Matthew 10:34

[QuaestorRexRegis]

We can see a prophetic stance here, but why would Jesus say that he did not come to bring peace?

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Hello QPR

"We can see a prophetic stance here"

Well yes the message of the Messiah has caused division within families every time someone becomes a Christian there is trouble with other family members and they are parted as if cut away by a sword.

"but why would Jesus say that he did not come to bring peace?"

He knew the future, not long after his assertion there was great persecution by the Jewish authorities against the early Christians and father betrayed son and daughter betrayed mother. The Hebrews who accepted the Messiah where divided from their families who remained in the Jewish faith.

The peace that comes from the Messiah is not the peace that exists when war or turmoil is not happening it is a peace within that keeps us calm and in a state of peace in a violent hateful world.

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[Guest Warrior FC]

God's divides people/family members against one another on purpose!

If families were in constant peace with one another they would never be challenged to be changed into the likeness and image of Christ!

I give myself an "A" on this one!

[QuaestorRexRegis]

Warrior - A for almost...

Adstar - you are even closer (but it is QRR - not QPR - unless you know something that I do not... )

This was immediately followed by by a quote from Micah 7:6.  The purpose of Jesus to say this becomes a little clearer...try again.

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Sorry QRR doh I'm not the brightest spark on the planet

I went and read the Passage in Micah I read from 7:1-13 It could have been penned for today. It says to me trust no one not princes (Leaders) judges or brothers and sisters but look to YAHWEH for guidance. Then it said that after we are killed the lord will be a light to us and we will arise with him and see his righteousness it went on to say that "she who is my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is your God" My eyes will see her; now she will be trampled down like mire in the street. ( sounds like the Harlot of Babylon to me) the next part puzzled me it said  In the day when your walls are to be built, ( Is this referring to the desolation?) in that day the decree will go far and wide. In that day they shall come to you from Assyria and the fortified cities to the river from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. (Is this the 200 Million man army of the beast for the battle of Armageddon?) Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell in it, and for the fruit of their deeds. (who are they who made the land desolate from their deeds? is the land Israel?).

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