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C.M.H. said:
I mean other than when God would tell a group to go and kill them for His purpose.. IE: Jericho, Moses and the Israelites taking the promised land, ect..

Simply put, there are wars that continue because there is still sin. Thanks be to our sovereign God that He has decided in His holy counsel that He would enter the war against sin on behalf of His elected children. If He was not also merciful, He could have decided to judge sin and end our world immediately in the Garden. There would then have been no war, no common or temporal life in the world that we now know, and no hope for an eternal future of peace for anyone.

God is a Warrior:

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And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?" [Numbers 32:6,7]

This holy war was fought and finished by God's only Son with the proof of victory in His resurrection. The Christian's part in this war is no longer carnal but fought by Faith Alone with the Word of God Alone.

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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. [1 Corinthians 10:4-6, NKJV]

IMO, Wars in this sinful world will continue and may even multiply during the gathering of the elect until the return of Jesus and the final judgment. And yes, since men and nations will wax worse and worse, even Christian men are still being caught up in present and possible future carnal wars and dangerous battles with criminal minds.

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]