CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THE STATE.................................1
     Anabaptists
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND GOD'S LAW.................................2
     God's Will and God's Law....................................2
     Theonomy in Christian Ethics................................2
     Circular Reasoning in Western Civilization
GOD'S KINGS AND GOD'S PRIESTS....................................4
     Adam in the Garden..........................................4
     Noah after the Flood........................................5
MOSES, THE CHURCH, AND THE STATE.................................5
     "The Separation of Church and State"........................6
     The Administration of God's Law: The Church or the State?...7
     POLITICS AND RELIGION: Where Do You Draw the Line?.........11
          Priests in the Capitol................................12
          Senators in the Temple................................12
     Law and Liturgy............................................13
     Why Religion got Separated from Politics...................13
     Preliminary Conclusions....................................16
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: CEREMONIAL OR MORAL?........................17
     The Cleansing of the Land..................................
     One: Genesis 9:4-6.........................................19
     Four: Exodus 22:18-20......................................20
          "Utterly destroyed"...................................20
     Leviticus 18-20............................................21
     Thirty-One: Leviticus 24:17-22.............................24
          Lex Talionis..........................................24
     Thirty-Three: Numbers 35...................................25
          The "Kinsman Redeemer"................................25
          Expiation: Blood Atonement............................25
     Thirty-Five: Deuteronomy 13:12-18
          Holy Wars and Capital Punishment......................26
          Cultural Details of the Ceremonial Law................27
APPENDIX A - The Patriarchal Power of Capital Punishment
APPENDIX B - Raising Cain - The Origin of the State
CONCLUSIONS.....................................................29