Simon must have been one of those who hoped Jesus would
take up arms Jesus» refusal must have been a bitter disappointment to Simon, and perhaps to Judas Iscariot.
Not exact matches
Something similar is happening when
Jesus stands a child
up in the midst of his disciples, then
takes the child in his
arms the way Simeon had once embraced baby
Jesus and says, «Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me, but the one who sent me (Mark 9:37).
Nearly everything God,
Jesus, Buddah, Mohammed, Chisna, etc. said about life and death was meant to be positive in favor of life and peaceful purpose, but when confronted with evil, they were quick to
take up arms and defend that which was theirs.
All too often the Christian church seems far more eager to
take up arms against our enemies than we are to
take up our cross and follow
Jesus in dying for our enemies.
Written by Gary Cass, the article was entitled «Why I Am an Islamaphobic» and then proceeded to not only argue that it is impossible for any Muslims to come to
Jesus, but that the only way to «deal with» our Muslim neighbours was to deport them, sterilize them, or
take up arms against them.
Jesus says, «Through this baptism, I «
take up arms with you, John, an (l join this revolution whereby God's justice will be manifest in the world.»
And when the parents brought in the Child
Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law (they were coming to redeem
Jesus with five pieces of silver), he
took Him
up in his
arms and blessed God and said:
Ummm, people...
Jesus's view on violence is pretty clear in the Bible... Do not
take up arms... Matthew 26 52Then
Jesus said to him, «Put your sword back into its place; for all those who
take up the sword shall perish by the sword.»