Nothing could be clearer from the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles than that we must not take up arms to overthrow Caesar. Understanding these commandments will require you to make a complete turn-around in your thinking.

Violent revolution is always wrong, but getting out your musket and killing other Christians is even worse.

 

When you enroll in Samuel Adams Coaching, you'll study the Bible and find out that Jesus clearly taught that Christians should not overthrow even the most barbaric, violent, oppressive tyranny in history: the Roman Empire that imposed a military occupation of Israel.

 

Britain in 1776 was certainly more civilized and Christian than the Roman Empire, but Jesus and the Apostles firmly prohibited resisting even the pagan military occupation of Israel and attempting to overthrow Caesar by violent revolution.

 

And this was not for tactical reasons or considerations of prudence or the likelihood of success.

Violent revolution is contrary to Christian ethics even if it can succeed.

Followers of Christ don't kill their enemies.

They convert them. They pray for them.

They preach the Word of God,

     the Spirit bears witness to the Word,

     the hearts of the enemy are changed

     and they repent of socialism, fascism

     military occupation and totalitarianism.

When they repent, they resign their political office.

They end imperial conquest and confiscation.

They end their enslavement and conscription of others.

We preach; they repent.

That's the Christian goal, not blowing their brains out.

 

America would be a very different nation if we had obeyed our duties instead of killing for our “rights.”

• Why the American Revolution (1776) was unChristian
• Why Violent Revolution Against "The State" is unChristian

The failure to heed these commands has been disastrous, and has cost the lives of hundreds of millions of human beings -- in the 20th century alone.

The willingness of America's Founders to take up arms against a government they didn't like has led to their successors taking up arms against governments they don't like all around the world.

Example:

In 1953, the democratically-elected government of Iran told British and U.S. oil companies that they were going to have to pay more rent for the privilege of drilling for oil under the Iranian soil. The CIA and British intelligence fomented civil unrest and overthrew the government of Iran. The CIA hired gangsters and "anarchists" to stage violent anti-government protests, in which hundreds were killed. After the coup d'état, The U.S.-installed government then rounded up these protesters and tortured or executed them.

Fomenting violent revolution is un-Christian.

Then, following the revolution, the U.S. installed a dictator who was worse than the government overthrown by the CIA. After a quarter of century of loss of freedom and torturing of dissenters in Iran, the people of Iran overthrew the U.S. puppet regime and took U.S. diplomats hostage.

The U.S. government didn't like this, so the U.S. propped up an anti-Iranian regime in Iraq, led by a secular dictator named Saddam Hussein. The U.S. gave Saddam biological weapons of mass destruction. The Muslim government of Iran refused to use these weapons against Muslims in Iraq. Millions died in a decade-long war between Iran and the U.S.-backed Saddam Hussein regime.

The result of the unChristian American Revolution in 1776:  Global Revolution, War, Imperialism, CIA Overthrow, Foreign Policy debacles, Blowback.

The willingness of Americans to ignore the Bible and violently overthrow their government is the likely root for the continued practice by the U.S. of overthrowing governments around the world.