The Old Testament are eschatological judgement “intrusions”: judgement events that…

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I know many Christians struggle with this topic in terms of how to reconcile God calling for King Saul to exterminate the Amalekite tribe, including children and infants.

What you should put into perspective is the role of Haman in the book of Esther. He was a descendent of the Amalekites, who called upon King Xerxes to call for the genocide of the Jewish population in Persia.

If the writer of Esther never included the information about Haman being a descendent of the Amelakites, the tribe that persecuted and killed the Israelites when they were coming into Canaan after leaving Egypt decades before, then how could you reconcile that God is holy and not a tyrant?

Can we assume Haman’s desire to harm the Jews was in retaliation for what Saul did to the Amalekites? Or was it simply in his nature to hate Jews, regardless of his heritage?

The Old Testament are eschatological judgement “intrusions”: judgement events that break into history at certain times as precursors to the final judgement of sin. This intrusion theology is fulfilled by the ultimate eschatological judgement intrusion—​the cross of Christ. There on the cross…