Regarding the various references in the Old Testament to "cutting off". I presume that this did not always involve execution, but sometimes also excommunication on its own?

http://www.blueletterbible.org/searc...ut%2Doff&t=KJV

How was this excommuniction done and could it be temporary? Do we know when and if, cutting-off does not refer to execution?

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Richard
communicant member, FCoS
Perth, Scotland UK

His Name forever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:
Men shall be blessed in Him,
and blessed all nations shall Him call (Ps. 72:17)

Our Pastor did a study of that phrase and it's implications in the OT, and in short, states that it has always meant that that person's "lineage" eventually died off and didn't continue on through the ages.

I might be able to get more details from him, if you're interested...

Brian

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Brian S. Cole
Deacon, Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Vancouver, WA
"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives, and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" - Clarence the Angel in "It's a Wonderful Life"
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I literally read about this today in a book ('Hold Fast Your Confession: Studies in Church Principles' ed. Donald Macleod), although it was a tangent to the point. Regardless, it was mentioned that it was a reference to circumcision *insert immature chuckle* and referred to deathiness, as opposed to mere excommunication.

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Dave
Attendee Chilliwack Heritage Reformed
Abbotsford, Canadia

"God does not love us the way we are! God loves us so that we can become what He wants us to be." - George Grant