1. Yes.
Joshua 6:21 (NASB95)
21 They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Deut 20:17/p
"But thou shalt utterly destroy them, namely the Hittes and the Amorites, the Canaanivites and the Perizzites as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee".
The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. (
Exodus 15:3)
- For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
- There is… a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3:8)
2. UNknown
Joshua 23:13
then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.
(God may send people to beat you for your sins).
Having served in the military and the effects of real life, sometimes the situation changes your perspective.
Let me ask you a question---If you have an enemy in your grasp, and you know that this enemy has planted a bomb in the city where you and your children live, and you have been told that it will kill 5,000 innocent men, women and children in 2 hours.......what would you do to get the location of that bomb?
3. Never.
4. See calvin above.
5. Yes.
Jesus’ second coming will be exceedingly violent.
Revelation 19:11-21 describes the ultimate war with Christ, the conquering commander who judges and makes war “with justice” (v. 11). It’s going to be bloody (v. 13) and gory. The birds will eat the flesh of all those who oppose Him (v. 17-18). He has no compassion upon His enemies, whom He will conquer completely and consign to a “fiery lake of burning sulfur” (v. 20).
6. I do not think War should be sought after.
It is an error to say that God never supports a war. Jesus is not a pacifist. In a world filled with evil people, sometimes war is necessary to prevent even greater evil. If Hitler had not been defeated by World War II, how many more millions would have been killed? If the American Civil War had not been fought, how much longer would African-Americans have had to suffer as slaves?