Has God Delegated Such Authority?
nEarliest indication:
nGenesis 9:5-6 (NIV) And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. 6 ÒWhoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.Ó