War in Iraq Sanctioned by God?

madhatter85 · #1 07-06-2008, 02:37 PM

We read section 84 of the Doctrine and Covenants in Elder's Quarum today and something dawned on me.
D&C 84:

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95 Wo, I say again, unto that house, or that village or city that rejecteth you, or your words, or your testimony of me;
96 For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge them for their wickedness.

97 And plagues shall go forth, and they shall not be taken from the earth until I have completed my work, which shall be cut short in righteousness—

98 Until all shall know me, who remain, even from the least unto the greatest, and shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall see eye to eye

I know of a man who came home from his mission and went into the Army where he was placed in a mostly LDS platoon.

After Sadam was pulled out of his hole, the US siezed his houses; and in one of them, the platoon held a Sacrament meeting, and in that meeting they had realized it was the first time the priesthood authority was exercized there in thousands of years.

Even though I hate war, this was entirely orchestrated by the Lord for the furthering of missionary work. Because of us going over there and overthrowing the government, we are now going to be able to spread the gospel in places we never had a chance to.

This happened in the Book of Mormon when the Nephites went to battle against the Lamanites, and afterwards many of them were converted.

Also, those who accept the Gospel without being compelled to are better off than those who do.

While I don't like Bush, I believe that it was part of God's plan for Bush to further the Lord's work of going forth and spreading the gospel across the entire earth.

angellous_evangellous · #2 07-06-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by madhatter85

I believe that it was part of God's plan for Bush to further the Lord's work to go forth and spread the Gospel across the entire earth.

That's nuts.

But if it makes you feel better....

3.14 · #3 07-06-2008, 02:52 PM

god does not sanction stuff, people do

ps. although bush isn't exactly smart atleast hes sober enough to fake wmd threat instead of just saying: well god told me to

Starfish · #4 07-06-2008, 02:56 PM

Before we went into Iraq, we all debated on the right course of action. We talked about how the Nephites never attacked the Lamanites, but only fought in self-defence. Remember how we all waited with baited breath for Pres. Hinckley's talk in Gen. Conf. just after the invasion? His talk was very reassuring.
It's always good to hear of good outcomes. The story about a sacrament meeting in one of Saddam's houses is encouraging.

Btw, for what it's worth, I like Pres. Bush and truly believe he's a good man. So it hurts to hear the negativity. There was a talk in conference several years ago about speaking respectfully about our government officials, even though we disagreed with them. I stopped slamming Pres. Clinton after that.

I don't know if this war is the work of the Lord. I hope so. I hope it will result in the further spread and exposure to the Gospel to these people. Who would have thought the Iron Curtain was God's way in preparing the Communist countries for receiving the Gospel?

FFH · #5 07-06-2008, 03:05 PM

Click on link: "All things work together for good to them that love God"

madhatter85 · #6 07-06-2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Starfish

Before we went into Iraq, we all debated on the right course of action. We talked about how the Nephites never attacked the Lamanites, but only fought in self-defence. Remember how we all waited with baited breath for Pres. Hinckley's talk in Gen. Conf. just after the invasion? His talk was very reassuring.
It's always good to hear of good outcomes. The story about a sacrament meeting in one of Saddam's houses is encouraging.

Btw, for what it's worth, I like Pres. Bush and truly believe he's a good man. So it hurts to hear the negativity. There was a talk in conference several years ago about speaking respectfully about our government officials, even though we disagreed with them. I stopped slamming Pres. Clinton after that.

I don't know if this war is the work of the Lord. I hope so. I hope it will result in the further spread and exposure to the Gospel to these people. Who would have thought the Iron Curtain was God's way in preparing the Communist countries for receiving the Gospel?

I think you're entirely right about that, i never heard that speech but yes, we should be respectful of people in positions of power and government offices wiether we like them or not.

FFH · #7 07-06-2008, 05:20 PM

War is no good, but what has resulted from it is good, that being the freedom of religion and the liberation of so many Iraqis from an aweful dictator.

Men and women now enjoy freedoms that they normally could never dream of having.

Think of our armed forces as a giant police force, enforcing the laws of God, and affording so many the God given right to excercise their free agency.

imbobbbb · #8 07-08-2008, 07:56 PM

a mostly lds platoon?im not sure how that would happen since the army doesnt segregate based on religion.i guess if he was a member of a guard or reserve unit called to active duty from a mostly lds area it could work out that way.

madhatter85 · #9 07-08-2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by imbobbbb

a mostly lds platoon?im not sure how that would happen since the army doesnt segregate based on religion.i guess if he was a member of a guard or reserve unit called to active duty from a mostly lds area it could work out that way.

It was, they were mostly form Utah.