börje on Nostr: If Jesus truly is God, not separate from God, like the Church have always claimed ...

If Jesus truly is God, not separate from God, like the Church have always claimed through the doctrine of the trinity, his moral character must be consistent across time. The same God who commanded war in the Old Testament cannot suddenly declare all warfare inherently evil without violating His own nature. That would render God internally contradictory.

Thus, it makes much more sense to interpret the peace oriented teachings of Jesus to be directed to individuals rather than the collective/organisations. His message is about peace among individual human beings, not about political pacifism.

This is precisely how Augustine framed it in the just war tradition. Ultimately an approach to warfare which forms the ethical framework in all of modern warfare.