Their can be no doubt that the Old Testament teaches capital punishment. It began by demanding it for murder and expanded its application under the Law given to Moses. Therefore, the principle of capital punishment is well established. In our last message we looked at the Old Testament scriptures relating to capital punishment. There can be no doubt that the Old Testament clearly teaches capital punishment.
Lets take a look.
Christ and Capital Punishment First , Christ never condemned capital punishment. In fact capital punishment was unjustly carried out against him. If capital punishment were looked upon with disdain by Christ, he had ample opportunity to speak out on the topic. It should be done away with. But, he did not say that when he had a golden opportunity to say it.