God destroyed Soddom and Gamorrah. Does that count? Then there’s always Noah and the flood. How about that? Or what about in the Old Testament where God commanded Moses and the children of Israel to destroy the inhabitants of the Promised Land? Or when Israel became wicked and the Lord allowed Israel to be conquered and scattered? Is that not biblical precedent?
Then there’s always Noah and the flood....
.....Is that not biblical precedent?
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Did we forget God’s “bow in the sky” promise ?????
If you'd bothered to follow the thread up a little further you would have noted the post was addressing something a little different - the portrat of Jesus in the BOM as a bringer of destruction, versus the Jesus of the NT forgiving His murders - significant difference. Secondly, the destruction of those cities/civilizations in the OT were not linked to the arrival of Jesus to preach to his so-called "other sheep". They were separate judgements. 3 Nephi Jesus takes credit for the destruction upon his arrival. Kills thousands upon thousands, then almost immediately breaks into the clone of the sermon on the mount.
Just because there may be a precident, that precident must remain true to the character of Jesus shown to mankind at that time. The biblical Jesus came to seek and save, the bom Jesus came to zot and kill.