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the individual or the nation it
governs?
Open your eyes, now, to the
FACTS! God did take a people to
be his nation. He took a family
of sorne two milli on
helpless SLAVES-all
descended from
God 's
fri e nd
A braham- a nd
offe red to se t
them up as a
nation unde r his
governme nt.
During this first
6 ,000
years,
in God's master plan, he does
notforce
any nation , or individ–
ual, to come under his cov–
ERNMENT. That decis ion is left
to man's free CHOICE.
When God , with his
own thundering voice,
dclivered the 1
O
ha-
s ic points o f bis
inexorable spiritual
law from M t. Si–
nai , he was outlin-
ing for MAN KI NO
the way
t o peace,
Notice now, in
your Bibl e, the spe–
ciric application of
the co m mand ment,
"Thou shal t not kili ,"
to military force and
wa r.
Ererybody wants
peace-or
at
happiness and abun–
dant well-being. This
applies to evcry indi–
vidual a nd to c very
na tion. Transgression
o f this basic law is SIN
(1
J ohn
3:4).
N ot ice how Goo
says to those unde r HIS
GOVERNME T, that HIS
GOVERNMENT- an all–
powerful supernatural
and supernat ional gov–
er nment- will .PRO–
TECT his people against
any invading force.
least, so we
profess! The
natlons and world
leaders cry for
peace-work
This law- thc very
principie of RJ GHT as
d isti ngu is h ed from
WRO NG - h a d ,
of
course, existcd from
the time of Adam.
for
peace,
whlle
they endorse,
sanction and
continue the way
of war!
You
'11
find the ac–
count of God's deliver–
ing of this law in Exo–
dus
20:1- 17
and Deu-
God said to Is rael:
" Bu
t
i f thou shal t
indeed obey his voice, and do a ll
that
l
speak; then
l
will be an ene–
my unto thine enemies, a nd an
adversary unto thine adversar–
ies ... and
1
will cut them off" (Ex.
23:22-23).
God promised supernaturally to
fight any invading enemy to pro–
tect the nation a nd people under
IIIS governmcnt.
1
intend to give
you ample case histori es to verify
this.
But is it just as wrong for Goo
to fight an invading army, and if
necessary, take human li fe, as fo r
humans? ABSOLUTELY NOT! God
is the GIVE R of hum a n life.
H uman lives
belong to him!
He,
alone,
has the RIGIIT to
take
human lives. The Sixth Com–
mandmenl forbids MAN, of hi s
own volitio n a nd at his discre–
tion-to take human lifc !
Why Ancient Israel Went to War
Bu t did you notice- the re were
CONDITI ONS to God's promisc of
divine protcction. He said he would
protect them " if thou shalt indeed
obey bis voice, and do all that
1
speak. "
10
teronomy
5:4-22.
But , beginning
Exodus
20: 18,
you will read the
account of God laying down basic
laws and s tatules of his national
c ivil government delivered through
Moses.
Then, once God had reslated
before this vast family of l s raeli tes
his basic spiritual law-the founda–
tional PRI NCIPLE for all the nat iona l
civil statutes and judgmcnts- and
a lso basic civi l statutes and ordi–
nances, God pul it to thesc people,
lhrough Moses, lo CHOOSE whether
they would accept HIS GOVERN–
MENT over them.
No tice the complet ing of the
COVENANT- thc AGREEM ENT be–
twcen God and this PEOPLE- to
form them into a NATIO under
Goo's GOVERNMENT.
" And Moscs took half of the
blood, and pul it in basons; and
half of the blood he sprinkled on
the altar. And he took lhe book of
thc covenant, a nd read in the
audience of the people: a nd they
said , All that the Lord hath said
will we do, and be obedient. And
Moses took the blood, and sprin–
klcd it on thc people, and said ,
Behold the blood of the covenant,
which the Lord hath made with
you concerning a ll these words"
(Ex.
24:6-8).
Government Protec tion Against
War
NOTICE CAREFULLY! A
part
of
God 's PLATFORM OF GOV ERNMENT
th a t he la id before the people
before
they became HIS NATION
was the promise that HJS covER -
MENT would p rotect its citizens
from need of going to WAR . That is
the OPEN PROMISE OF GOD, which
would apply to ANY nation. Later,
God offered the SAME government ,
and its protection and blessings, to
the firs t WORLD EMPIRE- the gen–
lile C haldean empire under King
Nebuc hadnezzar- as we shall scc.
God plays no favoritcs. He docs not
bless one nation and harm anolher
by his arbitrary choice.
Bu t huma n nature is human
na ture-and facts are facts. And
humanity had rcbelled agai nst
God from the bcginning- bcfore
thc biblical Flood , and after the
Flood. From thc time of the Tow–
er of Ba be l, mcn had
organized
th emsel ves
into nat io ns , with
HUMA id eas of govern mcnt–
co
TRARY TO God's laws, and
G od's governmcnt over them.
They had choscn
other gods!
Thcir religions werc empty supe r–
stitions. And thcy were WAR-mak–
ing kingdoms! God had dcalt in no
unmistakable manner with ma n–
kind , ever sincc creation!
No PEOPLE, except a downtrod–
dcn SLAV
E
pcople in bondagc,
would have madc the CHOICE to say
to God, "AII t hat the Lord hath
said will we do, and be obedient."
Not only had this enlarged fami–
ly of lsraelites been suffering under
the lash of s lavery, but God had
DEMONSTR ATED tO them HIS
POWER- and
Hl
LOVE in Outgoing
concern for them- by delivcring
them from slavery by SPECTACU–
LAR MIRACLES!
By the miracles ·in PLAGUES upon
the Egyptians, God had frccd the
Israelí tes.
Human Nature at Work
And HUMAN NATURE? Yes, thcse
lsraelites were full of it!
WHY do world leaders, scienlists
and cducators even today rcject
The
PLAIN
TRUTH