02-05-2016, 06:57 PM
Slavery, in the Bible only lasted for seven years and after the seventh year, the slave was to be freed and his/her debt paid. The same rules applied to both Hebrew slaves and Gentile slaves. People in Biblical times sold themselves into slavery to avoid poverty or to gain a little money.
These were the Hebrew laws and not the Roman laws where you could be a slave until death under Roman law. I do believe but I'm not sure, that under Hebrew law in that time a slave after his/her seventh year could choose to remain a slave forever though. The slave owner though would have to treat that slave as part of the family or something like that.
The law of the Old Testament was to clean the person, to cover the sin of man. Jesus Christ came to fullfill the law of the Old Testament, but not to cover the sin of man, to wash mans sin away. At least that's my understanding.
These were the Hebrew laws and not the Roman laws where you could be a slave until death under Roman law. I do believe but I'm not sure, that under Hebrew law in that time a slave after his/her seventh year could choose to remain a slave forever though. The slave owner though would have to treat that slave as part of the family or something like that.
The law of the Old Testament was to clean the person, to cover the sin of man. Jesus Christ came to fullfill the law of the Old Testament, but not to cover the sin of man, to wash mans sin away. At least that's my understanding.
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
