Exodus 20 and following In His holy Law, which God decreed at Sinai, nowhere do you see God outlawing weapons in regards to the various crimes which He prohibited in His legislation. He always punishes the perpetrator. He never disarms the citizenry.

Exodus 22:2 In this verse, God declares that if someone breaks into your house at night and you kill him, you are not guilty of murder. This verse makes clear that you have a God-given right to defend yourself and to defend your family.

Just because we have a lock on our door or a gun in our closet does not mean we are trusting in them to protect us with the same trust with which we’re to trust the Lord.

Rather, we simply see the wisdom and prudence of having such things in order to be good stewards in protecting our belongings and our families.

The psalmist understood that there was no contradiction. The psalmist (David) who said in verse one of Psalm 144 "Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle" said in verse two of Psalm 144 "My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the one in whom I take refugee.

Barry from KY wrote:
Thank you so much watch, these statements are so true. Maybe, we are in this pickle BECAUSE the churches got overtly involved in politics and quit preaching the Word. Going out and hawking for any candidate or party IS NOT spreading the gospel message...

Around 1980, some American Christian churches began to move away from English "R" words like ruin, redemption, regeneration, repentance, return of Christ and give more attention to "R" words like Ronald Reagan, Rush, Religious Right, Republican Party.

Around the time that Ronald Reagan (and Rush Limbaugh) ascended into political prominence, I would say that the revival came to an end. Around the same time, use of the NASB Bible declined and use of the NIV expanded.

Despite expectations, Presidents Reagan, Bush and Bush did not bring in anything resembling a golden age of evangelical Christianity. President GWB even denied that Christianity was different from other religions (and oversaw a new constitution in Iraq that affirmed Islam rather than freedom of religion or separation of church and state).

Could Jesus ever atone for any other race besides the human race?

This is unlikely.

beloved wrote:
Read colossians 1:12-17...

If alien life beings have free will, then we can expect that they will sin (and need a Redeemer).

Contrary to science and reason, atheists have been known to assert that something (the universe) came from nothing. There seems to be a faith in magic even if the Master Magician is denied.

Spiritual forces do exist. Some are angels. Some are demons. Almighty God created both.

Almighty God created all things and will triumph over all rivals ultimately in His chosen time. We can't force God to show his hand or force God to show his cards.