Order and Chaos-Chapters 16-22

What civilization can survive without laws? Without rules? No civilization can do so. Without laws and rules there is no order. If we had no laws everything would be chaos. Every culture in history needs some set of rules and laws for their people. If there were no consequences for murder everyone would kill each other. It would be the same with stealing and all sorts of crimes that exist today would be allowed with no consequence. These rules set limitations and boundaries for people so that they know what they can and can’t do. Many of today’s laws come from the laws in the Bible as well as laws from Rome. Do not kill, steal, commit adultery. All are crimes and all have consequences. Cultures and civilizations require some essential parts in order to function. A set of laws is among those things as well as language. The law is what separates us from order and chaos. God gave the Israelites that set of laws. He called them the Ten Commandments. “These are the ordinances that you must set before them.”(Exodus 21:1) He gave laws about slaves, theft, injuries, crop protection, seduction, capital offenses, honesty, justice, laws protecting the vulnerable. He gave the people these laws so that they would follow them and know the difference between right and wrong. If they were to go against these laws they would go against God. Their sins were all punishable and God told them the consequences of each. Even though we know the difference between good and evil, since Adam ate the fruit, we still go against God. We sin and commit these crimes against Him. God knows this and He will not stop us. He gave us free will to do what we think is right and be judged for it in the end.