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But you will be hard pressed to back up this statement with New Testament Scripture.

The sole purpose of the physical swords was to fulfill prophecy and it was not a point on self defense.

I am not denying that the primary reason they were to sell their coat and buy a real sword was to fulfill prophecy. Jesus was to be numbered with the transgressors. No doubt about it. But we know Scripture also has a secondary meaning that is also spiritual. Yes, Jesus told them to buy...

The point of the real swords was to fulfill prophecy not self defense.

While the real swords were for the point of fulfilling prophecy, there is a secondary meaning that is spiritual that all of us believers need to hear. As for the selling of the coat: Job 29:14 “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.” So clothing can...

Also, stop and think. Jesus told them each to buy a sword. But they only had two swords. So this shows that they were not literally following Christ's original instructions. This means that they simply did not understand the spiritual secondary application of Jesus’ instructions. The...

I am not pretending. The physical swords were to fulfill prophecy. But the spiritual lessons for us today is not self defense but Non-Violence. Non-Violence involving the swords fits the context because no great battles were won by any physical swords that the disciples had. But the...

Did you carefully read all of what was written or posted? If not, then you are just mindlessly hitting the disagree button.

The whole point of the swords was to fulfill prophecy, and no lesson of self defense was made the existence of the swords. In fact, a lesson in Non-Violence was one of the follow up points of the use of the physical sword (Even though the real ultimate reason was to fulfill prophecy by them...

Back in post #137, and post #138, I provided a quote of an article explaining the secondary spiritual meaning for us today. But the real purpose of the physical swords (that the article does not say is that it was to fulfill prophecy).

Involving the disciples: The existence of the two physical swords was to fulfill prophecy in Jesus being numbered with the transgressors. But if we were to try and physically replicate or replay this event in our lives, it does not make any sense. We cannot repeat the event of fulfilling...

Well said. God can protect us if it is in His will. I believe He can protect us from all kinds of things. God making us to drop our keys could have prevented us from getting into a car accident. Or sometimes that car accident is something God wants us to be in. I remember one accident I was...

With this kind of attitude, it seems like GOD has left you to the wolves of random chance of death and destruction and He does not care for you. But this is not the case. Acts of the Apostles 17:27 says, “That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him...

God does not set out to do any wrongs, but He does permit them (Because He gives man free will choice). But Satan cannot take life without God’s approval. Also, all things work together for good to those who love GOD, too. So if you are a believer who loves GOD, then all things work together...

Your not reading the Bible, sir. Show me in the Bible where it says Jesus told His disciple to buy TWO swords. Jesus did not tell them to buy two swords. The disciples brought forth two swords but Jesus did not tell them to buy two swords. He told them each to buy a sword and they brought forth...

I am just saying that the task to speak in such a way so as to reform an entire country on it’s gun policies is not what God calls us to do. I believe we have our orders from the Lord and that is to love God and all others. To preach the gospel. Love the brethren. Help the poor, etcetera.

You act like God is not in control of life and death. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Nothing happens outside of His sovereign will. God permitted Adam and Eve to eat of the wrong tree. He could have stopped them, but he gave the free will choice to make the wrong choice. God had a...

It shows that even amongst the persecution or darkness of life, that we should rather focus on shining the love of Christ vs. focusing on the negative things in life we cannot change (or be a part of a heavy mission God has not called us to partake of). To live is Christ, and to die is gain...

To encourage you, I would recommend checking out this Christian DVD. Watch Polycarp | Prime Video

I believe we should focus on that which is good and godly. For when times are dark, we need to cling ever more to Jesus and His good ways. The more we focus on improving ourselves and in being better at loving God and others, we will be content and at peace. All we can do is our part in life...