Ancient Israel Fought Wars-Why Don't We?

1. GOD'S PEOPLE ALL BELONGED TO ONE NATION

In the past, Jehovah gathered his people into one nation-Israel.  He called the Israelites his "special property out of all peoples." (Exodus 19:5)  God also assigned them a defined territory. So when God commanded the Israelites to go to war against other nations, they were not fighting or killing their fellow worshippers." 

Today, true worshippers are from "all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues." (Revelation 7:9)  If God's people  were to participate in war, they could fighting against - and even killing -their fellow worshippers.

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