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Dear Christian Believers,
May God bless you and greetings in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
The major military conflict in Iraq has come
to a close and now the work begins to allow the Iraqis
to form a new government, free from the tyranny of its
previous reign. But what about WAR? When did WAR begin?
Why did it ever come about?
Revelation 12:7-9
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and
his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that
old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.
The first war took
place in heaven when Lucifer, God’s top angel decided
that he wanted to be God. God’s archangel Michael
and his angels fought against Lucifer and his angels and
Lucifer lost the battle, and was cast out of heaven and
down to the earth. WHY did this war occur? Because Lucifer
wanted to rule heaven and earth, He wanted to play GOD.
It says in Ezekiel 28 that iniquity was
found in Lucifer. The war with the devil will conclude
when Christ returns with his saints and subdues all principality
and power, when death shall be destroyed, along with the
devil and his kingdom. Man throughout the ages has had
the same problem as Lucifer, he wants to be God over his
life and the lives of others, and he desires the worship
of men. In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 God sets
the times of men, and in verse 8 it says...
"A time of love and a time of hate; a time
of war and a time of peace." Until the Prince
of Peace returns with his saints to finish war once and
for all, there will be "a time of war, and
a time of peace." There have been protests
against the war around our nation and other nations. Some
people refuse to believe war is ever necessary.
Romans 12:18 says...
IF it be possible, as much as lieth within you, live
peaceably with all men.
(Amplified Bible)
If possible as far as it depends on you, live peaceably
with every one.
God knows that there
will be times when peace is not possible. No loving honest
thinking person wants war, it is not the desire of God
nor peace loving people. BUT there is a reality in this
world, that must be faced and understood, and that is,
"There is EVIL in this world."
Webster’s defines evil as, “wicked; wickedness;
disastrous and ill omened; what is morally wrong; what
hinders the realization of good.” EVIL ...“is
everything that GOD isn’t." There
are some people that do not understand or refuse to believe
that there are truly evil people in this world whose only
goal is to serve their purposes. EVIL cannot be appeased.
In 1938 the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain
reached an agreement with Adolph Hitler called the Munch
Pact. Italy and France joined Britain in this
agreement. They tried to appease Hitter by letting him
have part of Czechoslovakia; in return Hitler would not
invade Europe. Needless to say while Chamberlain was confidently
proclaiming, "Peace in Our Time,"
Hitler was on his way to invading Poland and the war was
on. You cannot negotiate with Evil. Whenever
it is tried you lose, and you know it. To appease evil
only makes it stronger, and harder to deal with. Praise
God, that we don’t have to negotiate with evil for
"Greater is he that Is in you than he that
Is in the world." I’m very thankful
that the war in Iraq is fast coming to an end, and I pray
for the many families that have suffered the loss of their
loved ones, and I pray for the Iraqi people. The phrase
"war is hell" is as true as
when it was first spoken, nevertheless as long as there
is evil in this world there will be a time of war, and
a time of peace.
Love, John
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