The Marcos era is long gone and soon to be slipped into oblivion, if it hasn't yet. I only want to contribute my take on the infamous Marcos saga, pre-martial law and post martial law. I am no admirer of the Marcoses, particularly the son and father. They were merciless and hateful no one wants to recollect about them. This scenario is often referred to as former senator and now presidential aspirant Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., namesake of the dictator, Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, a former president of the Republic.Įtched vividly in our minds and collective memory were the abuses of the martial law era in the 1970s. They are not inherited nor transferred to the heir-son since (he, the son) has no bare knowledge or acquiescence of these shortcomings. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.” (Ezekiel 18:20) How is one to understand this apparent contradiction? The next article will seek to provide some clear answers.REPEATEDLY, it is claimed that the sins, transgression and faults of the father are not necessarily that of the son.
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However, in the book of Ezekiel God specifically rejects the idea that children bear the guilt of their fathers. He includes himself in that confession when he says, “We have sinned, we have done wickedly.” (Daniel 9:15) Nehemiah said, “Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.” (Nehemiah 1:6) In Daniel’s marvelous prayer he confessed the past sins of the nation. The Old Testament also shows certain prophets confessing the sins of Israel and previous generations of Israelites. A Biblical case can be made that generations alive today bear some weight of the sins of their ancestors. “For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ” (Exodus 20:5) The New Testament, especially the book of Romans, presents a powerful case that all generations of humanity are guilty and suffer under the curse of sin because of the sin of our common father, Adam. In the books of Moses God warned that He would judge later generations for the sins of their fathers.
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The Old and New Testaments teach that later generations bear the consequences of the sins of their ancestors. The answer is a bit more complicated than yes or no. The Bible addresses this issue, but reaching a clear conclusion from its teachings is not easy.
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What does the Bible teach about an individual’s responsibility for the sins of his ancestors. The question is whether Christians ought to repent of sins committed in previous generations by their spiritual or physical fathers. Christians should oppose slavery, but that is not the issue. Others deny Christians bear any responsibility for the actions of earlier generations.ĭo Christians have a Biblical responsibility to repent of the sins of their ancestors? This is not a question about the evils of racism. Some groups are quick to say Christians should apologize for the actions of their antecedents. The Southern Baptist Convention has long faced pressure to apologize for its support of slavery during the Civil War. A group of Presbyterians who formed their own Presbyterain denomination in support of the South during the Civil War recently apologized for its racism and support of slavery.
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From time to time, especially when racial tensions flare up in America, various Christian groups confess the sins of their ancestors.