Understanding The War Summary

The Art of Righteous Warfare

War is a terrible thing and not something to honor and seek; however, whether they want it or not, all believers are involved in the battle of evil against good.

In the battle of good and evil, it is a simple matter to state that what is good are those things that help and benefit life and what is evil are those things that harm and destroy life. This includes the Kingdom of Heaven (good) and the Kingdom of Darkness (evil). In most cases, it is very easy to distinguish between good and evil in a battle. The evil side is the one who has attacked and the good side is the one on the defense. This is because the good side will do things righteously and fairly which should result in no fighting. The evil side will be unjust and try to take what is not his and thus attacks to steal and snatch away.

Life and Death Struggle

Believers have a choice to fight or not, but it is literally a battle of life and death where winning the battle means people know the Eternal and have eternal life, encourage righteousness, and sometimes knocking down the strongholds of evil.

Kingdoms and Castles

The Kingdom of Heaven and Light help life and if all were righteous there would be no war; however, the Kingdom of Death and Darkness harms life and attacks with all forms of evil from which good must defend itself.

Strategy and Tactics

When you mix the warrior caste with the religious caste together, you end up with a strategy planning spiritual warfare but with physical actions in the tactics.

Weapons and Warfare

The enemy had used lies, pride, and the lusts of the flesh to cause unrighteousness to flourish and hide what harms life while Heaven uses truth, humbleness, and obedience to encourage life.

Righteous Warriors

Only the Kingdom of heaven is capable of producing a Righteous Warrior, a high calling with high standards of justice, fairness mercy, purity, and love whose path is defending selves, families, brethren, and the Kingdom from attacks because salvation of people is more important than personal comfort.

Unrighteous Warriors

The enemy is an unjust liar and a thief who takes what is not his through the methods of deception, destruction, disease, and death as well as making entertainment and pleasure of evil while disregarding any collateral damage.

Personal Battles Testimony

The unrighteous actions before believing caused pain which leads to repentance; afterward, the king chooses which battlefield you will fight in: for myself, the creation and evolution debate and the veracity and truth of Scripture.