Jesus in His ministry was speaking to a people who God in the past had clearly commanded to use the sword. Jeremiah 48:10 reads, "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood". And therewith regarding several wicked nations, God actually commanded to utterly destroy man, woman, and child. Although possibly surprising, it should not be overlooked that even in that rough war era some Scriptures advocated DOING GOOD TO ENEMIES, and yes had their place even then. Yes Jesus' do good to enemies teaching was not altogether new. Considering in those ancient times, DO GOOD TO ENEMIES TEACHINGS, obviously were not intended to fully and rigidly disallow the sword, should we conclude they now must be taken as far as to broadly and fully rebuke or condemn the act of being a soldier or police? Yes, reprimand those Paul called ministers of God who don't bear the sword in vain, and declared worthy of payment as they while seeking to protect us, and halt evil doers, endanger themselves (Rom 13:4-6)? Concerning those Paul declared MINISTERS OF GOD as this, would Christ like many Christians, nevertheless count them to be merely unrighteous ministers of a Kingdom other than His, although endangering their lives to protect even those of Christ's kingdom? May God help us understand His truth whatever it is! Although Jesus' famous teaching to turn the other cheek certainly has a time and meaning, interestingly Apostle Paul did not turn the other cheek, and it appears Jesus neither did so when struck (John 18:22-23, Act 23:2-3). Yes Jesus certainly instigated significant change about the sword, but just where did He place God's new boundaries? May we be open and honest in our search. In reality, although the six page document below may tend to make some more condoning or liberal about the sword, it may also, and rightly so make others much more conservative about it. It should not be overlooked that most or all the early Pentecostals stemming from the Azusa Street Revival were very opposed to war.
Many conservative Christians need to reconsider what the world really is, and therewith what genuine separation from this world really is. Jesus told His followers that the world who He chose them OUT OF, would hate them as it hated Him, while in fact in Christ’s setting that evil world was mostly the world of erring religion (John 15:18-19). And similarly, Apostle Paul said we should be dead with Christ from the rudiments of this world, and therewith called us to be separate and apart from the world of faulty and harsh religious manners (Col 2:20-23). Yes, it is very possible that those Christians whose emphasis about separation from the world is mostly focused on shunning politics, while far from separate from the bitter religious errors our world is engulfed in, have greatly missed being separate from the world as God intends. Again, regarding President Trump's event of being so uniquely spared, not only was He spared but blood was placed upon his right ear, while in ancient times the right ear of the priests were anointed with blood in their consecrations, and which makes Trump's July 13 event even a bit more outstanding. And finally Trump being being spared and with blood applied to his right ear, and that followed by the most opposite, bizarre, and fatal event two days later (spoken of at www.PleaseExamineIt.com), gives a striking show of God caring for government and His displeasure with closed hearted and misdirected religion. Nevertheless, our God who seen fit to spare Trump not only cares about government, but most of all certainly cares about truth, humility, open heartedness, and kindness, and therewith cares about religions and doing good to even our enemies and about Jesus vital teaching that they that take the sword will perish with it. And therewith the below document seeks to grasp God's plan on both sides of the sword issue.
