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NASB | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant (treaty) with them nor show mercy and compassion to them. |
Bible Question: I know that our war is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities of darkness; but what are God's teachings on military war? Should we engage for "right" reason, or not? Wouldn't there be a difference between war under the law and war under grace? ie: the old and new testaments. |
Bible Answer: What is God's teachings on military war? Military war is the worst kind. I am living proof that war is hazardous to one's health. I'd much rather be involved in a non-military war. coop1: On this particular thread, I count 27 postings by you. Is it anywhere in your nature to wind it up and stop torturing us with post after post after post, all saying the same thing? You made your point and said all you have to say about 25 posts ago. Are you going to make a career of posting anti-war statements? In all honesty and fairness, I can understand your concern for your son's safety. What parent wouldn't understand this? If I had a son in the military, I wouldn't want to see him in danger either. But, for starters, that's what the Army is all about. The Army doesn't exist so one can be all that he can be. It doesn't exist as a social experiment or to provide educational opportunities. Anyone who joins the Army should know that the purpose of the Army is to break things and kill people. May I point out to you that it is the very country whose freedoms you don't think worth fighting for that gives you the liberty of saying or publishing your opinion? This and other freedoms, of which you think so little, were bought and paid for by blood -- the blood of American veterans. I am not arguing the rightness or the wrongness of your opinion. But a) please don't try to pass off your opinion as absolute truth; and b) it's getting a bit wearisome. |