Which God is the Father of Jesus?

The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ does not send people to steal, kill and destroy.

Is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ behind the wars, massacres and genocide of the Jews in the Old Testament?  Certainly not!  God says “love your enemies;” he does not say annihilate them.  Jesus’ Father is merciful; and “he does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17).  As a matter of fact, “his mercy endures forever.” (Psalm 106:1).

Solomon says: “the path of the just is like the shining sun that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18).  Even so, the bible provides progressive revelations of the character of God.  However, in the person of Jesus, we finally have the true full expression.

Jesus says: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father… The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” (John 14:9-11). 

Prince of peace

The psalmist says: “Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.” (Psalm 144:1).  But this is contrary to the Lord revealed in Jesus.  Jesus insists citizens of the kingdom of God do not fight.  He says: “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews.” (John 18:36).  Children of God do not even resist evil people. (Matthew 5:39). 

God did not intend the Israelites to have an army or to stockpile weapons.  Israel’s king was forbidden from amassing horses; required in those days for going into battle. (Deuteronomy 17:16).  Moses told the Israelites initially: “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14).  But soon, they were the ones fighting for the Lord.  Nevertheless, the position of God remained constant: “I will destroy your horses from among you and demolish your chariots.”(Micah 5:10).

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.” (Zechariah 4:6).  Accordingly, God’s plan was to give the Promised Land to Israel without a fight.  He said: “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.” (Exodus 23:27-28).

But the Israelites preferred to be war-mongers like other nations.  Therefore, they pursued their own military agenda.  This meant fighting wars.  Judges says: “When they chose new gods, war came to the city gates.” (Judges 5:8).

Jewish fables

Paul said to Titus: “Pay no attention to Jewish myths.” (Titus 1:14).  Indeed, many biblical stories of Jewish conquests are fictitious.  Victims of Jewish genocide did not stay in the grave.  Moses allegedly exterminated the Midianites: “They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.”(Numbers 31:7).  But the Midianites later resurrected as rulers of the Israelites: “Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.” (Judges 6:1).

The Amalekites were “terminators;” destroyed again and again.  When Joshua overcame them, the Lord allegedly said to Moses: “I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” (Exodus 17:13-14).  However, every time they were “annihilated,” they would mysteriously later come back to life: “David and his men arrived back at Ziklag. The Amalekites had raided southern Judah and attacked Ziklag.” (1 Samuel 30:1).

Furthermore, the ruthless ethnic-cleansing of Canaan turned out to be no more than Jewish fables.  Wars said to have been successfully concluded under Joshua only started after his death. (Judges 1:1-2).  In most cases, the Israelites could not dislodge the original inhabitants of the land. (Judges 1:19-36).

Thieves and robbers

The prophets were against Jewish glorification of blood-letting.  Habakkuk declares woe on those “who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!” (Habakkuk 2:12).  Isaiah maintains: “The indignation of the LORD is against all nations, and his fury against all their armies.” (Isaiah 34:2).  It is the blind who lead the blind to war.  When the earth is finally full of the knowledge of God; Isaiah predicts: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4).