And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,Because the people have yet again sinned against the Lord, God sends a foreign army to punish the.
~ King James version ~
War is the result of unfettered desire.
~ possible Taoist alternative ~
Tao is not in the punishment business. We punish ourselves when we allow our unquenchable desires to direct the manner in which we live our lives.
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"...because they had transgressed against the Lord."
ReplyDeleteAlmost sounds like Karma, the corrupted, popular version of it anyways. Probably happens in every culture, to see things that way.
But I do find it funny, that the reason for war was that the Jews had sinned, rather than the Egyptians were power hungry and about to conquer their client state of Judea and or Israel for better control of the region and its wealth. Duh.
No, instead, it's "you sinners deserve this attack, so suck on it. Grovel and feel bad while I, the holy voice of god, guilt trip you into believing what I say is God's will. REPENT!"