Is revenge the answer to rape? - Rape - TouchPoints
Is revenge the answer to rape?
Genesis 34:2-30But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw [Dinah], he took her and raped her . . . three days later . . . Simeon and Levi took their swords, entered the town without opposition, and slaughtered every man there.
Psalm 94:1O Lord, the God to whom vengeance belongs, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice be seen!
Romans 12:19Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God. For it is written, “I will take vengeance; I will repay those who deserve it,” says the Lord.
Leave revenge to God, for he is the judge of the universe. A crime must be brought to justice, but personal revenge starts an endless cycle of sin and destruction.