Civilization

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The topic of defense has been a hot issue in America. The threat of a nuclear holocaust has made the question a burning issue. How are we to go about defense? Do we need one? Should we even have a national defense? Many people have many approaches to the question. This study will examine Scriptures and see if there is a clear Biblical answer to the question: Does a nation have the right to defense?

Note: Creation Moments exists to provide Biblically sound materials to the Church in the area of Bible and science relationships. This Bible study may be reproduced for group use.

1. Romans 13:1-7 tells us that the authority of all governments is from God. According to verse 1, where does the government's authority come from? Is a distinction made between "just" and "unjust" governments? Was the Roman government a "just" or an "unjust" government?

Note: Creation Moments exists to provide Biblically sound materials to the Church in the area of Bible and science relationships. This Bible study may be reproduced for group use.

Is the society in which we live a shaper of our lives? Are we really just the products of our environments? Is it true, as we often hear, that since society molds us and makes us what we are, we should not be held responsible for what we do?

Just how does the modern geologist tell the age of a rock by simply looking at it? For that matter, where do all those millions of years come from and how can they be reconciled with Genesis? Until the 17^th century most people of Europe and Britain believed the biblical account of creation and a global Flood. They considered history as “static” but by the late 1600’s this began to change to “progressive history.” Both invention and discovery gave this impression. Genesis tells of mankind’s Fall from a noble beginning.