Matthew 24:6-7 “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.”Ħ. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Isaiah 2:4 “He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. Ecclesiastes 3:8 “ A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace.”ĥ.
He is being merciful by not killing all of us right now.Ĥ. We have all committed treason against Him and deserve nothing less than the full force of His wrath – which would be eternal torment in Hell. He created people, and He can choose to take them out at any time He pleases. He even would sometimes order the Israelite army to slaughter all the inhabitants of certain people groups. God many times ordered the Israelites into war against their enemies. But there is one time when war is condoned and used by God: wickedness.” Max Lucado There are many unacceptable motives for war. “There are many unacceptable reasons for war. “Who has ever told the evils and the curses and the crimes of war? Who can describe the horrors of the carnage of battle? Who can portray the fiendish passions which reign there! If there is anything in which earth, more than any other, resembles hell, it is its wars.” Albert Barnes Any scourge is preferable to it.” Martin Luther “War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. “The world’s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.” Henry Ward Beecher “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” – George Washington Christ, the royal Master, Leads against the foe Forward into battle, See His banners go.” “Onward Christian soldiers! Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before.
“Discipleship is always an inescapable war between the kingdom of self and the Kingdom of God.”
“The purpose of all wars, is peace.” – Augustine
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