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   From: .robert@mu.way   
      
   On Nov 13, 2025, James wrote   
   (Message-ID:<7dmchk1klo59gmla44bl3r47c5a4fugnd3@4ax.com>):   
      
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   > > 4. *Scripture distinguishes lawful warfare from murder*   
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   > > God commanded Israel to fight against Canaan’s armies (Deuteronomy   
   > > 20:1–4). Killing in obedience to God’s command or lawful authority is   
   > > never equated with murder (Exodus 20:13). The commandment forbids   
   > > personal vengeance, not righteous defense or justice.   
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   > Yes, our Bible says "Jehovah of armies". God can judge people ANY time   
   > He wants. And He used Israel as His weapon. God, being personally   
   > involved in war, is a righteous war, like what He did in the OT.   
   >   
   > But today we are not in the OT, and God is not personally standing   
   > behind a nation to go to war. Today we are under Jesus' law, the 'law   
   > of love'.   
      
   “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon   
   him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make   
   war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and   
   he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed   
   with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And   
   the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in   
   fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that   
   with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of   
   iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty   
   God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF   
   KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev 19:11-16)   
      
   Why if God is LOVE, does he render judgments, and judgment unto eternal   
   death, as in total separation from God.   
      
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