Matthew 10:28 (KJV) And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Ezekiel 33:11 (KJV) Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: …
Psalms 1:6 (KJV) For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
1 Timothy 1:8-10 (KJV) 8 (King James Version) But we know that the law is9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; good, if a man use it lawfully;
The penalty for sin is death. Even though we must all face death one day being found guilty of a crime and sentenced to die is a disgrace to any human being. Yet there are those who seem to be defiant even when faced with certain death. I take no delight in the death of a wicked man. It would have been far better had Saddam repented of his wickedness and accepted Jesus as Lord of His life. At the same time I can not turn a blind eye to the wickedness carried out under this evil tyrant. The law was set against Saddam and finally the long arm of the law reached out and hung the madman of Iraq.
The tyrant was reportedly defiant to the end, and though the entire hanging was videotaped with a stable camera, the only video to show the dictator's execution has been from an unidentified cell phone camera.
The video is available here, or here but be warned it is graphic.
By several accounts, Saddam was calm but scornful of his captors, engaging in a give-and-take with the crowd gathered to watch him die and insisting he was Iraq's savior, not its tyrant and scourge.
The Sun UK is reporting that the Iraqis were so delighted at the despot’s demise that immediately after his death they danced a jig around his body as it dangled from the noose. The same report cites one witness he died with his eyes open. In the video his corpse is then seen dangling at the end of the rope with his head at a grotesque angle. One onlooker proclaims: “The tyrant has fallen.”
Although many rejoiced in the death of Saddam there is coming a time for each of us to give an account of how we lived here on earth. As the old Styx song Renegade states:
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
And I don't have very longJesus is coming back on the clouds and we don’t have very long!
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