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<\/a>It seems we always think of God promoting peace on earth and good will toward others.\u00a0 Yet there are clearly times when God sent his people into battle with instructions to kill the enemy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For example, God instructed his people to kill the inhabitants in the promised land during the time of Joshua.<\/span><\/p>\r\n And there is the story of Saul, who disobeyed God by failing to kill every person in the city of Amalek.\u00a0 God said he was sorry he made Saul the king in the first place because he did not follow through on these instructions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Ecclesiastes<\/em>, chapter 3 says <\/span>“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven… a time to love,\u00a0 <\/span>and a time to hate;\u00a0 <\/span>a time for war, <\/span><\/strong>and a time for peace.”<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n We live in an imperfect world.\u00a0 But in all cases, follow God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n It seems we always think of God promoting peace on earth and good will toward others. Yet there are clearly times when God sent his people into battle with instructions to kill the enemy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[123,85],"tags":[1202,1200,1030,1201,1199,735],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"