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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. |
Subject: How do we open eyes to truth? |
Bible Note: Martha, thank you for your response. I can agree with you, at least in part, that had the Germans (especially the Nazi leaders) been Christian, WWII might have been averted or, at any rate, ameliorated. (There were other Axis powers, other than Germany). But the reality is that our country fought, fought hard and long, not because we were looking for someone to kill, but because we had to oppose the evil regimes that threatened our very existence as a free people...... Now we are engaged in a great crucible on another front with enemies who do not know Christ either. The people and the theater of operations are different, yet the principle is still the same. We are opposing the evils and terror being perpetrated against us as a free nation and indeed against the civilized world. Personally I have far more gripping pangs of conscience by sitting idly by and enjoying the blessings of freedom than I have in taking up arms to defend it. --Hank |