Offering Violence to Heaven

Tyranny, War, and the American Revolution

A lesson on a Christian view of government, resistance to tyranny, freedom, war, and the American War of Independence.

Moses and Elijah

"Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction." (Malachi 4:4–6)

David's Census

"But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.'" (2 Samuel 24:10)

David's Mighty Men

"These are the names of the mighty men whom David had..." (2 Samuel 23:8a)

Offering Violence to Heaven

A summary of the chapter about offering violence to heaven, in Thomas Watson's book, "Taking Heaven by Storm".