JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:19 pm
Miles wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:56 pm
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Matthew 10:34-36
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword (also translated as "trouble," "conflict," "division," and "war"). 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 Even members of your own family will be your enemies.’
So what's going on with Jesus here, coming to bring all this misery upon the world?
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Jesus was not suggesting his message would be a source of misery (he called it "good news") but he was being realistic, not everyone would react favorably to what he was teaching.
The Watchtower magazine Octobre 15, 2007, puts it this way ...
I'm not saying his
message would be the source of misery,
but what he was about to do:
" 34. . .I have not come to bring peace, but a sword (also translated as "trouble," "conflict," "division," and "war"). 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 Even members of your own family will be your enemies.’
Now you may not think this would make people miserable, but I certainly do.
" Of course, Jesus’ motive was to proclaim God’s message of truth, not to damage relationships. (John 18:37) Still, holding faithfully to Christ’s teachings would be challenging if one’s close friends or family members rejected the truth. ... Jesus included the pain of family opposition as part of the suffering that his followers must be willing to endure. (Matt. 10:38)
Then obviously proclaiming god's message of truth involved bringing misery upon the world because I believe that's an extremely logical outcome when Jesus brings his sword (also translated as "trouble," "conflict," "division," and "war") and sets out to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 Even members of your own family will be your enemies.
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