Israel Declares War
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Makes no difference to you. But it makes a whole lot of difference to God and to the people who matter.
That's not at all how I understand it.
In the years leading up to 1948, the Jews were actively hostile to the local non-Jews/Arabs. They were living peaceably at the turn of the 20th century. But then Zionism began to increase and was rather popular in Britain. Britain asked the local Arabs to help with the over-throw of the Turks/Ottomans... promising them a new state, but then shafted them with Balfor and other things up until 1948 when the Jews went against the UN's plan of division and pushed the Arabs out as much as they could.
You make a good point. But using those bombs saved untold lives. A ground attack on the Japanese mainland would have brought with it multiple times more deaths. And many of those deaths would have been civilian.
Making use of the bombs saved both American and Japanese lives. In the case of civilians, we can only surmise if it was more or less.
I have another scenario for you: Hamas employs civilians as shields for weaponry and combatants. What do you suggest Israeli soldiers do?
God condemns anyone who would divide His land.This is true, but I was referencing to the Oslo Accords in the 90s though. There have been many promising discussions to a two-state solution but it is all but dead at this point. It seems highly unlikely.
I was simply referring to what Jews and Palestinians living at the time said publicly. I'm sure the official narrative controlled by the Muslim brotherhood would have a very big problem with anyone exposing their malevolent purpose.
Turn to Jesus, confess your sins, and receive His atoning sacrifice to save your soul.
Who cares what I get or don't get. God's word says that Israel will be in the land and even if the whole world comes against them that is how it will be.
I pray this is so. But what should they do in the scenario presented?
But couldn't we have destroyed the military infrastructures using non-nuclear weapons and still saved lives? Or is it your opinion that killing the Japanese civilians is what saved the lives?
As for your question about Hamas using civilians as shields, I will give you an answer when I finish up work. I've been thinking about that all day.
God gave this reason as to why Israel should be separate:
Leviticus 20:22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
So the Palestinians really do have to leave. But like I said before, if Palestinians became real Christians, God will give them a separate land of their own that they'll truly be happy with. But the reality is that they won't which is what is really sad. I've tried sharing the gospel with some of them but they don't respond! I think they're being told not to answer to any sharing of the gospel.
Civilian deaths are inevitable in war. If you understand the mindset of the Japanese soldier, their expertise in island warfare, and the relatively small size of the arena, you would understand that there would be huge civilian casualties in a ground assault. Where could civilians go? It's an island. Also, the Japanese combatants aren't going to be all in one place awaiting a bomb. They were dispersed across the entire country.
It's not that I think there were good options. I do think we made the best choice among many poor choices.
God gave this reason as to why Israel should be separate:
Leviticus 20:22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
So the Palestinians really do have to leave. But like I said before, if Palestinians became real Christians, God will give them a separate land of their own that they'll truly be happy with. But the reality is that they won't which is what is really sad. I've tried sharing the gospel with some of them but they don't respond! I think they're being told not to answer to any sharing of the gospel.
Do you believe Israel keeps "all [of God's] decrees and laws" though? Being in the middle east, they have some similar abominable laws that the west has adopted. LGBT and increasing elective abortion rights in 2014 are some of the more recent things that are in contrast to God's law.
43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
I understand it literally.