Jesus, Warrior King Subtitled: or Jesus is not a pacifist

odies such as Act Up and Queer Nation, as legitimate civil rights groups, should we
submit, and not resist?
The citizens of the United States may still succeed where the children of Israel failed. In
the passage below God was angry with His people and judged them as idolaters. God
had redeemed His people from the bondage of Egypt and they owed Him their lives as
free men. Rather than give God His due they neglected to uphold the laws of Jehovah,
but rather, as a wandering harlot gave her allegiance to other gods, walking in the
wicked statutes of corrupt rulers.
II Kings 17:7-8
7 and For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their
God, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before
the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
Let us examine Romans ch.13, which is one of the strongholds of Christian pacifist
teaching. Their perverse interpretation demands that we should give unlimited
submission to all governing authorities, regardless of the tyrannical and despotic policies
and laws they impose:
Romans 13:1-7
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of
God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they
that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be
afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake.