Technicalities.. To say, if I told my dog to attack and kill a man, this would also slide by.. Or, if I was an Elder, with power like God's messengers, in the forest with a group of stubborn young men, and two she bears were spotted- I may declare them deserving of death, and leave them damned to shreds.[/QUOTE}
That is not my understanding of what happened. They were not in a forest. They were right outside the city. Elisha manifested the forest where there was none.
I think the fact that Elisha cursed them in G-d's Name and G-d and G-d materialized the curse, also implies how G-d felt on the matter. And of course as I said before, G-d never admonishes him.
I actually don't. I haven't even provided the Jewish perspective here. Only my own observations of the verse. That is simply: he is a prophet of G-d, I am a no one. If he thinks it was correct, he surely has the wisdom, piety and approbation to make a better judgement call than I can.
Obviously, you believe that your wisdom, piety and divine approval is greater than his. That's ok.
I sense a lot of preaching here, and I'm really not catching all your Christian references to makes sense of this.
That doesn't leave you with a lot of hope then. I belong to the "and your nation" part of 60:21. Also G-d glories in Israel, see Isaiah 49:3 Unless you too are Jewish, you don't.
Also it seems as though I should introduce you to Isaiah 55:11.
This verse does nothing for you.
You've also mistranslated it. It says:
The smallest will become a thousand (it says ELeF not ALUF), the young one a mighty (in number) nation. I G-d will hasten it in its time.
It is saying, Israel which has historically been only a small nation in number, will one day become a big nation. This is in fulfillment of the blessing G-d gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
I don't know who told you I was Christian or why you think there are references here.. Even being Christian, I would give you 10 of your own Scriptures before I gave one from the NT.
Whether or not the forest had manifested is irrelevant (it doesn't say). What happened in the forest is the concern. Do I believe God gave me greater wisdom, piety, and divine approval? Let God speak of Himself; I bless the righteousness of God in all of His created likeness, as Isaiah says. But, according to my wisdom, piety, and divine approval- I am not concerned with undoing His blessings with curses, but blessing the cursed and the poor for His righteousness' sake.
I am not able, or willing, to curse any man to his death. My wisdom and piety, which come by humility, have told me to accept God's curses and those which He employs through men, but to curse nothing of my own accord/perception. I'd much rather acknowledge the mouth of God, according to Isaiah 55:11 which says:
So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it.
The Creator forms our reality according to the word of His mouth. The foresight of His being causes Him to speak all truth into its place!
And it is true that any man can curse, or kill another man.. If one man split into two, he would have cause to hate himself, just as fathers do their sons. Just as Jacob split into twelve tribes and strives against himself.. And it is said that God hates the beings and thoughts of men, calling them evil and idolatrous. But if Elijah may turn the hearts of fathers to sons, and of sons to fathers- he has done more than just raise the dead, but insure the living, as well.
Isaiah 66:2
And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of the Most High! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
God at times does not (seem to) admonish the wickedness of people. This is not surprising. It is known that God shows mercy to the wicked- Cain being the first obvious example. And not only will He leave the wicked ignorant of His righteousness- for a time- but in the case of Lamech, pride was multiplied. The prophets all speak of wickedness being smiled on, and innocence laughed at. Undoubtedly, Hitler took great pride in his deeds. So what do the Rabbis and prophets teach is God's justice for the millions of innocents killed? And which of them prophesied to warn you beforehand?
Job 9:22-24
It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.' If a scourge does put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laughs. Earth has been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covers, If not -- where, who [is] he?
Psalm 109
I could caution you against calling every single one of the Jews by Israel's name, but which Jew would be willing to listen? You ignore the meaning, and the method to achieving the name, for blood entitlement? This is not surprising; many of your prophets were likewise trained to do so. But, if the Most High is beautified with the Jews (as with all creation), His power is ready for you to do the things He's promised. And while much of His power did remain with the Jews, from time to time, He also allowed the defilement of the Holy Land and it's people, along with the destruction of the House built in His honor. And for some time, David's sons have not been given respect comparable to his own.
Isaiah 53 calls the servant of God "cut off from the land of the living", for "your" account. He is given a grave along with the wicked. Yet, those accepting the guilt of His servant's sacrifice are called his "seed". Do you say that these "seeds" are of blood only? How then, does God's Spirit call any man His son?