Peace or war?

Finding New Testament links while studying Genesis 3, I ran into Romans 16:20.

"The God of peace will crush Satan under you feet shortly."

How could a God of peace, crush anyone? It doesn't make sense to the peace-nik, Yoder-reading crowd. But for the faithful, wars do not cease until our death, until the seed of the woman crushes the serpent's seed (Rev 19:19-21). Until then, it's war (Rev 12:13-17).

Of course, not a war in the modern militaristic sense, with worldly weapons (Eph 6:12), but a war with enemies, weapons, strategems, destruction nonetheless.

I'll leave for another time, discussion of the state and force in this spiritual war - tricky business, but a navigable discussion.

Onward Christian soldiers!