2. Conclusion

Let me summarize this whole topic with two verses from Deuteronomy 32:

Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe - all the words of this law. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land… (vv. 46-47).

God’s law was given for our good. If we want life, we must not jettison the law. If we want our country to prolong its days as a nation, we must cleanse the land of its blood defilement. According to God, “blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it” (Numb. 35:33). If we ignore the abominations that are being committed in our land, the land will vomit us out now just as surely as it vomited out the Canaanites and threatened to vomit out the Jews (see Leviticus 18). The issue of penology is a critical issue for the future security of our nation.