Have you ever wonder about life during Old Testament times? I highly doubt I’d have been able to survive as one of the Israelites. This poor man mentioned in the following scripture – I have to wonder if he sinned intentionally, or, if he simply forgot the Sabbath:
Numbers 15:32-36
The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death,as the Lord commanded Moses.
What do you think? Did this man intentionally sin, or did he simply forget that it was the Sabbath? Such a harsh way of life back then, before Christ came to save us. Don’t you agree?