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ON A MISSION TO SET RELIGIOUS CAPTIVES FREE<\/strong>
\nWhat are we in these modern times to make out of the Bible’s many verses about warfare and being trained for war?<\/a> How should we interpret the fact that Abraham<\/a>, Moses<\/a>, Joshua<\/a>, Judges<\/a> and David<\/a> are well known for their military exploits as they battled with Canaanite<\/a> kings? How should followers of Jesus, who is depicted as a fierce warrior,<\/a> apply that imagery in their own lives? If\u00a0all scripture useful for training in righteousness and good works, they should be applied.\u00a0<\/a>And if they are not applied, then those who call themselves followers of Jesus and Moses practice fake faith.<\/a><\/p>\n

In Religion is the Enemy,<\/a> God’s at War<\/a> and Religion is Injustice, Slavery, Oppression and Affliction<\/a> we reviewed why there is so much killing and warfare in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n

STUDY TIP: See this link for understanding of bloodshed as a war of words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Less well known, perhaps, are the inter-tribal battles that led to and followed the division between Israel (Kingdom) and Judah (Southern Kingdom).<\/a> And then there are a seemingly never-ending series off battles with other external nations<\/a> that ultimately conquer both the Northern and Southern kingdoms and exile them to captivity in Babylon<\/a> and Assyria <\/a>where Israel remained for approximately four hundred years. Are these stories just interesting history, or is there a meaningful way to apply them to our lives?<\/p>\n

People who believe that all scripture is useful for training in righteousness <\/a>believe that there is personal application for scripture about warfare. We begin to understand scripture about warfare when we accept that Religion is the Enemy<\/a>. After that, it is instructive to apply Israel’s history in exile to our own lives.<\/p>\n

During periods of exile, Israel changed in two ways that still influence the nature of Judaism and Christianity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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