{"id":1221,"date":"2006-08-03T04:37:30","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T04:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/08\/paul-and-war.html"},"modified":"2006-08-03T04:37:30","modified_gmt":"2006-08-03T04:37:30","slug":"paul-and-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/08\/paul-and-war.html","title":{"rendered":"Paul and War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had the Apostle Paul lived to see the war of Rome with Israel in 66-73 AD, what would he have done? Here are some considerations:
\nI ask this consideration: Paul was not a soldier, but let’s put him either in that position or in the position, which is far more likely, to have been advising new Roman citizen Christians or Christians living in the Land of Israel.
\n1. Would he have fought on Rome’s side against Israel? (Citizenship duty.)
\n2. Would he have fought on Israel’s side against Rome? (Faith over citizenship.)
\n3. Would he have chosen not to fight because he was torn between two nations? (Pragmatics.)
\n4. Would he have chosen not to fight because he thought Christians should be concerned with the kingdom of God and the preaching and living out of the gospel? (Some kind of Christian pacifism.)
\nWhat do you think? And give a brief reason. This could be enlightening, and don’t be afraid to say what you think. We can’t be right or wrong about Paul in this specific question; we can only guess. But we guess with what we think Paul teaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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