2nd Kings 6: 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: would you smite those whom you hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
In our day, if Israel were to kindly treat their Hamas captives, by feeding them great food, treating their wounds, providing them with water, and medicines as they need, it’s quite possible, that like the Syrians in the days of Elisha, Hamas will come no more into the land of Israel.
That’s because the good seed of God’s kingdom, the peculiar way of resolving conflicts, the Royal way of treating one’s foes would have been employed, with the peculiar strategy of repaying evil with good used and thus, the inevitable results would surely follow, like clockwork.
[D.A. pp 435] Lucifer desired God's power, but not His character. He sought for himself the highest place, and every being who is actuated by his spirit will do the same. Thus alienation, discord, and strife will be inevitable. Dominion becomes the prize of the strongest. The kingdom of Satan is a kingdom of force; every individual regards every other as an obstacle in the way of his own advancement, or a steppingstone on which he himself may climb to a higher place.
James 3:14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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