Does the bible preach terror?

Question

I did a search for the word "terror" in the New International Version and came up with the following:

Genesis 35:5
Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
Exodus 23:27
"I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you."
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.
1 Samuel 11:7
He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." Then the terror of the LORD fell on the....

There were 88 references with the word "terror". I dont have time to list all but the theme is usually something like:

2 Chronicles 14:14
"They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all these villages, since there was much booty there."

There are also many passages where towns are conquered and everyone inside the city killed, including young, old, men, women and even animals. eg.

Joshua 10:28
"That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho."

OK mister mister, I'll rephrase the question and make it simple for you:

Does the bible encoourage terror/terrorism?

The charge is always made against the quran but you WILL NOT find anywhere in it that encourages or details the complete slaughter of people in towns including women/children, young/old and animals as in the modern bibles.

Answer 1

Yes it is the ultimate terrorist manual.

Answer 2

No, these quotes you will find have been added through the course of history. I'll be sure to say they came from the new testamont which was a tool simply for Monks to have 17 cousre dinners (yes 17 courses), and to serve the very purposes the leaders of our history found fit.

In the old testamont you will not find any relation to terror, sacrifises or killings. Although this was still a tool of the fat skum that ruled the Earth at the time, and therefore has it's inaccuraces, the Bible teaches the belief in all men and women being equal, to love your fellpow man, and to all work together to create a better whole for everyone. Unfortunatly even modern churches are an insult to the Bible. If Jesus ever saw the Vatigan he'd be spinning in his grave, and likely sas not jump right out of it and kick the Pope's teeth in!! He'd be more than a little insulted by the fact the Pope lives in a solid gold palace when the people of Africa etc are starving.

Answer 3

Let it be noted that we cannot expect to arrive at the truth when we let our feelings rather than our reason govern our beliefs. (God’s word says: “Come now, and let us reason together.”-Isaiah. 1:18; See 2Tim.3:16,17 “)
A God of faithfulness, . . . righteous and upright is he.”—Deut. 32:4.
Perhaps you have not consider the fact that the Creatour of the universe has that right as judge, to cast sentence on those he feel deserving of death. Please consider the context of those scriptures or the entire book for reference to see why he brought apon them judgement.
Also it says: “Look! Jehovah came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.”—Jude 14, 15. (So to the above sited "verses", we can see by a view of the entire contexts or whole Bible why the true God-JHVH executed such judgements against the nations)

REGARDING Jehovah God, the scriptures also says: “He is a lover of righteousness and justice.” And in another psalm we read: “I well know, O Jehovah, that your judicial decisions are righteousness.” Though those expressions were made many centuries ago, do they not appeal to you? Is it not satisfying and reassuring to think of the Creator, the final authority in the universe, as “a lover of righteousness and justice”?—Ps. 33:5; 119:75.
Consider the following example: Being interested in the possibility that the inhabitants of Sodom, Lot included, might be spared, Abraham prayerfully inquired what might occur. The record at Genesis 18:23-25; quotes Abraham: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous men in the midst of the city. Will you, then, sweep them away and not pardon the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are inside it? It is unthinkable of you that you are acting in this manner to put to death the righteous man with the wicked one so that it has to occur with the righteous man as it does with the wicked! It is unthinkable of you. Is the Judge of all the earth not going to do what is right?”
Then, trying to determine the minimum number of righteous ones in the city that would permit its being spared, Abraham asked, What if there are forty-five, or forty, or thirty, or twenty, or even ten righteous ones?—Gen. 18:26-33.
Abraham did not know, as we do now, that there were not even that many inhabitants who were “righteous” in the sense that they were trying to do what was moral, virtuous and upright. But when Abraham said, “Is the Judge of all the earth not going to do what is right?” did he mean that he seriously questioned God’s righteousness and feared that He would act unjustly?
Not at all. On the contrary, the evidence is that, in view of what Abraham knew about the personality of Jehovah, he simply could not imagine that the Creator would destroy the wicked and the righteous.
NEED FOR MODESTY: Knowing from the Bible account how utterly depraved the perverted inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were, we can understand why an outcry went up over their sins. And we can agree that God was acting in righteousness and justice in bringing them to an end. (Gen. 19:4-11; Rom. 1:26-28, 32) But what if someone did not have all the facts, and perhaps thought that the inhabitants were normal and seemingly innocent people? If, then, he were told that God destroyed the cities with fire and sulphur, he might reach a hasty and incorrect conclusion about the Creator.
This should highlight the need for modesty in regard to our reaching conclusions about God’s dealings. Proverbs 11:2 says that “wisdom is with the modest ones,” and that is certainly true in this matter. Would it be wise for a mere human who probably lacks knowledge of essential facts about some of God’s dealings in the past to set himself up as judge and jury and then proceed to condemn “the Judge of all the earth”? (Prov. 18:13)
Would that not be the case if a person who knew only a few details, and especially not the most important facts and principles involved, concluded that “the Judge of all the earth” acted unjustly, unrighteously?
The Bible account involving Job might be used to illustrate this further. (Read: Job 1:6-19; 2:1-9) How would you have reacted? What would you have concluded about God?
Though determined to be loyal to God, Job did not understand why he suffered. In defense of his own righteousness he spoke of God as having the right to afflict the righteous as well as the wicked. (Job 32:2; 10:7; 16:17; 23:11; 33:8-12)
Of course, we now know that in this Job was ‘speaking without knowledge,’ for it was Satan, not Jehovah, that was afflicting him. (Job 34:35) What position did Job’s companions take? They immodestly and foolishly answered without knowing the facts either. (Job 4:17-19; 15:15, 16) Also, in effect, they condemned Job’s sons as being sinful and claimed that Jehovah had killed them. (Job 8:3, 4, 20) Yes, the Bible correctly says that the effect of the arguments of Job’s companions was “to pronounce God wicked.”—Job 32:3.

How much wiser and more modest it would be to conclude that even though we do not know all the facts or issues involved, what took place must have been consistent with Jehovah’s being a “lover of righteousness and justice.” (Deut. 7:2, 23-26; Lev. 18:21-27)

Answer 4

Yes, Gods TERROR or wrath. In 4 out of the 5 cases you showed God displays his wrath against the evil nations around Israel. And at times when Israel wasnt following God, God gave prosperity to evil nations and used them to punish Israel!

Lesson learned? Lets try to stay out of the way of Gods wrath shall we?

Answer 5

Yes.The the Christian God is a very vengeful being indeed.He drowned the entire population of the world except for two of each species,sent plagues of locusts and firestorms and turned Lots wife into a pillar of salt just for looking the wrong way! I don't see much love and tenderness there,do you.

Answer 6

Man. I have 9 bibles over 51 years. Not a one of them have preached yet.

wow.

bummer.
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Answer 7

...its a book full of words..preaching is people cherry picking bits and pieces out of historical context and using them to put a point across...religion is about divide and rule...zealots and fanatics doing the work of people who get off on power and control...as i said to moses...keep taking the tablets

Answer 8

In Deuteronomy, the Bible commands the killing of any who worship other Gods...

Answer 9

It teaches about terror, and warns of the terror to come to those that try to dispose his anointed.

Answer 10

Old Testament HISTORY is not advising people to do it.

No where in the NEW COVENANT - N.T. Does it teach to go out and convert or Kill with a Sword (or shaheed belts).

Answer 11

Not the one I read,