Faith and Politics

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Originally Posted by Disciple

It is clear in the OT that not everyone in Israel was required to be in the Army. It is also clear in Ephesians, that the Church is to be the Army of God.

I also have to protest the implications of this statement.

The reason is that Christians often lose sight of who their enemy is. This analogy has been used often in church history to justify a myriad of atrocities. The Apostle Paul clarified this in another verse by saying that, "we wrestle not with flesh and blood."

Yes, we are an army, even the army of God, but no, we don't fight with anyone that we can see!

Our fight is with the unseen. We "fight the good fight," not in the courtrooms nor with guns nor with political back-stabbing, but through prayer. We need to know who our enemy is. Our enemy is not our brother.