Lord Jesus and War
Living by the sword typically means dying by the sword, Jesus said. Jesus seems to give full credence to the Book of Enoch as holy writ. His views on this are clear in several records of his sayings in the sacred gospel books. The Holy Spirit who is given in Jesus’ name, bringing things from Jesus to his disciples today, speaks words so closely aligned with sayings unique to the Book of Enoch that this verifies the upholding of the book as holy scripture. This figures, in that it is in this book where we find the same attitudes and moral viewpoint about key matters as are found in the views of Jesus Christ. One key matter is on warfare. Here we find how the Book of Enoch attributes the introduction of warfare to the human race as a dastardly deed of angels who were judged heavily by God for doing this. Enoch taught his son, as something to teach all humans, that judgments by God on humans in future necessitate a turning away from violence. Jesus shows this same moral leaning in how he educated his disciples to put away their swords, lest they die by the sword. He did not forbid them taking up the sword in times of grave danger, or using it, but as soon as possible they should put it down again. The Book of Enoch foretells a time when as a whole the disciples of righteousness would put down a mighty sword given to them. This shows that though God does arm the righteous, His righteousness entails as soon as is practical putting down such armaments, much preferring instead to embrace peaceful ways of living, as much as possible.
