I understand then that grounds for a "justifiable" and "biblical" war or battle to happen it would have to be on the grounds of deliverance? In other words the overall purpose would have to be delivering the oppressed from the oppressors? And in that same sense the "oppressors" would have to be wicked?
I am confused with the ideas of war from a christian perspective especially since so many I grew up with at church are now in the US military.. Is joining the military to fight for unbiblical reasons wrong?? I do not mean to say that the people joining are joining for the sole purpose of fighting, but the military as a whole seems to be involved in a lot of things I do not find as "biblically justifiable". For example the war in Iraq.. it started as "The War on Terrorism" yet has turned into much more than that.
I would understand the war on terror as a justifiable war because those fighting are protecting our rights given to us by the constitution to freely worship God... But fighting over land/oil, trying to liberate a people from a Government that they love to hate?? What of all these things?? Or those people who hate us because of our beliefs (or lack of belief).. Just because we do not believe in Allah, they hate us.. Are we justified in fighting them to the death? If we dont kill them, they will kill us and from a worldly view it makes sense to fight.. I dont want to be killed, so I will kill them...
But in the Bible it tells us to love our neighbors and our enemies..
Thats kind of the type of war that I was talking about.. Not sure if I was clear in my first post..
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