Good men need to kill evil men.
Discussion
What about thou shall not kill?
1. Thou Shalt Not Murder*
2. Civil Magistrates have different rules and are actually required to kill in certain cases, for example carrying out capital punishment and war.
And what if they are corrupt and serving Satan rather than God?
Why should civil magistrates have different rules?
I also don't see anything in the new testament approximating "seek and destroy."
Defending yourself and your loved ones? Yup.
So, I'm curious as to where this distinction you state comes from.
The entire Bible is Christian, not just the New Testament.
Disagree
Christianity is about Christ, not Yahweh
Jesus is God, too. So...
It is both/and.
🔴 Jesus was a servant of God ⚠️
{ The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.} (Acts 3:13). 📚
⭕ The Bible Denies the Divinity of Jesus
Yeah... No.
I'm not even sure where to begin with the amount of wrong in that statement.
That's basically ignoring everything else said about Jesus in both the old and new testaments.
You can also serve yourself, so, I don't see why this isn't an "and He is a servant" case.
Sure.
But I still don't see anything in the majority of the Bible that equates to "magistrates have special powers."
I'm not saying this to be snarky. If it does exist, I'd like to know where in the text and the context of it in order to learn where you get this idea and conclusion.
َGod has no sons
🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚
God calls many His sons.
If you're Muslim, I'm not equipped at this time with enough apologetical knowledge to rebut you other than by stating the fact that Mohammed received the Koran from a demon masquerading as Gabriel, and if you don't understand that, you and I aren't going to be able to agree on anything and I'll just stick to the truth.
Killing is easy. Conquering without killing is what Jesus did, which is much more heroic.
Jesus directed the conquests of Canaan via Joshua after the Exodus. There was much heroism there.
He also gives authority ("the sword") to the civil magistrate to execute justice by being a terror to evildoers. This includes putting the evildoer to death.
You are right that Jesus didnt conquer sin through the bloodshed of others, but rather shed his own blood. Yet he is the ultimate Judge and arbiter of justice and he often uses human agents (civil authorities) to carry out His justice.
I digress! Live a good life & let karma do its work. The Universe has its own way of dealing with evil men.
Every man is good in their own estimation.