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"VENGEANCE IS MINE"

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This entry was posted on 02-28-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.

"For it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord" (Romans 12:19-b NKJV).

The mass murderers of the Mountain Meadows Massacre forgot all about this teaching on September 11, 1857, when they set upon a wagon train from Arkansas and slaughtered 120 innocent men, women, and children. The Mormons who participated in the bloodletting said they were "avenging" the shed blood of Joseph Smith. Some of the church hymns they sang actually advocated doing so. (Did Jesus ask us to avenge His shed blood? It is unthinkable!) Vengeance belongs to God.

"The Oxbow Incident" is a story about a group of Western men who hung three men. Later, they discovered that the men were innocent. Now they would have to live with their shame and guilt the rest of their lives. Unlike the Mountain Meadows Massacre, this story was only a work of fiction. But again it illustrates the truth of our text today. Vengeance belongs to God.

"Vengeance" means "vindication, retribution, punishment." Are you tempted to take things into your own hands? Better not. You will surely regret it. Leave it in the hands of God. He is the Great Judge of the earth and will repay in full those who have sinned against you and against Him. Vengeance belongs to God.    

Prayer: "O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs - O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render punishment to the proud" (Psalm 94:1,2 NKJV).
 

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    • 02-28-2008 Mark McDowell wrote:
      Victor, my wife, Pat, is a distant relative of the Fanchers. The Fancher wagon train was victimized by John Hall and the others sent by Brigham Young at Mountain Meadow. Every year, we still visit an elderly relative in Southern California, who married a Fancher.

      Mark, how interesting! Thanks for sharing that piece of information. May God bless all the families who still suffer from the terrible memories of Mountain Meadows.
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