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from http://www.salemthesoldier.us/pardue_interview.htm Subject: modern interpretation of the OT as conveying permission by God to war ===================================================================== America at War : An interview with Lt. Col. Tom Pardue Sr. (USA Ret.) URL: http://www.salemthesoldier.us/pardue_interview.htm Tom Pardue: The nature of the cultural institutions God has ordained is jurisdictional. Families, civil governments, churches, etc., govern within defined boundaries. None are permitted intervention in the jurisdictional sphere of the other, that is, civil government does not discipline church members for infractions of church rules, churches do not bear the sword against infractions of civil law and the covenant heads of families do not administer the sacraments, etc. We find no sanction in either Old or New Testaments for civil magistrates to cross into international jurisdictions to administer justice. We see an example of a civil magistrate entering an international jurisdiction in the case of Abram rescuing Lot, c.f. Gen. 14:14ff; the Israelites rescuing the Gibeonites with whom they had a covenantal relationship, c.f. Josh. 9:3ff, 10:6ff. We see Israel crossing tribal borders to bring criminals to justice, c.f. Judges 20:7ff. It is proper to logically deduce from the example of Scripture that international offensive military operations are appropriate only in a very narrow sense, to rescue filial and covenantal relations and to affect justice for citizens entrusted to the care of a civil magistrate. To make a contemporary application, it is proper for the US to conduct offensive military operations across international borders to rescue hostages and bring alleged criminals to justice. Offensive action against the jurisdiction protecting the alleged criminals is just as in the example of Israel above. It is important to note that Israelite offensive military action against the nations in Canaan is not normative. God's command to the Israelites to exterminate these nations was a judicial death sentence restricted to a specific time for specific offenses. God commanded the Israelites to conduct offensive military operations to punish the Canaanite nations, c.f. Gen. 15:16ff; Lev. 18:24ff. ...
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