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     8 years ago (edited)

    Well, the offer is open to all humanity for 2000 years. But it will not stay open forever.

    Jesus said, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn" 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' Matthew 10:34-35

    After giving everybody chance after chance, to the point of nearly exterminating his followers, he will finally return on what hundreds of passages call "The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord."

    At that point, you are right.

    When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been. - Rev 6:9-11

    When Jesus came 2000 years ago, it was as a suffering servant to die to make salvation possible for anyone who accepts it. When he returns this time, you don't want to have sided against Him:

    I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small."

    Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. Revelation 19:19-21

    "Vengeance is mine", says the Lord, "I will repay."

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       8 years ago 

      Let me correct u my friend JESUS P.B.U.H, was not just a man of peace from the beginning he was also a man of war from the start, e.g what just mentioned he ordered his follows to sale the clothes and by swords, what are swords used for?

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         8 years ago 

        We argue about this a lot. I think clearly the swords were for self-defense, since they were each instructed to "sell their cloak and buy one".
        Yet we are also told not to get into fights over unimportant things:

        You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;… Matthew 5:38-40

        Even in the ultimate case where the Beast is about to wipe out all Christians, we are told to hide rather than fight. If caught, we are told to die rather than deny Jesus.

        That, of course, is because this body is expendable and we immediately get issued a better one when Jesus returns.

        So a much bigger game is being played here than just "war and peace."

        I'd still like to understand exactly when I'm allowed to use my sword. Until I learn better, it will be when there is a need to defend my family.

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           8 years ago 

          U are right about turning the other chick but the choice to strike back is still an option, u should wonder not and argue, not, for as long as ur defending ur self, ur property, humanity, and if u forgive in order to earn God pleasure and forgiveness, then it's better to forgive and turn the other chick, like. What God, and many prophet's said love for ur brother what u love for your selfs.

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             8 years ago 

            We agree on that one!

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               7 years ago 

              You're very confused my friend. Cryptocurrency is designed to promote freedom. Steemit was designed to promote freedom of speech! And you are promoting Islam (slavery to women)?! You should consider changing your username until you come to your senses! Check out the Law of One. Good luck to you in your quest for the Truth!

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