Wanna know the big mistake a lot of Christian commentators and scholars make when it comes to Holy War as defined in the Scriptures? Specifically, I’m talking about the Law of Herem (the ban) that says ALL spoils of war including women, children, and babies are to be utterly destroyed unto God. The problem is […]

“Now go and attack ‘Amalek, and completely destroy everything they have. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, children and babies, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”-1 Samuel 15:3 Following on the heels of yesterday’s discussion concerning Holy War, I explained that according to the principle of HEREM (the ban), all the spoils of […]

“Here is what Adonai-Tzva’ot says: ‘I remember what ‘Amalek did to Israel, how they fought against Isra’el when they were coming up from Egypt.  Now go and attack ‘Amalek, and completely destroy everything they have. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, children and babies, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”-1 Samuel 15:2-3 I […]

“Here is what Adonai-Tzva’ot says: ‘I remember what ‘Amalek did to Israel, how they fought against Israel when they were coming up from Egypt.  Now go and attack ‘Amalek, and completely destroy everything they have. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, children and babies, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”-1 Samuel 15:2-3 If […]

There’s one Scriptural principle that should be abundantly clear to you by now. Ethnically speaking, God is NOT a racist. But spiritually speaking, He IS a big-time racist. For example, from a strictly earthly or ethnic perspective, in Samuel and Saul’s day, the Amalekites were simply viewed as the close physical descendants of Esau. This […]