We already knew that Earth and mankind would NOT have a happy ending. We know that this world is ruled by Satan and that a majority of its inhabitants knowingly or unknowingly serve him. We have been told that, at a time of God's choosing, Jesus will return to Earth to collect his flock and then destroy Satan and his followers.
Do not fight the evil that is upon us by disobeying the teachings of Jesus and engaging in sin yourself, such as doing harm to others. On the contrary and, in the face of such evil, make Jesus proud to call you one of his!
Remember, NOTHING you do will save this planet nor mankind. God and Jesus have already seen what happens in the end. They are not confined to time, as are we. They know what is going to happen and they told us what is going to happen. Be a good Christian and let the process play out. In the end, evil will be destroyed, Jesus will set up his permanent kingdom here on Earth and Jesus will proudly claim you as his true and faithful follower!
I am a Christian. Whether or not I am a good one will be determined at the end by someone far above my pay grade. That being said, I am also a soldier. I spent my entire adult life carrying a "sword" for my nation
and my God. I would nudge you in the direction of millennia of history of Christian soldiers fighting for the survival of other Christians and even non-Christian innocent human life. I intend to fight; to fight as I was trained and to fight to my last drop of blood. I plan to be a damned righteous thorn in the sides of all our enemies and I plan to tear down as much of their neo-black kingdom as my mortality allows. But . . . all of that is in the future, the very near future. I would also urge other capable Christians to do the same. God doesn't give people things he doesn't want them to have. He forged my mind into a living sword decades ago. By His will I shall use it until it breaks.
I understand. It is a struggle for me too. I believe in truth, fairness and righteousness. When I see blatant evil being done, particularly by authorities, it angers me greatly!
I am NOT a pacifist. I DO believe that there are times when it is morally acceptable (meaning, acceptable to God) to engage in violence.
For me, I suppose I would have to consider if I could justify my violence to Jesus. I believe such instances are likely few and far between.
I absolutely understand the point of your message in this thread and I agree with it. The thing is, each of us must embrace and endure our faith in very personal ways. Faith is a very long and arduous journey for each of us. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were attacked, whilst on vacation, by a cult of redneck deer skull worshippers. Sounds insane, I know—and believe me . . . it was as unsettling an experience as it gets. However, I've come to believe that particular experience was a nudge from above, a sort of message telling me I've become too complacent; too comfortable in our lives of sinful excess.
You see, up until last year I was still running missions in various shithole (forgive me) geographic locations for Uncle Sam. But since leaving the Army I have been living "the good life" so to speak, spending the advance for my first novel on all kinds of materialistic crap and out there convincing everyone how awesome I am. Meanwhile the skillset I had developed over decades atrophies and there are so many people out there suffering with so little. Perhaps I can make a difference again in some small way or perhaps not. Either way I have no choice but to try. Where God leads I will follow.