What does God think about the escalating Israel–Hezbollah conflict? Three theological options
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 24 September 2024
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Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon today as the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel. The day before, Israeli strikes killed more than 490 people in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah war. If Lebanon is not part of the Promised Land intended by God for Abraham’s descendants in Genesis, how then does God view the war? Today we discuss three theological options for war and a practical response.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, September the 24th, 2024, and this is the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.6 | Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon today as the Iran-backed group attacked military |
| 0:22.9 | facilities in northern Israel. The day before, Israeli strikes killed more than 490 people |
| 0:29.8 | in the deadliest barrage since the 2006-Israel-Hesbala war. After the Israeli military warned |
| 0:37.4 | residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate, |
| 0:40.9 | thousands fled in the largest exodus since the 2006 fighting. |
| 0:45.6 | Hezbollah responded by firing dozens of rockets toward Israel. The Iranian proxy vows to continue |
| 0:51.9 | its strikes until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel says it's committed |
| 0:57.2 | to stabilizing its northern border so the thousands of Israelis who evacuated since the conflict |
| 1:03.4 | began on October the 7th can return home. As I noted yesterday, referencing Genesis 12 |
| 1:09.3 | 1 through 9, Lebanon is not part of the promised |
| 1:12.8 | land intended by God for Abraham's descendants. |
| 1:15.6 | If the escalating conflict is not quote unquote biblical in this sense, how does God view it? |
| 1:23.4 | How should we? |
| 1:24.6 | Let's consider three theological options. |
| 1:28.1 | One approach is total pacivism, the position that war is never justified under any circumstance. |
| 1:34.9 | Passivists might adopt nonviolent means of opposition such as hunger strikes or public rallies, |
| 1:40.6 | but they refuse to take up arms against others. |
| 1:43.8 | Many cite Jesus' admonition in Matthew 5, verse 39. |
| 1:48.3 | Do not resist the one who is evil, but if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him |
| 1:53.5 | the other also. |
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