"Thank God for the Pesh Merga! And may our leaders be rewarded according to their deeds..."
They most certainly shall be rewarded for their deeds. This is not a punishment for Jews and Christians, those called by his name, his chosen people. It is a purging as God said we shall be refined. God is going to burn off the dross. It is a time for pushing believers off the fence, those with one foot in the world and the other in the Kingdom, he is pushing them to either one side or the other for all time. God has always used the ungodly for purging. And afterwards he deals most severely with them.
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, so that the man of God may be perfected, being fully furnished for every good work.
Considering that, perhaps this next is as relative today.
Isa 1:21 How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes. I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
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The same spirit that ruled over Hitler is headed our way.
Let those with ears to hear understand.