To Teach Them War (11): Knowing War’s Origin: In God’s Declaration of War

Brian Huizinga·2016-10-01

This article, part of a series on teaching spiritual warfare, grounds Christian understanding of conflict in God's covenantal history rather than merely national military history. Huizinga traces the origin of war to Satan's rebellion against God and humanity's fall into sin, arguing that youth must be educated in both secular and covenantal military history to properly comprehend the spiritual dimensions of conflict.

Previous article in this series: June 2016, p. 407. Whereas the Imperial Government of Japan has committed unprovoked acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Imperial Government of Japan, which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared, and the...

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