Holy War
Holy War ~ Section I. Our Lord God YHVH is a Warrior - Part 3
THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF
CHRISTIAN HOLY WAR
I. Our Lord God YHVH is a Warrior
~ Part 3 ~
"YHVH fights and
often YaHWeH wages war by using His people the Israelites as His Battle Axe and
His weapons of war!"
From the Desk of Pastor
Joe Johnson
American Reformation Ministries
Keltic Klan Kirk
P.O. Box 1166
Malvern, Arkansas 72104
At this time
these are just Rough Notes:
The theme that YHVH is a
Warrior is a Biblical Theme, and in fact is one of the Main Themes of the Holy
Bible. YaHWeH is the Captain of His Armies and He leads them in battle.
YHVH our God delivered
Israel out of bondage to Eygypt by war!
Deuteronomy 4:31-35
31: (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not
forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which
he sware unto them.
32: For ask now of the days that are past, which were
before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the
one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as
this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33: Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of
the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34: Or hath
God assayed to go and take him a
nation from the midst of another nation, by
temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and
by war,
and by a mighty hand, and by a
stretched out arm, and
by great terrors,
according to all that the LORD
your God did for you
in Egypt
before your eyes?
35: Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know
that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
~ Deuteronomy
4:31-35 ~ HOLY BIBLE ~
"By War, By a Mighty
Hand & Stretched out Arm, & by Great Terrors"
It is important for God's people to take note of the
fact that the ten plagues sent against the Eygyptians were actually an act of
war against Eygypt and against the gods of Eygypt, a war waged by Almighty YHVH.
Our Lord God whose Name is YaHWeH was in fact warring against the gods of Eygypt,
and YHVH continues to war against all false gods and all those who follow after
them. Many of our own people today are following after false gods, this
wickedness and rebellion brings YHVH's wrath down upon such people and the
Nations they inhabit. YHVH has great wrath and wars mightily against all false
gods and will ultimately be totally victorious and the indisputable conqueror of
all. Our God YHVH is indeed a mighty warrior!
Now this brings up once again the question, if war and
fighting, which of course also involves killing is absolutely evil and in all
cases immoral and wrong, as some people argue and maintain, then why would God
ever engange in it? The answer is of course that war, fighting, and killing are
NOT absolutely evil, immoral and wrong, at least NOT in all cases. Granted there
are unjust, immoral wars that are wrong, just as there are killings that are
unjust, immoral and wrong which we define as not just killing but rather as
murder. There is a difference between killing and murder! If you do not yet
understand that, stay the course it will be explained in due time, none the less
exercise some logic and common sense and anyone should be able to arrive at the
conclusion this is true. If you are adamant and resolved that all killing is
evil and wrong ant that there is no difference between a just killing in
self-defense or killing in combat while engaged in collective self-defense then
you are engaged in willful ignorance and self-delusion. Our God YHVH is a
warrior and teaches His people no such nonsense as the false doctrines of
pacifism and peace at any price. Why would YHVH engage in war if making war is
morally wrong and evil? The simple and true answer is that He would not do so.
Therefore since YHVH does most certainly engage in war, it must at least at
times be right, good, honorable and noble to engage in war. Which clearly means
that at times it is right, good, honorable, and noble to engage in acts of
violence including killing other human beings. This is clearly, carefully and
repeatedly taught to us in the Words of the Holy Bible.
How God Himself
Fights
Deuteronomy 1:28-30
28: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged
our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are
great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims
there.
29: Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of
them.
30:
The LORD your God which goeth before
you, he shall fight for you, according to
all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
~ Deuteronomy 1:28-30 ~ HOLY BIBLE ~
YHVH is our God and He shall fight for you ......
DEUTERONOMY 2: 19-36
19: And when thou comest nigh over against the children
of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of
the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto
the children of Lot for a possession.
20: (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants
dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21: A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in
their stead:
22: As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in
Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them,
and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23: And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah,
the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in
their stead.)
24: Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the
river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of
Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
25: This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and
the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall
hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26: And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of
Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
27: Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the
high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28: Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat;
and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my
feet;
29: (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the
Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into
the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
30: But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by
him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate,
that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31: And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to
give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit
his land.
32: Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his
people, to fight at Jahaz.
33: And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we
smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34: And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly
destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left
none to remain:
35: Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves,
and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36: From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of
Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not
one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
~ Deuteronomy 2:
19-36 ~ HOLY BIBLE ~
Deuteronomy2: 21-23
~ THE LORD DESTROYED THEM ~
it says that YHVH has destroyed THREE PEOPLES IN THREE
VERSES
21: A people great, and many, and tall,
as the Anakims; but the
LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt
in their stead:
22: As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in
Seir, when he
destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and
dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23: And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim,
even unto Azzah, the
Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and
dwelt in their stead.)
Deuteronomy 2: 21-23
Deuteronomy 2: 24
~ GIVEN UNTO THEY HAND ~
"Contend with them in battle" YHVH said you go fight
them!
24: Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the
river Arnon: behold,
I have given into thine hand Sihon the
Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to
possess it, and contend with him in
battle.
Deuteronomy 2: 24
Deuteronomy 2: 36
GOD DELIVERED THEM ALL TO US
36: From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of
Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead,
there was not one city
too strong for us:
the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy 2: 36
Deuteronomy3: 1-7
1: Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og
the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at
Edrei.
2: And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for
I will deliver him,
and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do
unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
3: So the LORD our
God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people:
and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
4: And we took all his cities at that time, there was not
a city which we took not from them,
threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5: All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates,
and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
6: And
we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7: But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we
took for a prey to ourselves.
~ Deuteronomy 3: 1-7
~ HOLY BIBLE ~
This is
nothing less than YHVH ordering Genocide, the wiping out of a people.
Yes, like it or not, agree with it or not, YHVH at times orders His people to
wage wars of Ethnic Cleansing, and He expect them to obey. To do otherwise is
sin and rebellion against YHVH.
6: And
we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Deuteronomy 3: 6
Deuteronomy3:21-22
JOSHUA - THE LORD YOUR GOD SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU
Jeremiah 50: 25
....the LORD has opened His armory ~ where the weapons
are stored.
25: The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought
forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of
hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50: 25
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Jeremiah 51:20
Thou art my Battle
Axe and Weapons of War
20:
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of
war: for with thee will I break in pieces the
nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
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Jacob is Israel -
19: The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the
former of all things: and
Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts
is his name.
20:
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of
war: for with thee will I break in pieces the
nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21: And
with thee will I
break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces
the chariot and his rider;
22:
With thee also will
I break in pieces man and woman; and
with theewill
I break in pieces old and young; and
with thee
will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
23: I will also break in pieces
with thee
the shepherd and his flock; and
with thee
will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and
with thee
will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24: And
I will
render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that
they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
25: Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain,
saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand
upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain.
26: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner,
nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the
LORD.
27: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet
among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her
the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her;
cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
~ Jeremiah 51: 19-27
~ HOLY BIBLE ~
Check back
from time to time for a finished Sermon. At this time this page is rough
unpolished notes. A sermon in the works!
Sooner of later I will find time to get back at work on this series of Sermons.
To be Continued, expanded, refined and polished ....
Written by Pastor Joe Johnson
aka Pastor "Joe Scott MacLeod"
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