Just personally, I don’t think the Original Kingdom Gospel be used that way, but I think the more popular Pauline Gospel can be, and has been used that way. My source: http://gospelenigma.com
But what do you think?
And isn’t this an important question to be asking these days??
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Absolutely not.
When Jesus says that we are to love our enemies, that does not include spraying them with bullets or bombs. We are to rise above our enemies and give them a change to change their hearts voluntarily by showing a better way. If we sink to their level and use force, we will see the hate &violence breeding hate and violence cycle we see throughout our world today.
Jesus tells us to overcome evil with good and he was willing to show us the way even though it involved the cross.
Yes in the Old Testament, the law was given at the level of “Do not murder” and “An eye for an eye”. But Jesus clearly raised the bar on morality in his Sermon on the Mount when he said – “You have heard of old time, ‘an eye for an eye’, but I say unto you ‘Love your enemies’.
In the Old Testament God was working through a particular nation and the concept of church and state were linked. However Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is within you and those who follow Him are united into one kingdom, no matter what earthly nationality they are from. Does it make sense then that “Christian brothers” from 2 different nations kill each other just because their earthly nations are at war?
The Bible never condemns war especially when in self defense.All through the soldiers are not condemned but told just to be just and be happy with your pay etc.God even used nations to punish the sins and murders of other nations,such as Babylon to punish Israel for it’s idolotry and Israel to punish the inhabitants of Canaan for 450 years of gross sin and canabaalisms.
We should not use God’s name when we enter a war like so many before us.
Any religious writing can be used to justify any war. Reasonably, maybe not, but then reason has nothing to do with religion.
No!
certain verses can sometimes be used in any attempt to justify anything; in this case, it doesn’t seem to fit with the context of the entire Bible:
“seek peace, and pursue it.” – Psalm 34:14.
“Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.” Ecclesiastes 9:18.