The context for this is that Jesus was telling his disciples about the consequences of spreading the Gospel: that they and any who followed them would be persecuted. That is, the implication is that his followers will be put to the sword, rather than living in peace; he’s not encouraging them to use swords on other people.
He does, separately, assure them that terrible things will happen to people who were mean to them when he comes back, but that’s not this verse, lol.
He also said that he would introduce strife into the world turning family against itself. Might be the only prophecy he got correct, how many LGBT people were disowned or tormented by their family for the first time today?
Yeah, they really don’t like you pointing out that they cherry picked the bible when what they are saying is the opposite of what a quote means in full.
I’m curious if I’ll get downvoted for this take, just bringing the facts regardless of the situation 😉
The problem here is that the meme did the same, and situational bias occurred in the reverse direction for you.
Peace on earth appears many times in the Bible in different contexts, many of them positive (as per a Google search, anyway).
Looks like you were upvoted
God works in mysterious ways.
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Well, of Christians take “peace on earth” from the Bible and then follows that, why correct them? ☺️
Narrator: “They don’t follow that.”
