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To: lilyramone

God will pour out His wrath on those who trouble us:

2Th 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

It’s really not our job to do so, except in self-defense, or in a church discipline context.

Here’s an interesting passage too:
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

These are souls under the very altar of heaven, pleading with God to pour out his wrath on those who killed them. No love, no forgiveness, just a plea for vengeance. And God doesn’t rebuke them in any way, but instead gives them white robes.


14 posted on 06/18/2014 1:25:17 PM PDT by afsnco
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To: afsnco

so no wars ever? and the American Revolution was sin, right?


21 posted on 06/18/2014 4:18:52 PM PDT by roofgoat
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