the verse you mentionned the word rape is implied, actually its a law in that time that if you see a captive women in a war situation, that you bring her to your house , take care of her and let her mourn for a month about her lost, after that you had the right to marry her and if you changed your mind she was free to go and you had no right to sell her as a slave.(Deuteronomy 21:10-14)
In that time widows of war were typically destitute. They were turned into sex slaves, tortured, or killed. In Jewish culture, however, these women were given the dignity of marriage and a home. They weren’t considered sex objects; they were considered spouses. Moreover, if the marriage fell apart, the women could not be sold as slaves.
God gave us free will , he had to change the way we do thing slowly so that we agree to do so as a wicked species, you can see in the new testament that now just to imagine doing sex with a girl that is not married to you is a sin. God was never okay with rape, never.
@@Elrood
My verse described non-consensual sex. That is rape.
No where in your post did you demonstrate any consent. Your interpretation seems to hinge on the claim that they had to be married first. That does not imply consent. It is truly sick of apologists to presume that these young women consented to marry and engage in sex with the men who had recently killed their grandparents, parents, brothers, and sisters.
Truly sick.
@@cygnusustus Nowhere in the verse you used the words non-consensual sex is used, if you want to educate yourself go to a interlinear Bible online and see the meaning word for word of the old Hebrew , not all translation today are accurate. In this time it was common practice in every culture to rape women and kill them in war , but God said otherwise , he gave them life and protection and a husband to take care of them, its the best thing a women can pray for in this time of history where war was a common thing, God changed this world little by little for the best of humanity, God gave us free will because without free will we cant have true love , but human are wicked and have done evil with this free will , so God had to put rule that will change us over time to the best version that we can be. Now if you want to pick bad translation without studying the old hebrew and old greek , your argument will never be valid.
@@Elrood
So you are suggesting the young girls, kept as captives, freely consented to marry and have sex with the men who had just slaughtered their families.
Yes, or no?
"In this time it was common practice in every culture to rape women and kill them in war"
Thanks for conceding that everything I said was correct. Rape was not a crime under old testament law. Your god commanded and condoned sexual slavery.
Dismissed.
Great video brother Nelson!
Been hitting the gym lately huh? I see those veins on your biceps 😅
😂
Vascular appearance is a result of dehydration.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan I'm sure that's the only reason for vascular appearance... 😐
@@juniorcrimebreakers2807
It is.
You could powerlift daily, run hard cardio, and never show your veins to anyone.
That is a sign of dehydration, pure and simple.
@@juniorcrimebreakers2807 😂
Many people think that biblical rules are completely barbaric. In fact they make sense! If the rape happens in the open outside a city, then the rape victim does not get punished by death. She may or may not have shouted for help as nobody could hear her. As this cannot be determined she can stay alive. 👍🏻
So shouting for help is your criteria to determine if it's SA or not?
Ever heard of the 3 reflexes to danger? Fight, flight and...freeze!
If there was a god who created us he should have known.
And what if the attacker prevented her from screaming?
@@KasperKatje Sorry, I was not being serious, of course. Many people think that biblical rules are barbaric, and they really are. Why would you punish the victim in the first place?
It was not a good joke and I did not mean to create the impression that I agree with something in the Bible or with Christians. I hope this clarifies.
@@erikt1713 I was in doubt but thanks for clearing it up.😉
What about teenager having it ? Or Molest each other?& 2st what's does the Bible say about seeing one nudes n kissing
I'm going with the ESV and NASB versions of this passage of scripture. The NLT is a highly unreliable translation to extract the meaning of God's word.
Deuteronomy 22: 22-24
@@mateopribyl9218 I'm not making the faith (my faith) look bad. I'm simply giving an interpretation based on reading comprehension. In verse 28 the text uses the word "seize" and the context given definitely means the man is using force. And in verse 29 it says "he has violated her" which given the context of the times, he has taken her virginity and prospects for marriage.
@@mateopribyl9218
1. To answer your question "why is there the crying out not mentioned here?" I don't know. It also doesn't mention where it happened like it did in earlier verses (city or open country). I'm going based off of the verbs that are used. The man is still punished for rape though as he is forced to pay a fine, forced to marry this woman, and he is never allowed to divorce her under any reason (these stipulations deter any would be rapists, punish the man and protects the woman). Also, if it was mutual consent then this situation would fall under Exodus 22:16, in which the man is still punished financially and obligated to marry the woman. Again I believe these laws are meant to deter the man, punish the man if he transgresses, and ultimately protect the woman.
2. 2 Samuel 13 and Genesis 34 do indeed show rape is immoral (just like Deuteronomy 22 does) but the final outcome of these passages are irrelevant in a sense that rape did occur but revenge was taken before justice could be served. The perpetrators in these passages weren't executed under the law, they were murdered by those seeking revenge.
3. I do not believe this would be a depraved legal system. Again, I am a Christian I love the Lord and I love His word. Deuteronomy 22:28 seems to be protecting the woman from shame, dishonor, poverty, singleness, childlessness, etc. Also, it seems the father of the victim may be able to refuse the marriage anyway (Exodus 22:17) perhaps to protect his daughter.
This guy vaguely knows what he is talking about as most who are interested in trying to satisfy the individuals they are validated by.
I take it then, you can find a different interpretation of what the Bible says about rape?
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan no I don't interpret the bible at all .. instead I read and comprehend it through the means of embracing what it says as a spiritual book and searching truth by the spirit only. Interpretation are for humans interested in learning from humans concerning the human experience....God is not human
@@tobiasisrael3758
The fact you're hug up on the supposed difference between interpretation and understanding suggests you may be barking up the wrong tree.
As the Scriptures say, how can I understand it, with noone to explain?
No, you should reconsider all the instructions for selecting leaders and teachers and deacons. If your reasoning were right, then we would have no need of these commands.
@@joshuakarr-BibleManpreach bible man.
28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
What version is that? My translation says he has “violated her” and that he may not divorce her as long as he lives.
@@NC1195_ Divorce waws never intended. But was written because of our stubborness. I only read the KJV. All other versions can get you confused. And some were written intentionally to confuse you.
Looking up particular definitions in strongs Hebrew/Greek can give you deeper understanding.
@@peaceobadiah727 thank you for your help!!
@@NC1195_ Also once you receive that the law is not done away. He will reveal more to you. The day I accepted that, so many things opened up.
Correct me if I'm wrong but were these laws only applicable within the confines of Isrealite society. In several places in the O.T. the Isrealite men are told to take any women of their choice when the conquered and enemy. Isn't this behavior rape as well?
Amen GQ 🙂✝️🙏
The Bible does not condemn rape wherever it is mentioned. In fact, it condones rape and sexual slavery (Numbers 31 17-19).
If you have to lie to defend your beliefs, it is time to get new beliefs.
For a well done TH-cam debate on biblical rape watch Catholic Author John DeRosa vs. Dana Harper on Deuteronomy 21:10-14 _Does the Bible authorize the rape of captive women?_
@@SergeantSkeptic686
Wow. You comment, and then hide your comment from me?
How cowardly.
@@sqlblindman If my comment was hidden it is unintentional. Is it possible there is some error? Here is the comment I made about this video from Got Questions Ministry. *For a well done TH-cam debate on biblical rape watch Catholic Author John DeRosa vs. Dana Harper on Deuteronomy 21:10-14 Does the Bible authorize the rape of captive women?*
Numbers 31:17-19 “keep them for yourselves” was not an instruction for the men to rape or use the girls sexually, he was telling them to make them a household servant/slave. This was to spare their life rather than being killed with the rest of the people who had committed great evil and led God’s people astray.
However, my actual opinion on the overall topic is that it’s extremely sad and frustrating that rape and molestation are so neglected within the Bible. Sexual assault and child trafficking is such a devastating and OVERWHELMINGLY CONSISTENT problem throughout history and it sucks that it isn’t addressed when so many people need healing and truth spoken in that area.. otherwise it can completely destroy one’s life.
Bro isnt a man alowed to rape a woman aslong as he pays the father back then they need to get married?
No it was not talking about rape. It was talking about consensual. He seduced her and she said yes.. but the guy was still disrespectful by not marrying her. So God said in those cases the man had to marry the women he seduced.
Thats a mistranslation, its not rape, just unapproved consensual sex.
Are you talking about Deuteronomy 22:28-29?
Where in the old testament was it said his name shall be Jesus
A very disturbing detail is that marital rape is not outlawed.
No rape was outlawed in the Old Testament.
What was outlawed was having sex with a women who was not your property, regardless of consent.
@@mateopribyl9218
Post it, boy. Then present your argument.
Otherwise, concede your loss.
No.
Go and read the Torah (Pentateuch) for the full context of all of these laws just like how the many people of that day understood them (unfortunately that doesn't mean they followed them as we later see). The Israelites were supposed to image God, thus they were meant to be righteous (you this throughout the Torah via God's instructions and the morals of the different stories). Hence the act of PHYSICAL SELFISH LUST would be unrighteous, and thus not meant to be done by the Hebrews.
Please I urge many of you who have issues with any text or extract to actually go and research the text in its entirety, before making assumptions, (including me).
Jesus Christ whether or not you understand him to be the Messiah, was a practicing Jew, who is quoted as saying "Then Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." This verse clearly echoes what Jewish philosophy was understood as "Matthew 5:17 (“Do not think that I have come to abolish Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”)" .
Thus what Jesus preached was in line with the philosophy of the Hebrews of the OT.
Again this applies whether or not you believe Jesus to be the Messiah.
Plus the laws were only somewhat of a guideline. As we see with the Pharisees, they abused it and twisted it for their own means and of course, many still do nowadays (some men of the church, politicians, leaders, and even you, and I in small or big instances unfortunately). The true understanding of the Law was a framework for righteousness NOT righteousness itself. This is evident once you read of certain godly men and women in the Hebrew Bible.
...and @mateopribyl9218 runs away. Score one more for the atheists.
This video irresponsibly and incorrectly discusses sexual violence. It is wrong to say that rape requires physical resistance from the victim. The text says "cry out" NOT physically combat the assailant. Its a lie to say the scipture says a victim must combat the assailant.
Furthermore, Tamar "cried out" (same original word translated here as scream) AFTER her rape. Her rape includes a verbal protest, and then an outcry after the assault-- she told people who were around to tell.
Furthermore, we know rape can happen to a sleeping person. Or a drugged person. Or a cooperative child. Maybe part of the problem is to my understanding the Bible didnt have a concept of a single word standing in place of any intercourse where consent is absent (how we use rape) -- they had a concept of physically violent sex which we have translated as "rape" when their word denotes the violence of the illicit intercourse our word denotes the will of the victim.
For example lots daughters raped him and davids son raped multiple of his wives in front of evryone yet the word we translate as rape doesnt appear in these contexts as they were nonviolent instances of the sexual violation of the victims consent/will.
This was an irresponsibly sloppy hackjob of a presentation on one of the most important subjects in the world. Im surprised yall didnt go right on ahead and say "its impossible for a man to rape his wife"--- good teaching wont bear horrific fruit. Its hard to believe you could be led by the spirit of God to say that crying, shaking, struggling, protesting dont count as rejecting consent without screaming. Thats what a rapist would say/believe amd the church is no stranger to domestic or sexual violence, protecting perpetrators, etc. God bless the nonrapists.
Better question why does a loving and caring God allow rape to happen in the first place ?
Free Will i am told.
So then if free will is so important that it takes full and total precedence over the prevention of evil and suffering, why is the free will of the person perpetrating the evil and inflicting the suffering in the first place so valuable and preferable that it takes precedence over the free will of their innocent victim?
If God values free will over anything else, then why does He not care about the violation and impediment of an innocent person's free will?
Why must the free will of the evildoer be safeguarded and protected at the expense of the free will of their victim?
Dear TH-cam I am a biggest bible believer n worshiper as a lay man..... But I am handicap too n got raped brutally..... Please tell me what bible says about it? 🙏
Stay strong brother/sister God will answer
@@kerlangnongkynrih4894 Hallelujah Amen
"The Bible addressed the subject of rape directly."
Nope. It never addressed rape directly. Rape was not a crime under mosaic law.
Having sex with a woman who was not your property was a crime....against the man to whom the woman belonged.
It is sad that this guy has to lie about his own scriptures.
LoL
i read that there was an example in the bible where a man got drunk and then impregnated his daughters. can you comment on that?
Good luck !
Lot. Following the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, his daughters believed the entire Earth had been wiped out and they were the only people left to repopulate the world.
They then got their father drunk so that he would pass out and they could lie with him. It's explicitly stated Lot was unaware of what they did and they were motivated by the belief that they were the only people left.
guessing you heard that from reddit. are you referring to the man whose daughters got him drunk so they could impregnate him because there were no men around and they thought they wouldn't be able to have children? The way you can spin a story can land you a job as a journalist.