After listening and reading the pros and cons of the death penalty one particular thought came to mind as I remember what God had said to Adam and Eve about disobeying His word and not eat from the Tree of Life and Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. He said to them that life was perfect the way he created it and if they were to disobey Him and eat from this tree, they would face death. But of the” tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2-17
Thus the forbidden tree represents all that is good and well within the harmony of God’s will. Therefore “God gave unto them commandments, after having made known unto them the plan of redemption, that they should not do evil, the penalty thereof being a second death, which was an everlasting death as to things pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could have no power, for the works of justice could not be destroyed, according to the supreme goodness of God.” Book of Alma 12:32
Now once Eve took a bite out of that apple, the declaration for such a sin was a penalty of death. This most severe penalty was to reduce the temptation to do the forbidden things in life and live a live void of carnal passion, deception and transgression from the words of God. Thus when Eve took that very eager bite into the apple, the obvious winner was Satan who tempted and enticed her to commit the first sin of the new world and Creation.
Since then, the evil spirits have escaped the good and the world has been in turmoil ever since. Satan and his band of evildoers are out there drawing together their strength and demonic energy to overwhelm a person with thoughts of evil and wrongdoing that benefits his expedition for the conquest of Heaven and everything God has created. Some, unwilling to join Satan and his demons or fallen angels are suffering with daily temptation to join the darkness and commit both major and minor wrongdoings in their lives. Whether tempting them in dreams or in real life, Satan scornfully prepares his workers daily for penetration and unwilling compliance to his way of life and breaks his silence to eventually be the sole owner of Paradise.
Thus we are at the cusp of an apocalypse and a war for Heaven. We will have to fight the evil dragons in our minds and on the ground to resist falling to the Devil. We know that revenge is a powerful motivator and that time is not on our side as from the very first person on Earth, the coming of the end is certain.
Day in and day out we fight the darkened foe. Inflamed with rage and looking for new victims daily he injects his evil thoughts into persons to commit sin and crimes along the way. His moral snare is hidden and his lure is mortal. Thus those who choose to follow his ways and refuse the words of God have chosen to live with hate and passion to inflict a wrecking on the innocent and sometimes frail men and women who are sometimes endangered with crime and temptation that results in their death or permanent loss of their humanity.
Therefore, as an accuser of the agent that represent Satan, I say that if men are to engage and act for the cause of the Devil and share his mortal snare, he deserves to die and suffer at first battle the loss of his life and an eye for an eye decision that rids this Earth of this mortal evil. This I say with a clear and awakened conscience. Whether you agree or disagree with my theory or thoughts, God has made it clear that the Commandments are His way of Life and that stepping out with the Devil has its mortal consequences and a change of place – Hell.
As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
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