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Good question. I believe he's simply stating that ultimately JUSTICE will prevail,...he will make sure of it. Since we were made in his image we have an innate sense of justice and we're upset when it's offended. For example, when we've been wronged. (Lied about, cheated, treated unkindly) At present we live in a world where 'pay back' is the rule and not the exception. (Just think about the situation between Israel and Palestine). What would the world be like if everyone heeded the admonition that the Apostle Paul gave in the scripture you referenced: (Romans 12:17-21 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord. On the contrary: If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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PonderAppreciatively's answer makes since. Just think how many Hatfields and Mccoys would not have been killed over a pig. Look at all of the bloodshed in the recent past in Northern Ireland and the Westbank. If there was no God, perhaps all of that doinating and getting even stuff would make since, but as it is, it creates alot of hate and murder, even among suppossed Holy Men. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1638250
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Probably because most folks don't when to give it up. In the middle east, revenge has become a way of life. Someone gets pissy about something, attacks someone else. that else person retaliates, and another dies. The family of the another kills a relative of the else person in revenge, the else person's relatives kill... and so on and so on... for generations.
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because we don't know the factors / truth behind an issue and we are more likely than not to get it all messed up. AND, if you've ever held revenge in your heart, you have no room for God. who'se it gonna be?
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because we all will answer for our wrongs,and so will people who have wronged us,... to HIM...HE will do the judging and PAYBACK when the TIME comes....revenge is full of 'heart issues';hate,rage,jealousy and vindictiveness....we can't harbor such in our hearts because we 'distance' ourselves from HIM...maybe PERMANantly..... any person, group, affilitaion ,seeking vengeance and domination is as far from God as one could possibly be.....we can't take law into our own hands, even God's.....let the laws of the land handle earthly matters , HE will handle the 'matters of our souls'... look at what jealousy, covetness, and vengeance ,caused Cain to do....its a mind and heart disease and grows till it 'festers'....
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If you really have faith, you trust he'll take care of it. It's really that simple.
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