nobody knew there was a true Holocaust that had been occuring until the allies started liberating the death camps..
the question to Paul was if he knew 6 million innocent persons were going to be murdered if the US didn’t do some thing about it would he try to help those people and he said he wouldn’t risk one American life to do so
“nobody knew there was a true Holocaust that had been occuring until the allies started liberating the death camps..”
They knew earlier than that:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0002_0_01610.html
No the question to Paul should have been ... do you believe God's children should start praying in true repentance for forgiveness by casting off their reliance on man to protect them and turning to the truth faith and reliance of their rag tag army of fore fathers who crossed the Jordan and defeated the adversary? That same rag tag army that defeated the adversary in 1967?
Paul has no problem going against an army to protect those he took an oath to protect. AND. He is only speaking the works of God when he refuses to enter or start a war in the name of a religious people in a land he is not taken an oath to or set over to protect. There will come a day when God, at the 2nd coming of Messiah, will call His children to stand with Him as He leads us to once again destroy the adversary and his followers. Think about it ... did the apostles go to war when one of them was persecuted? God forbid! They knew full well it was not their place to free that which God called for another purpose. And as the children of Israel have repeatedly relied on man when times got tough, it was ONLY during the times that they put their total trust and faith in YHVH that they gained freedom. It is the story of the crossing of the Jordan, it is the story of Hanakkah.
1Ma 2:21 God forbid that we should forsake the Law, and the ordinances: 22 We will not hearken to the kings words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left. 48 So they recovered the Law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hande of Kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph. 49 Now when the time drew neere, that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sonnes, Now hath pride & rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation: 50 Now therefore, my sonnes, be ye zealous for the Law, & give your lives for the covenant of your fathers. 51 Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their time, so shall ye receive great honour, & an everlasting name. 52 Was not Abraham found faithfull in tentation, and it was imputed unto him for righteousnesse? 53 Joseph in the time of his distresse kept the commandement, and was made Lord of Egypt. 54 Phineas our father in being zealous and feruent, obtained the couenant of an euerlasting priesthood. 55 Yeshua for fulfilling the word, was made a judge in Israel. 56 Caleb for bearing witnesse, before the congregation, receiued the heritage of the land. 57 David for being mercifull, possessed the throne of an euerlasting kingdome. 58 Elias for being zealous and fervent for the law, was taken up into heaven. 59 Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by believing were saved out of the flame 60 Daniel for his innocense was delivered from the mouth of Lyons. 61 And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome. 62 Feare not then the words of a sinfull man: for his glory shall bee dung and wormes. 63 To day he shall be lifted up, and to morrow hee shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing. 64 Wherefore you my sonnes be valiant, and shew your selves men in the behalfe of the law, for by it shall you obtaine glory.
Happy Hanakkah! May YHVH bless all those who place their trust in Him just as all those before them.