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In the Old Testament, you have an abundance of Scripture that demonstrates how God empowered and blessed in Israel in the context of her military exploits. Genesis 14 has Abraham taking 318 men against the combined forces of four hostile kings. He's able to defeat them and is blessed for his actions. The conquest of the Promised Land has Israel accomplishing some amazing military victories. So much so that even those that were not in Israel's crosshairs felt obligated to attack her just because they were that intimidated (see Numbers 31 [Midian wasn't too be harassed, yet Midian sought to destroy Israel and God worked through Israel in a way that resulted in a crushing defeat for the Midianites]). Joshua 12 lists all of the defeated kings that Israel destroyed in the context of military force. Judges 3:1-2 shows how God allowed some nations to endure in order to teach the skill of warfare to Israel.
In the New Testament, Jesus admonished His disciples to get a sword and if they don't have one, to go buy one. Some will insist that this is figurative and that the sword being referred to is the Sword of the Spirit (aka the Word of God). But that doesn't make sense in light of the fact that if Jesus was referring to Scripture rather than an actual weapon, then He's telling the disciples to go buy a Bible which doesn't make sense. In addition, the role of Christ in the New Testament was not military in nature. Just like He didn't get married because He wasn't here to start a family, He didn't fight with traditional weapons because He wasn't here to lead a revolution. He was here to defeat the power of sin which meant a different approach. But the same God Who hung on the cross is the same God that inspired and empowered the armies of Israel in the Old Testament. It is the same God Who David refers to in Psalm 18:34 where He says that it is God Who trains his hands for battle.
So the use of force is common in Scripture, but it is to always be done under the heading of being obedient to God. What defines military action as being either noble or ruthless is the motive behind it. Provided you're taking your cue from Christ and you're laboring to defeat evil, you're doing a good thing.
What else can I help you with?
Why do catholics use scripture and tradition?
Many Catholic beliefs and practices are not found in scripture so to justify these they put tradition before the scriptures
What does the scripture say about the prince of the air?
The scripture refers to the prince of the air as a powerful evil force that influences the world.
What defense is most often used by law enforcement agents to justify the use of force in making an arrest?
The most common reason for the use of force by law enforcement is that the arrestee resisted arrest - which in 95% of all cases is also true.
What is the purpose of the midrash?
The purpose of Midrash is to teach about the Scripture and how to use the Scripture
When you justify a paragraph is each line of a block of text equal distance from the left and right margins?
In typesetting justify is used in connection with left, right and force. In a left justified paragraph each line of text is aligned on the left margin. Right justify has text aligned along the right margin. Force justify creates a paragraph aligned on both the left and right margins.
How do you use the word coercive in a sentence?
Neither on their own is enough to justify coercive military force. The early railroads often used coercive efforts to get the land they needed.
Could you use a sentence with the word scripture?
Since no scripture verse was brought forward, we cannot say that he meant scripture
How can you use the word justify in a sentence?
Example sentence - We simply could not justify his actions regardless of his excuses.
What scripture does buddist use?
the 5 precepts
What did the south use to justify their secession?
State's rights
Which law is known as real law of motion Justify your answer?
first law of motion because it defines the term force
Experimenters can justify the use of deception because?
there is informed consent
