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Not weird. The God of Israel has patiently been giving the nation time to repent of its unbelief and disobedience. The hammer is eventually going to drop on the nation of Israel, and a remnant will repent, return and obey the God of Israel. You asked a retired pastor if he had ever read the...

God wants the unbelieving nation of Israel to turn back to him. He will use the awful power of other nations of the world to bring that to pass. He’s done it before; he’s doing it again, and for the last time. All of the unbelieving nations of the earth - including the nation of Israel - will...

I’m not. The reason that I’m not is because I believe that the God of Israel - the one, only, unique and true God - is working behind the scenes. I think you should consider the possibility / probability that God himself is allowing Iran to have them (if they do) for a reason. The world is...

The end of the present age doesn’t come about due to a nuclear war - a nuclear war which appears to be at some point (maybe soon, maybe not) certain to happen. It comes about with the return of the Messiah to reign on the earth from the throne of the Jewish monarchy / the throne of God in...

* The stiff-necked nation of Israel is, at some point, going to finally learn that lesson once and for all the hard way. So will all of the other nations of the world. *

@Riven. The nation of Israel has rejected Jesus. Unbelieving Israel has been gathered for the approaching time of Jacob’s trouble. They’re in deep trouble before accepting Jesus. Unbelieving Israel is doing what unbelieving Israel has always done - sought alliance with other nations of the...

Let’s consider for a moment what Tertullian didn’t write: The oftener we [mow down our enemies], the more in number we grow; the blood [on the hands] of Christians [which comes from killing our enemies] is seed. The church led by the Messiah doesn't grow from killing its enemies. A church that...

I know you didn’t. A rhetorical question: Are persons who don’t follow the Messiah’s teaching truly Christian then? Some are. I’m not. Does that surprise you? For political reasons. They’ll call for something else when they think it is to their advantage to do so. The teaching is for...

“The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.” (Tertullian, Apology, Chapter 50) Tertullian was writing in the 2nd century. If he were living in the 21st century he would not be an advocate for Christians killing their enemies. He longed to...

The earliest Christians didn’t behave toward their enemies like their enemies behaved toward them. The track record of Christianity in regard to inflicting violence on enemies since the early 4th century has been pretty abysmal, but there have been, and always will be, individual exceptions in...

@Big Boy Johnson would have no problem annihilating fellow Christians (as well as non-Cnristians) with nuclear weapons @Riven. By way of comparing and contrasting, I’m a primitive Christian. I would choose martyrdom over killing my enemies - Christian and / or non-Christian - regardless of what...

The story continues. Jesus didn’t advise them to buy swords to protect themselves. He advised them to buy swords - and two was enough - to fulfill a prophecy about him. When one of them (Peter) actually used a sword the Messiah chastised him for doing it. Returning to Paul, he didn’t advise the...

* It wasn’t me, but I love mustard. I’ve never tried eating a donut with mustard but my interest is piqued. *

You have. Did Paul advise the Romans to wage wars on the enemies (Christian and non-Christian) of Rome?

@Riven the kingdoms / nations of the world have not yet become the kingdom / nation of God. They will, but not until after Messiah Jesus returns. From your outsider perspective, do you think Christians should advise the nations to make war on their (Christian and / or non-Christian) enemies...

What did Jesus dream about? Scripture doesn’t provide us access to that information. We could offer suggestions but any suggestions we might make would only be speculation.

“Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your midst, from your countrymen, and to him shall you listen.” (Deuteronomy 18:15, LEB) ”And Yahweh said to me, ‘They are right in what they have said. I will raise up a prophet for them from among their countrymen like you, and I...