of nations in war, including some innocent citizens, see Joshua 6:21; of churches, see Revelation 3:16. Was everyone in Hitler’s Germany deserving of the destruction that the Allies necessarily wrought on that nation? Do all the people of any nation that goes to war against another support the war? Do all the soldiers even support it? Many who had nothing to do with starting or pursuing a war may die in it nonetheless, and many who do not endorse a group’s evils may suffer its judgment. Conversely,
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