The same biblical instruction was given to both:

To the Jews of Israel and later to the followers of the

Jew who became the Christian Messiah.

Defend yourselves!  If your lives, your family, living

your faith, your safety in your country is attacked,

                      DEFEND YOURSELVES.

The same biblical instruction was given to both: To the Jews of Israel and later to the followers of the Jew who became the Christian Messiah. Defend yourselves!  If your lives, your family, living your faith, your safety in your country is attacked, DEFEND YOURSELVES. (This is a national, NOT a personal, call to arms, though the laws in most countries govern access to weapons and make varied allowances for self-defense.) 

How is this forgotten? What has happened in the 'modern age' that translated respect for the ‘other' to 'allow the ‘other’ to murder you and your family, your neighbors', to destroy your nation.... and maybe you will say "I forgive you, as you all fall dead"?> Where was that taught? This is not about 'things', it's about lives. This is not about kindness to your neighbor, helping them out, ignoring their failures, feeding the poor. This is about SURVIVAL. And if the MURDERERS are the survivors, then what kind of world will that be? 

Today, both the Jews and the Christians continue to be the first in the line of targets of groups of followers of a man known as the Prophet Muhammad. Many of our political and social leaders, their followers and just plain, normal people, prefer to believe that money and power are the primary basis for the wars and evil that surround us now. Not so! Ask many in Iran or ask some non-violent Muslim citizens and families who have managed to flee. Ask them this question: "What will happen to non-Muslims when the populace has been ordered to 'convert' or die?" Ask them if the strict laws of Islam will be enforced on everyone. Understand that there will be no 'neutral', non-committed people allowed to function – if they are allowed to live. Ask yourselves why so many are willing to be martyrs to the god of Islam. And ask these questions of the “nice, gentle, considerate followers of the Prophet Muhammad”. ALL will be forced to join one side or the other, submit or suffer death by execution. There will be no neutral option for you either. What? You don’t believe it? Perhaps you can find a few recent Iranian refugees to help you understand..

Still today, the Jews and Christians around the world, in company with non-religious modern leaders, are totally blind to this. They are failing utterly to defend their countries, their citizens and their way of life. They think they can negotiate or compromise with the 'nice' Muslim countries (maybe just not with the violent, murderous nations?). They are blinded, sometimes by money and gifts (note in fact: Qatar and the 'Presidential plane'!) and they seeing only what they want to see? Do they really believe it’s ONLY a leader or a violent few? Do they not see the thousands, even millions in the streets violently supporting them? Do the liberal Leftists and many compromisers on the Right think the past is of no import, just an ancient way of thinking? It is unbelievable to see how naive our leaders can be.. They believe what they would like to be true, not what is staring them in the face. Ask yourself, who is to be trusted? Pakistan who was helping Libya built a neutron bomb? Qatar, who has supported and even now continues to arm Hamas and has invested in (read: silenced!) politicians and the news media world-wide? Qatar, who cuts off relations with other countries who do business with Israel? Turkey whose leader denies Israel's right to exist and even now actively and materially supports Hamas and Hizbollah? The list of "helpful" friends in the West is not short.

The modern, nicer way of thinking is, 'accept everyone', 'believe the best of everyone’, even when they say and demonstrate otherwise: it’s just posturing, just words!(?); assuming that they are not evil won't get keep you safe. It won’t keep you, your families, and the next generation safe. Believe your eyes; see what they actually do, not just what they want you to see; be discerning. In daily life, you can just keep your distance and help keep them out of power. In public life, watch who you support and vote for... not just the TV smile, but their background, their record, who they take money from and how they are, what they say when they think no one is watching or listening. In your personal life, it may seem less threatening for now, but it’s getting late for your family and your country.

Know this: If you just assume everyone wants the best, being wrong just might get you dead: you, your spouse, your kids, your friends, your neighbors. Tell your leaders and demand they listen, otherwise it will come to this and it will no longer be national, it will be personal: 

"If there is an enemy, pick up your sword, and if you don't have one, buy one."
Luke - 22:36