ecc 3:
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
There is a season turn, turn, turn… There is a reason, turn, turn, turn…
We’re in that season. Our enemy knows it. And most of us don’t.
Which brings us to the ultimate mind numbing question. Does the bible justify murder? NO, the bible is justifying killing. You have to kill those who would murder you or others. You have to hate those who hate others. you hate to war with those who steal peace.
15 Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account.
16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,*
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.*
17 I thought in my heart,
“God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed.”
- we have been told not to judge others and not to bring justice to others. One of the KEY values of moral relativism is that we have no right to judge others. When we create a vacuum of justice and judgement only evil and wickedness can exist.
Would our government enjoy the freedoms we have without fighting for them? Our fore-fathers fought the british tooth and nail, because they judged the british system and decided they could produce something better. They sacrificed their lives for an ideal that hadn’t even been tried before. Rule by the people and for the people.
pacifism wouldn’t have won that war… nor the war to free the slaves, nor the war to free poland and france and england TWICE…
nor the current war.