Sean Connery, God and Jesus

Leviticus 21-24

Remember the movie “The Untouchables” about Federal agent Eliot Ness bringing Al Capone to justice?  The movie starred Kevin Costner as Ness and Sean Connery as the local Chicago cop, Jim Malone, who showed him how to get Capone.  There was a scene at the beginning of the movie where Ness and Malone are meeting in the balcony of a Catholic church and Malone is explaining to Ness what it would take to get Capone. 

Malone to Ness, “You said you wanted to know how to get Capone.  Do you really want to get him?  You see what I am saying.  What are you prepared to do?” 

Ness, “Everything within the law!” 

“If you open the ball on these people Mr. Ness you must be prepared to go all the way!” 

“I want to get Capone.  I don’t know how to get him!” 

“You wanna get Capone here’s how you get him.  He pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital you send one of his to the morgue.  That’s the Chicago way!  Now do you want to do that?  Are you ready to do that?  I’m making you a deal.  Do you want the deal?” 

“The Lord hates a coward.” 

            “You know what a blood oath is Mr. Ness?”

“Yes!!” 

“Good cause you just took one!!!”

Difficult reading today in Leviticus about defects and being defective.  That however is not what made me think of the above scene.  This is:  

“God said to Moses, ‘And if a man injuries his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him; fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth’”.       Leviticus 24:19-20

Skip ahead 2000 years.

Jesus is on a mountaintop teaching His disciples and us.

“You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist him who is evil; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.’”       Matthew 5:38-39

Lee, do you know what a blood oath is? 

Yes.

Good cause you just took one.

Sometimes I don’t like the Bible.