This article comes from a post as a Side Note in The Genesis Epic titled Giants in the Earth, Part v. CLICK to read this article in full.Â
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  Humanity, for thousands of years, has lived under the hand of the sword of take no prisoners, leave no one left to fight again. This was the age of the giants in the earth, and they fought with no mercy. I will add some references that show what the battle entailed. Even though these references refer to battles fought hundreds and hundreds of years later after the battles of the giants, it is still a vivid reminder of how conquered victims were treated throughout the world, not only in the East but all over the planet.Â
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (Isaiah 13:16)Â
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. (Hosea 13:16)Â
Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. (Nahum 3:10)Â
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: (Amos 1:13)Â
  It is here that the haters of God think that they have the right to criticize God by stating, Why does God allow this? They do not state, Why does man commit such atrocities? The heinous acts committed in war has always been beneath all moral reasoning. Why does God allow these acts? The answer is too ugly for mankind to deal with. God allows evil because the evil heart of mankind is so entrenched in evil that man refuses to acknowledge that it is his own heart that allows this evil. Evil doesn’t happen in a isolated environment, it affects all, even those we term as being ‘innocent.’ Humanity cannot deal with the sin that engulfs them, therefore, they pass the blame onto God, a God that they refuse to acknowledge even exists. The God of all truth allows humanity to wallow in their acts of sin to reveal that in every person born there is sin. All humanity has within themselves the DNA of sin. God desires that mankind would be honest within, and say, Yes, I am vile and filthy, and deserve nothing from a righteous and holy God.
  It is man who allows sin and atrocities. It is mankind who profits from war. It is mankind who begins wars. It is mankind who controls the war narrative through lies. Mankind needs wars so they can be as gods. It is mankind who has the problem — not God!
From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? (James 4:1) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (James 4:2)
  There are many kinds of lusts: sexual, material greed, fame, power, money and the list of lust is limitless. War comes because of sin, mankind refuses to acknowledge that he is a sinner and deserves the death of the curse that was passed down to all mankind by Adam. If God stepped in every time, and acted every time to prevent men from committing sinful acts against others, then mankind would never know the depths of sin. In all (everyone) there is either an excuse or an accusation. It is a natural thing for humanity to pass his responsibility onto others, and in this case, mankind loves to accuse God for not stopping mankind from sinning. Sometimes, I think God could be saying, You want sin more than you want the Savior that I gave to you, through my beloved Son Jesus Christ, to forgive you of all your sins — how’s that been working out for you? When the words, ‘The Devil made me do it,’ doesn’t work then mankind falls on these words, ‘It’s all God’s fault because He didn’t stop me, but it definitely wasn’t my fault’!Â
© Copyright 2018, Mary Haigh
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All Scripture references are from the King James Bible. (KJV)