Apparently according to some christains its perfectly okay to go to war because God lead the Isralites to war. Which makes me wonder then why they nedded God to lead them to war if anyone can do it, like they could have been lead to war by a Mongolian war lord, a pirate from the Carrabian, or a Texan oil billionaire, like what are we as Christains waiting for, lets all make groups and get some odd bod enthusiasts to lead us to war cause obviously that was Gods lesson, anyone can do it! Am i right, is that the message of the Bible, we dont need God to lead us to war anyone can do it?
2006-10-23 03:26:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are right in your reasoning. Many wonder why people who claim to love God and their fellowman, would go to war against them and make themselves blood-guilty in God's eyes.
God led the Israelites into wars against nations that did not worhip him, but worshipped false gods and idols. They made themselves enemies of God and therefore he used his people to go against them. Many times they attacked Israel and God helped them to defeat those who did. This showed the Israelites that God was on their side as long as they proved themselves faithful. When Jesus was on earth, things changed. The nation of Israel proved disloyal to God and was no longer his chosen nation. In fact, Jerusalem was destroyed because of their sins against him.
Jesus said that his followers must love their enemies, not go to war against them.
We look forward to the fulfillment of this prophecy at Isaiah 2:4--"And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
The wars fought in modern times, including now, do not have God's approval and are not just wars. In the Law covenant God laid down rules for warfare that he would approve, stipulating exemptions and the manner in which this warfare was to be carried out. Such were truly holy wars of Jehovah. That is not true of the carnal warfare of any nation today.
With the establishing of the Christian congregation, a new situation came into existence. Christians are not under the Mosaic Law. Christ’s followers were to make disciples of people of all nations; so worshipers of the true God would in time be found in all those nations. However, what is the motive of those nations when they go to war? Is it to carry out the will of the Creator of all the earth or is it to further some nationalistic interest? If true Christians in one nation were to go to war against another nation, they would be fighting against fellow believers, against people who prayed for help to the same God that they did. Appropriately, Christ directed his followers to lay down the sword. (Matt. 26:52) He himself, glorified in the heavens, would henceforth carry out the execution of those who showed defiance of the true God and His will.—2 Thess. 1:6-8; Rev. 19:11-21.
As true Christians, we do not go to war, but we follow the commandment to be peaceable with all men, love our enemies and pray for those who hate and persecute us.
If any government demands that we go to war, we must refuse and tell them as the apostles of Jesus told their human rulers--"But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men." ( Acts 5:29)
2006-10-23 03:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got faith we individuals did the spectacular concern. this may be the explanation why we've not had a worldwide conflict III yet. additionally that Christians are praying for usa additionally. however the WMD that remained have been shipped to Syria with reference to the time we attacked Saddam. Saddam is the only that had them snuck out. So Syria has them. that's no longer stable the two. via fact we left Iraq whilst Iraq subsidized off interior the gulf conflict (Uquait), Saddam murdered many that did no longer accept as true with him and tried to gasoline/poison parts of Israel. We permit the Iraqi people down. i'm valuable that if God advised our President to no longer pass into conflict, President Bush does no longer have accomplished it. there is religious freedoms interior the Iraqi Constitutions now. you are able to no longer homicide somebody for his or her faith. so as that's an answer to my prayer. there have been blunders made. conflict desperate for revenge isn't of God. yet conflict to guard the lives of people or harmless people of alternative countries is righteous.
2016-11-25 00:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends who you wage war against. If the Lord is not the builder, they labor in vain that build the house.
We are human, but we don't wage war with human plans and methods.
We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds.
2nd Corinthians 10:3,4
2006-10-23 03:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
using as an excuse someone or something that does not exist? well done you pieces of sh!t...i just cannot believe that they are allowed to just keep on doing whatever the f**k they want. if they really were religious they would stay were they belonged as no religion (even if i do not believe in all this nonsense called religion), promotes war. i tell you what i do believe in...karma... or one can only hope.
2006-10-23 03:36:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Custer?
2006-10-23 03:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was/is no God to lead anybody. God is the purest myth man imposed on himself.
2006-10-23 03:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Ramroja 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They needed an excuse for committing genocide so they said god told them to do it.
2006-10-23 03:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if GOD does not lead us to war then we will lose.
2006-10-23 03:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by ani yehudi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not quite sure what you are saying, but I think I agree with you.. I think...
2006-10-23 03:29:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋