"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." (Prov. 14:34).
"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil." (Prov. 16:6).
Does God want Spartans in order to conquer the world for Him? Does He need the Supermen and Superwomen of comic books? Did He ever need them? No. Never.
Abraham, in Genesis 15:1, fearing repercussions for vanquishing the abductors of his beloved nephew; Gideon, in Judges 6, repeatedly forcing the Lord to prove that He would help against a vast enemy nation; Moses, in Exodus 3, doing the same thing; Joshua and Jeremiah in trepidation at the mission divinely devolved upon them; all of the Lord's servants were weak of natural courage, but dependant and gentle. Listen to David, the warrior:
"In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war." (Psalm 120).
It doesn't take a theologian or a psychologist to know how David thought. He probably is referring to his cabinet, and specifically to his department of defense chief of staff, Joab.
The following may seem a lengthy copy/paste but it provides an obvious contrast between David and the general of his army.
"And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace....
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner;
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread." (2sam. 3:17-21,24-29).
"But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in Thee." (Psa. 55:23).
David knew Jesus as Father and Lord. And Jesus knew David, His son and servant. Thus later He would put forth the riddle.
"And He said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,
Till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.
David therefore calleth Him Lord, how is He then his son?" (Luke 20:40-44).
With this context and biblical theology, we can know that neither God, nor His Son, are warmongers. Their Spirit in them is full of righteousness. "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." (Jas. 3:17). They desire peace when others cry for war. Just one more example.
"Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us....
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee." (Matt. 15:21-29).
Jesus walked 50 miles out of His way to destroy the work of the devil. He was about to deliver both daughter and mother, making them both whole, and bringing redemption to them.
But when He heard the mother's prayer of faith, Satan moved upon the disciples to interpose in order to keep his hold on the daughter and mother. In place of the Saviour's mercy, Christ's closest followers treated the supplicating Gentile without the least sympathy.
We serve a God of love. He is the only true God. All other gods are warmongering fakes. They may have the appearance of holiness. But they are unholy frauds, even the Queen of heaven, Mother of the Trinity god. In them is no love and righteousness.
Redemption to the reconciled, only true God, whose Spirit enters "every one that is of the truth" (John 19:37) for evidence that their redeemed soul is accepted in the Beloved, makes the new creature temperant and tolerant.
No human philosopy, no education however lengthy and broad, no matter how classical, the curriculum can never restore the fullness of the human being that has been lost since the fall in Eden.
Now read the close comparison of the evil, warmongering Nazis to the Spartans. The parallels are astounding.
https://www.academia.edu/4761037/To_what_extent_was_Hitlers_rule_of_Nazi_Germany_similar_to_life_in_Sparta
Then, as long as you can endure the gross wickedness, watch the video below, and see how paganism in the form of nature worship, promiscuity and moral lawlessness, atheistic human philosopy, wistful dreams of an unrealistic national past, and patriotism and national arrogance which are all adversarial to the everlasting kingdom of God, coalesced to produce a satanic power that possessed Hitler's and Himmler's totalitariam civilization to control every aspect of human experience and being. Also see how it, all together, convinced a sophisticated society, and a modern, constitutional government to commit themselves to acting out ghostly murders not only on a national scale, or even on an international scale, but both of those with a millennial/biblical(?) purpose.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7KoFYbFJjc&list=PLjAjReZfD-8mxDmFI_goeKkn-BmVcNwY5&index=6
"Our hearts are evil, and we cannot change them. 'Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.' 'The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.' Job 14:4; Romans 8:7. Education, culture, the exercise of the will, human effort, all have their proper sphere, but here they are powerless. They may produce an outward correctness of behavior, but they cannot change the heart; they cannot purify the springs of life. There must be a power working from within, a new life from above, before men can be changed from sin to holiness. That power is Christ. His grace alone can quicken the lifeless faculties of the soul, and attract it to God, to holiness." Steps to Christ, p. 18.
Nothing but the Spirit of the Lamb can redeem the soul. Every other spirit will only pollute that precious gift and drive it to atrocious acts of violent barbarity for imperialism.
Whenever our Creator and Redeemer has been ignored and excluded from human affairs, His Law blotted from the human conscience, and His Spirit cut off from the human spirit and heart, then any civilization, any nation, any denomination, will most assuredly be wooed by Satan's hosts.
Is the history of Protestant Germany being repeated by Protestant America? Today's Protestantism does explain why Ellen White, the prophet to the nations, called it "apostate Protestantism".