this does not exactly address your point, but there in no basis for violence in any form in the New Testament.
___"The Bible is One," you can't
make a radical break between the
two "testaments."
There was plenty of violence in the Bible and much of it "justified" by invoking God.
O think we should stop Islam-bashing and concentrate on defeating the actual jihadists.
The Bible is One," you can't make a radical break between the two "testaments."
You most certainly HAVE to my friend.
Heb 8:13
"In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away."
***There was plenty of violence in the Bible and much of it "justified" by invoking God.***
The Jews were given an earthly kingdom. It operated by earthly rules. Christ's Kingdom is heavenly or spiritual and operates by a very different set of rules.
***O think we should stop Islam-bashing***
The history of violence shows that it is not the jihadist but the very nature of Islam that is the problem.
OT...cases of wiping out the Ashmelik or Canaanites..etc... Was there a reason other than believing in a different god for the Isrealites to attack their cities? Would not human sacrifice be an adequate reason for God punishing these nations? What reason and was it justified for God to punish Isreal and Judah with invasion and slavery? Hmmmmm...