Monday, July 14, 2014

Why does Jesus vouch for war?

Luke 12:49 "'I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three, the will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.'"

If Jesus is the way, I want to find him, but I can't say I agree or even understand this apparent hatred.

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