Psalm 18:38
38 I have wounded [machats] them that they were not able [yakol] to rise: [quwm] they are
fallen [naphal] under my feet. [regel] KJV-Interlinear
38 I
shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet. NASB
In all of Davids battles,
none of his enemies ever rose again to cause him grief during his life. He destroyed them so thoroughly that he had
peace during the latter portion of his reign.
His biggest problems of
course were not from foreign armies, but from family and political opposition.
However, there is an
important military principle in this verse as well as the prior and subsequent
verses.
Peace and freedom are
never accomplished by diplomatic talk, but are accomplished by victory on the
battle field.
Armies have won freedom
for their nations throughout history and Christ will win the greatest battle in
all of history at the Second Advent.
Christ died that we might
be free. Many soldiers have died
throughout the ages, so that many more citizens might be free. When evil raises its head, then some form of
justice is required in order to bring peace and resolution.
In crime it is the
criminal justice system that resolves and accomplishes justice. In war, it is victory that accomplishes peace. The best victory is of course the thorough
destruction of the enemy. That means it will
be a generation of more before evil will be able to raise its head, and that
means peace, and thus freedom, and opportunity for all citizens for a very long
time.
When evil is finally and completely
defeated at the end of the Millennium, then we will have peace forever.
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