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by Bill Kochman

07-02-2020

For their nation they all fought,
Just like countless wars before,
Blood flowed thick in the fields,
So much pain one could not ignore.

Many weren't much older than boys,
You could almost smell their fear,
As the enemy began their charge,
A boy asked "What am I doing here?"

That young man had been a farmer,
He'd only known the ways of peace,
No quarrel he had with the enemy,
He wished the violence would cease.

Government claimed to know better,
So those boys marched thru the mud,
As the bullets made many men fall,
The earth sucked up their blood.

At last the war was finally over,
A great victory had been achieved,
The nation celebrated with parades,
While parents at home just grieved.

Their child would never celebrate,
He too had fallen on that sad day,
For a cause he did not understand,
With his life he was forced to pay.

So often this same story is repeated,
Government always finds a new fight,
When a nation is constantly at war,
Clearly something is just not right.

Rather blessed are the peacemakers,
This is what our Lord clearly said,
If we choose to take up the sword,
By that weapon we may end up dead.

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Bible Study Resources:

"And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus [meaning the Apostle Peter] stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?"


"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth . . . Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God . . . But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."


"Peacemakers or Warmongers" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse058.html

Article: "Who is the Real Terrorist?":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/terrorst.html

Article: "Killing and the Phinehas Priesthood":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/killphn1.html

Article: "Saddam Hussein's Execution and the Euro Dollar War":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/eurowar1.html

Article: "Capture of Saddam Hussein and the New Babylon":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/saddam-1.html

Article: "Killing, Murder and Military Duty":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/killmrd1.html

"Wicked Heart" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse075.html

"Religion of Peace" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse166.html

"Peace With God Through Christ" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse083.html

"God of Peace" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse336.html

"Fear and Peace" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse018.html

"Perfect and Complete in God's Love" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse478.html

"No Peace for the Sea of the Wicked" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse104.html

"No Peaceful Coexistence Between Believers and Nonbelievers" KJV Bible Verse List:

https://www.bbb-bible.com/VerseLists/verse361.html

Article: "God of Peace, God of War":

https://www.bbb-bible.com/Articles/God-of-Peace-God-of-War-1.html

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