From The Second Testament
Yēsous teaches the Apprentices
49 I came to toss fire on the land, and how I want that it had already been kindled! 50 I have a dipping to be dipped, and how absorbed I am until it’s completed! 51 Does it seem to you that I have come to give peace on the land? No, I say to you, but rather dissension. 52 For from now on five in one house will be split, three-on-two and two-on-three, 53 a father will be split against a son and a son against a father, a mother against the daughter and a daughter against the mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.
Yēsous speaks to the crowds
54 He was saying to the crowds, “Whenever you see the cloud rising in the west, immediately you say that a squall comes and so it happens. 55 Whenever [you see] a south wind blowing, you say that it will be scorching heat and it happens. 56 Masked ones! You know to judge the land’s and heaven’s face, but how do you not know to judge this season?
By ‘the kingdom He is announcing,’ do you mean that He was announcing a kingdom within us, a life of tov, instead of a military takeover with a physical new kingdom? Is this what brought the anger in families, because they had been waiting for the latter? I’ve thought all my life this family division was because some didn’t believe the right doctrines, but I’m thinking maybe this is another thing I need to rethink. A bit more clarity on my thoughts would be great!
Hi, Scott, would you explain why Jesus breaks down the familial dissension with such redundant specificity?
Thanks!