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So that's what he meant when he said
Matthew 10:34-36
or when he said:
Matthew 12:30
So tolerant and loving! 😍
Look at Matthew 26 (specifically 52) where Jesus stopped Peter from defending him with his sword. Jesus is opposed to violence, full stop.
The sword Jesus spoke of in Matthew 10 wasn't a literal sword. He's saying he's here to disrupt the status quo. Following him requires being at odds with the status quo (Jewish law), which is likely to result in being excluded from families and whatnot. He certainly doesn't condone violence, but he does acknowledge that this is a fork in the road and people need to pick sides, because they can't do both.
This similar idea is conveyed in Matthew 6:24 (replace "money" with anything else that stands between you and following God):
Or Matthew 5:29:
I also don't think he means you need to preemptively abandon your family, just that if you have to choose, choose God.
The same idea is true in secular ideology as well. If your family are Nazis, it's better to leave them than become a Nazi.
It's so weird how Trump and Jesus fans always need to explain what the words their admiration spoke actually meant. He maybe the evangelicals had it right all along and Donnie is the second coming!
Maybe. But I wouldn't know because I never voted for that idiot and I think evangelicals are almost always wrong.
All I did here was read the larger context. Jesus was known for relying heavily on symbolism, so if something doesn't fit the rest of the message, it means I'm likely missing something important in the symbolism. That's why I provided additional examples to show my thought process.
If Jesus wanted to start a literal war, why didn't his disciples gather an army? Because they understood his meaning.
They said they believe Jesus taught tolerance. They didn't say it's the ultimate fact just that they believe it. Of course you can find anything in the Bible. You can interpret the text in a hundred ways. There's no one true interpretation. You can just choose one to believe in that makes sense to you (or decide non of it is for you). I think sugar_in_your_tea has chosen a very positive interpretation.
Btw I love your user name!
Oh come on, I can see from a mile away that's it's a metaphor
How can you tell the difference between what should be interpreted as literal vs a metaphor?
Because 35-36 explains the metaphor in 34
Sure like everything that is uncomfortable. Rest is literal. How convenient.
Now you're putting words in my mouth. You're arguing against the wrong person dude, chill
i fucked god's asshole
Based tbh