"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” WOW! The ultimate symbol of peace quoted as saying he did not come to bring peace, but rather a sword … a weapon of death. Then Jesus … to make his point … went on to describe how a family unit could be divided. It sounds complicated on just a cursory reading. I have seen people use two large pieces of newsprint to diagram the family structure and how it gets divided … and why. But, I’m not going to go there. I will only say that Jesus … the ultimate symbol of peace … is also the ultimate symbol of truth. And when truth is spoken to power it is as threatening to those in power as is the sword … truth can be a weapon of death as well.. I will leave that one for us to ponder.
