Originally Posted By: Orneryolfart357There are a couple ways of looking at this. If one kills Coyotes, and doesent eat them, is he wrong? "They most likely taste nasty" but on the other hand, are we justified by killing them because they kill the food we like. I think that this is where a hunter has to decide on his own. Good post.
David was qualified to take Goliath down in part because he'd successfully defended his flock against lions and bears.
But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God." Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!"
(1 Samuel 17:34-37 NKJV)
And the elders of Acts 20 are charged with the protection of the flock against "savage wolves among the flock".
Therefore, I don't see an issue with defending your "flock".
Don't overlook the fact, though, that killing and hunting occur AFTER The Fall. Therefore, I don't anticipate hunting coyotes in Heaven.