Biblical lens

“The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.”

Shows biblical condemnation of promoting false worship and idolatry, analogous to supporting unjust war as a form of idolatry of power.

“Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in Yahweh’s house.”

Demonstrates removal of abominations, contrasting Lavrov's continuation of violent aggression.

“Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.””

Describes an evil generation that becomes worse, reflecting the moral danger of persisting in unjust conflict.

“For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.”

Warns that returning to defilement after having escaped makes the final state worse, similar to continuing war after peace could be seen as moral regression.