“However, if they refuse to make peace with you but prefer to make war against you, you are to put it under siege.  When Adonai your God hands it over to you, you are to put every male to the sword.”-Deuteronomy 20:12-13 In my last post, I discussed how the army of Israel is to […]

“When you advance on a town to attack it, first offer it terms for peace.  If it accepts the terms for peace and opens its gates to you, then all the people there are to be put to forced labor and work for you.”-Deuteronomy 20:10-11 When the invading Hebrew army advances into a Canaanite town, […]

Have you ever had a golden opportunity come your way? I’m talking about an incredible chance to do something important, worthwhile and lasting that practically just landed right in your lap. Yet because of the risk and discomfort this situation represented, you hesitated and let this golden chance just slip right out of your hands. At the […]

Let me start off today by asking you a question. In my last post, when I was discussing the proper context within which Yeshua said “Love your enemies”, did you notice he was referring to “your” enemies and NOT God’s enemies? That’s an important point a lot of people overlook. There’s a HUGE difference between “your” […]

I need to address a question that inevitably comes up during a discussion of Holy War protocol as outlined in God’s Torah. Recall a while back when I was discussing the Torah principle of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”, I mentioned that the application of this principle was meant to be […]